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NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES
Licensing of Public Meetings and Processions
1. The Bill does not envisage any change in the present
requirement that, with certain exceptions, a licence must
be obtained for the holding of a public meeting or procession.
No responsible body in Hong Kong has denied the need for this
requirement.
2. Under the Ordinance public meetings held exclusively for
religious purposes or in a licensed place of public
entertainment do not require a licence. The Bill will extend
this exemption, for example to any public meeting held
exclusively for social purposes in any licensed restaurant
or solely for the purpose of a funeral.
3. There is a right of appeal to the Governor against any
refusal to issue a licence or against the conditions attached
to such licence.
Ameliorating Provisions of the Bill
The Bill reduces the discretion conferred by the
Ordinance on police officers in the exercise of their powers
to stop or disperse public meetings or processions.
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