Intimidation.
intimidating assembly.
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PART V.
INTIMIDATION AND INTIMIDATING ASSEMBLIES.
27. Any person who, without lawful excuse——
(a) does or says anything, or behaves in a manner, or utters or distributes any publication, which is likely to or might make some other person apprehensive as to what may happen-
(i) to such other person or to any member of the family or any dependent of such other person;
(ii) to any property, business, undertaking or interest of such other person or of any member of the family or any dependant of such other person;
(iii) to any building or place occupied by such other person or by any member of the family or any dependant of such other person; or
(iv) to any business or undertaking in which such other person or any member of the family or any dependant of such other person is employed:
(b) does or says anything, or behaves in a manner, which is likely to or might compel or induce some other person to do anything which such other person is not legally obliged to do or counsels some other person to do any such thing:
(c) does or says anything, or behaves in a manner, which is likely to or might compel or induce some other person to refrain from doing anything which such other person is legally entitled to do or counsels some other person to refrain from doing any such thing:
(d) watches or besets any building or place or the approaches
to any building or place; or
(e) persistently follows some other person about from place
to place,
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 two years.
28. (1) Where there is an unlawful assembly and any per- son in such assembly does or says anything, or behaves in a manner, which is likely to or might alarm or intimidate some other person or make some other person apprehensive as to what
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may happen to him or any other person, the assembly shall be an intimidating assembly.
(2) Any person who takes part in an intimidating assembly shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable-
(4) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for five
years; and
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of five thousand dollars
and to imprisonment for three years.
29. Any person who directs, organizes, arranges, encourages, counsels, causes, procures or commands any intimidation which is an offence under section 27 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for five
years; and
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of five thousand dollars
and to imprisonment for three years.
34. Any person who directs, organizes, arranges, encourages, counsels, causes, procures or commands an assembly which is or becomes an intimidating assembly under section 28 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable-
(a) on conviction on indicment, to imprisonment for five
years: and
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of five thousand dollars
and to imprisonment for three years.
PART VI.
CONTROL OF PLACES, VESSELS, OFFENSIVE WEAPONS, BTC.
Directing,
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intimidation.
Organization of intimidating assembly.
31. (1) The Governor may, if he is satisfied that it is Curfew orders. necessary in the interests of public order so to do, by order (here- inafter referred to as a curfew order) direct that, within such area and during such hours as may be specified in the curfew order, every person, or, as the case may be, every member of any class of persons specified in the curfew order, shall, save under and in accordance with a permit issued by the Commissioner of Police under subsection (2), remain indoors.
(2) (a) The Commissioner of Police may issue to any person
a permit for the purposes of subsection (1).