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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 1, 1927.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 186.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of the Emergency Regu- lations Ordinance, 1922, Ordinance No. 5 of 1922, on the 31st day of March, 1927.
Prohibition and Regulation of Meetings and Processions.
1. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, by order published in the Gazette, to prohibit the holding of any meeting which, in his opinion, is likely to be conducted in a seditious or disorderly manner, or at or during which, in his opinion, seditious or disorderly utterances are likely to be made or seditious or disorderly matter is likely to be exhibited or used, or at or during which a general strike is likely to be advocated or promoted.
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2. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, by order published in the Gazette, to prohibit the holding of any meeting whatsoever at any specified place or places on any specified date or dates, or to prohibit the holding of any meeting whatsoever except between specified hours, either generally or at any specified place or places.
3. Except under and in accordance with a permit in writing from the Secretary for Chinese Affairs no meeting whatsoever shall be held on board any vessel (not being or having the status of a ship of war), or on any pier or wharf whether public or private.
4. No person shall take part in any meeting prohibited under Regulation 1 or Regulation 2 or by Regulation 3.
5. No person shall without lawful authority or excuse be present at any meeting prohibited under Regulation 1 or Regulation 2 or by Regulation 3.
6.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, by order published in the Gazette, to prescribe any condition whatsoever which he may think fit in connexion with any meeting.
(2) No person who takes part in or is present at any such meeting shall contravene any such condition.
(3) No person shall take part in any meeting at or in connexion with which any such condition has been or is being contravened.
(4) No person shall without lawful authority or excuse be present at any meeting at or in connexion with which any such condition has been or is being contravened.
7.-(1) In any case in which he may consider that the urgency of the occasion so requires it shall be lawful for the Governor, without consulting the Executive Council and without publication of the order in the Gazette, to make any order which might have been made by the Governor in Council under Regulation 1, 2 or 6, or to prohibit the continuance of any meeting already begun.
(2) Any such order may be proved in any legal proceedings by the production of a certificate under the hand of the Colonial Secretary, and judicial notice shall be taken of such signature on such certificate.
8. It shall be lawful for any police officer to use any force, and to effect any entry or boarding, which may appear to be reasonably necessary for the purpose of prevent- ing the holding of any meeting prohibited under or by these regulations, or for the purpose of dispersing any meeting prohibited under or by these regulations, or for the purpose of dispersing any meeting at or in connexion with which any condition pre- scribed under Regulation 6 or 7 has been or is being contravened, and also to search any premises entered or vessel boarded, and to scize any thing which may appear to be evidence of any offence.