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(c)
"to promote feelings
of
ill-wil1
and
enmity between different classes of the population of Hong Kong; or
(d)
"to incite persons to violence"; or
(e)
"to counsel disobedience to law or
to any lawful order".
CONTROL OF MEETINGS AND PROCESSIONS
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Part III of the Public Order Ordinance sets the powers of the Commissioner of Police as regards meetings and processions.
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The Commissioner must be notified not less that 7 days prior to the date on which a meeting is to be held (although he may accept shorter notice if he. sees fit). He can then prohibit the holding of the meeting on a number of grounds in particular, if he is of the opinion that it is likely to prejudice the maintenance of public order or to be used for any unlawful purpose. However, he must give notice of prohibition 4 days from the day the meeting is notified (or not later than 24 hours before if he himself has been given less than 7 days notice).
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In the case of public processions, a licence required. Except for funerals, an application must be made 7 days in advance. The Commissioner may refuse to issue a licence if he feels a procession will prejudice public order. If he grants a licence he may attach to it conditions regarding the forming, conduct, route, times of passing and dispersal of the procession.
CONTROL OF PUBLICATIONS, POSTERS AND NOTICES
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Section 10 of the Crimes Ordinance provides that it is an offence to print, publish, sell, distribute, display or reproduce any seditious publication or to import such a publication unless the importer has no reason to believe it seditious. It is also an offence to be in possession of a seditious publication without a lawful excuse.
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