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CAP. 245]
Public Order
[1987 Ed.
(Cap. 279.)
(Cap. 320.)
Notification of public meetings.
Power of
Commissioner of Police to
prohibit notified public meeting.
(ii) the attendance at the meeting does not exceed 200 persons or, where the capacity of the premises is less than 200 persons, the capacity thereof;
(c) a meeting in any school registered or provisionally registered or exempted under the Education Ordinance, or in any college registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance, or in any educational establishment established by any Ordinance, if--
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(i) the meeting is organized or approved by an accredited society or similar body of such school, college or educational establishment; and
(ii) the meeting is held with the consent of the management of such school, college or educational establishment in accordance with the terms of that consent,
whether or not the public or any section of the public are permitted to attend.
(1) For the purposes of section 7, notice of the intention to hold a public meeting shall be given in writing to the Commissioner of Police not less than 7 days (excluding Sundays and general holidays) prior to the date on which the meeting is intended to be held:
Provided that the Commissioner of Police may, if he thinks fit, accept shorter notice in any particular case.
(2) Notice under subsection (1) shall be given by being delivered in person by the person giving it or any person on his behalf to the officer in charge of a police station, and shall contain particulars of the following matters--
(a) the name and address and telephone number of the person organizing the meeting and any society or organization promoting or connected with the holding of the meeting;
(b) the purpose and subject-matter of the meeting;
(c) the date, location, time of commencement and duration of the meeting;
(d) the number and names of persons proposed as platform-speakers for the meeting;
(e) the amplification devices, if any, intended to be used at the meeting;
(f) the nature, form and contents of advertisements, printed matter, posters or banners intended for publication, distribution or display in respect of the meeting.
9. (1) Subject to this section, the Commissioner of Police may prohibit the holding of any public meeting notified under section 8(1) on any of the following grounds--