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I can only try:

Please report back your Rav’s comments on this, as I’d (and I’m sure others) would be interested.

Also, if you think about it, if your original assumption would have been correct, it would essentially have meant that secular law would override halacha anytime they were in conflict, due to dina dmalchusa dina. That would obviously be wrong.