Transitional
This Ordinance shall not apply to -
(a) any public meeting notice of which for the purposes of
section 7 of the principal Ordinance had, at the time
this Ordinance came into operation, been given to the
(b)
Commissioner of Police; or
any public procession an application for which for the
purposes of section 13 of the principal Ordinance had,
at the time this Ordinance came into operation, been
made to the Commissioner of Police.
13. Order repealed
Consequential Amendments
Public Order (Public Meetings)
(General Conditions) Order
The Public Order (Public Meetings) (General Conditions) Order
(Cap. 245 sub. leg.) is repealed.
Summary Offences Ordinance
14. Nuisances committed in public places, etc.
Section 4 (29) of the Summary Offences Ordinance (Cap. 228) is
repealed.
Explanatory Memorandum
The principal effect of this Bill is to amend Part III (control
of meetings, processions and gatherings) of the Public Order
Ordinance -
(a)
to provide a notification procedure for public
processions in place of the existing licensing
procedure;