Public Order.
CHAPTER 245.
PUBLIC ORDER.
To facilitate the maintenance of public order and safety.
[29th October, 1948.]
[CAP. 245
59 of 1948.
PART I.
1.
This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Order Ordinance.
Short title.
2. In this Ordinance-
"meeting" means a meeting held for the purpose of matters of public interest or for the expression of views on such matters;
"private premises" means premises to which the public have access (whether on payment or otherwise) only by permission of the owner, occupier or lessee of the premises;
"public meeting" includes any meeting in a public place and any meeting which the public or any section thereof are permitted to attend, whether on payment or otherwise;
"public place" means any highway, public park or garden, any sea beach, and any public bridge, road, lane, footway, square, court, alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not; and includes any open space to which, for the time being, the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise.
3.
Any person who in any public place or at any public meeting wears uniform signifying his association with any political organization or with the promotion of any political object shall be guilty of an offence: Provided that if the Commissioner of Police is satisfied that the wearing of any such uniform as aforesaid on any ceremonial anniversary or other special occasion will not be likely to involve risk of public disorder, he may permit the wearing of such uniform on that occasion either absolutely or subject to such conditions as he may specify.
Interpretation.
Edw. 8 & c. 6, s. 9.
1 Geo. 6,
Prohibition of uniforms in connexion with political objects.
[cf. 1 Edw. 8 & Geo. 6, c. 6, s. 1.]
Prohibition of quasi-military organizations.
4. (1) If the members or adherents of any association of persons, whether registered or incorporated or not, are
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