A BILL
INTITULED
An Ordinance to facilitate the maintenance of Public Order and Safety.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof:
1948.
PART 1.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Order Ordinance, Short title.
2. In this Ordinance-
Interpreta-
tion.
"Meeting" means a meeting held for the purpose of matters 1 Edw. 8 & 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.
I Geo. 6, c.6, s.9.
3. Any person who in any public place or at any public meeting Prohibition of wears uniform signifying his association with any political organisation uniforms in or with the promotion of any political object shall be guilty of an connection offence: Provided that if the Commissioner of Police is satisfied that with political
objects. the wearing of any such uniform as aforesaid on any ceremonial [cf. I Edw.8 anniversary or other special occasion will not be likely to involve risk & 1 Geo. 6, of public disorder, he may permit the wearing of such uniform on c.6, s.1.] that occasion either absolutely or subject to such conditions as he may specify.
4. (1) If the members or adherents of any association of Prohibition of persons, whether registered or incorporated or not, are-
quasi-military organisations.
(a) organised or trained or equipped for the purpose of [cf. I Edw.8 enabling them to be employed in usurping the functions of the police & I Geo. 6, or the armed forces of the Crown;
(b) organised and trained or organised and equipped for the purpose of enabling them to be employed for the use or display of physical force in promoting any political object, or in such manner as to arouse reasonable apprehension that they are organised and either trained or equipped for that purpose;
then any person who takes part in the control or management of the
c.6, s.2.]
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