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Prohibition of
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
4.
(1) If the members or adherents of any association of quasi-military persons, whether registered or incorporated or not, are-
organisations.
[cf. I Edw.8
(a) organised or trained or equipped for the purpose of & 1 Geo. 6, enabling them to be employed in usurping the functions of the police
or the armed forces of the Crown;
c.6, s.2.]
Penalty on
endeavour to break up public meeting.
8 Edw. 7, c.66, s.I.
[cf. I Edw.8 & I Geo. 6, c.6, s.6.]
(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 association or in organising or training as aforesaid any members or adherents thereof shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) In any criminal proceeding under this section proof of things done or of words spoken, written or published by any person taking part in the control or management of an association or in organising, training or equipping members or adherents of an associa- tion shall be admissible as evidence of the purposes for which, or the manner in which, members or adherents of the association (whether those persons or others) were organised, or trained, or equipped.
(3) If a magistrate is satisfied by an information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under this section has been committed, and that evidence of the commission thereof is to be found at any premises or place specified in the infor- mation, he may, upon an application made by an officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector, grant a search warrant authorising any such officer as aforesaid named in the warrant and any other officers of police to enter the premises or place at any time within 14 days of the warrant, if necessary by force, and to search the premises or place and every person found therein, and to seize anything found on the premises or place or on any such person which the officer has reasonable ground for suspecting to be evidence of the commission of such an offence as aforesaid: Provided that a woman shall be
searched by a woman.
5. (1) Any person who at a lawful public meeting acts in a disorderly manner for the purpose of preventing the transaction of the business for which the meeting was called together or incites others so to act shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) If any constable reasonably suspects any person of committing an offence under this section, he may, if requested so to do by the chairman of the meeting, require that person to declare to him immediately his name and address and if that person refuses or fails so to declare his name and address or gives a false name and address he shall be guilty of an offence and if the constable suspects him of giving a false name and address, the constable may arrest him without a warrant.
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