Offences in relation to sections 6,
(6) Any police officer may use such force as may be necessary to prevent any person from entering or remaining in any public place to which access has been closed to him under this section.
12. (1) Any person who-
(a) neglects or refuses to obey any order given or issued
under section 6 or subsection (3) of section 11; or (b) contravenes any condition of a licence issued under section 7 or suffers or permits any such contravention; or (c) without the permission of any police officer on duty there, enters or remains in a public place to which access has been closed to him under subsection (4) of section 11; or (a)prints, publishes, displays, distributes or circulates a notice of, or in any other manner advertises or publicizes, a public meeting or public procession which is not Hcensed under section 7,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary con- viction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.
(2) Where-
(a) any public meeting or public procession takes place
without a licence under section 7; or
(b) three or more persons taking part in or forming part of a public gathering neglect or refuse to obey an order given or issued under section 6; or
(c) three or more persons taking part in or forming part of a public meeting, public procession or public gathering, or other meeting, procession or gathering of person neglect or refuse to obey an order given or issued under subsection (3) of section 11,
the public meeting, public procession or public gathering, or other meeting, procession or gathering of persons, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be an unlawful assembly.
(3) Where any public meeting, public procession or public gathering, or other meeting, procession or gathering of persons, is deemed to be an unlawful assembly by virtue of subsection (2)— (a) every person who takes or continues to take part in. or forms or continues to form part of, any such unlawful assembly; and
(5) every person who-
(i) holds, convenes, organizes, forms or collects, or assists or is concerned in the holding, convening, organiz- ing, forming or collecting of, any public meeting or public procession such as is referred to in paragraph (4) of subsection (2); or
(ii) continues or attempts to continue to hold or con- duct, or to direct otherwise than for the purpose of securing obedience to an order given or issued under section 6 or subsection (3) of section 11. any public gathering such as is referred to in paragraph (6) of sub- section (2), or any public meeting, public procession or public gathering, or other meeting, procession or gather- ing of persons, such as is referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection (2),
after the same has become an unlawful assembly as aforesaid,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(i) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for five
years; and
(ii) on summary conviction, to a fine of five thousand dollars
and to imprisonment for three years.
Disorder in
13 (1) Any person who at any public gathering acts in a disorderly manner for the purpose of preventing the transaction of public places. the business for which the public gathering was called together or incites others so to act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.
(2) Any person who behaves in a noisy or disorderly manner, or uses threatening, abusive or insulting words, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, or whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be caused, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months,
14. (1) Any person who, while present at any public meeting or on the occasion of any public procession, has with him any offensive weapon, otherwise than in pursuance of lawful authority, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary con- viction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a person shall not be deemed to be acting in pursuance of lawful authority unless he is on duty as
(0) a police officer:
(b) a member of the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force when the Force or the part of the Force to which such member belongs, or such member, has been called out under subsection (1) or (2) of section 16 of the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force Ordinance;
Prohibition
of offensive weapons at
public meetings and processions.
(Cap. 233)