(CHR. 172)
Cancellation
and amendment of licences,
Conditions of licences.
Appeals.
(5) any public meeting taking place in a place of public entertainment licensed under section 4 of the Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance and in accordance with that Ordinance and the conditions of the licence and any permission granted under that Ordinance; or
(c) any public meeting taking place with the permission of the Commissioner of Police granted under section 8 of the Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance and in accordance with the conditions to which such permis sion is subject.
8. (1) The Commissioner of Police may at any time, if it appears to him to be necessary or expedient in the interests of public order or for preventing the carrying out of any unlawful or immoral purpose so to do-
(a) cancel any licence issued by him under section 7: or (b) amend the conditions of any such licence.
(2) Notice of any such cancellation or amendment shall be given-
(a) in writing to the licensee:
(5) in writing to any other person concerned in the holding. convening, organizing or forming of the public meeting or public procession; or
(c) by publication in such manner, or by posting in such
place. as the Commissioner of Police may think fit.
9. It shall be a condition of every licence issued under section 7 that the licensee shall be present at the public meeting or public procession from the first assembly thereof to the final dispersal thereof, and shall forthwith comply with any directions which may be given to him by any police officer for ensuring the due performance of and compliance with the conditions of the licence and the maintenance of public order throughout the period of assembly, conduct and dispersal of the public meeting or public procession and the period of one hour immediately following the final dispersal thereof.
10. Where under section 7 or 8 a liceace is refused or can- celled, or is issued subject to conditions, or the conditions of any such licence are amended, the applicant or licensee, as the case may be, may appeal in writing to the Governor against such refusal or cancellation or the imposition or amendment of such conditions or any of them, and the Governor may on any such appeal con. firm, reverse or vary the decision appealed against.
11. (1) Any police officer may prevent the bolding of, stop or disperse any public meeting or public procession which is required to be licensed under section 7 and is not so licensed or in regard to which any condition of a licence issued under section 7 is being or has been contravened.
(2) Any police officer of or above the rack of inspector may——
(c) prevent the holding of, stop, disperse or vary the place or route of any public gathering, other than a public meeting exclusively for religious purposes, whether or not the public gathering is required to be or is licensed under section 7; or
(6) stop or disperse any public meeting exclusively for religious purposes or any meeting convened or held in any premises or place which is not a public place or any gathering or procession of persons whatsoever or wheresoever,
if the same is causing or is in his opinion likely to cause or lead to a breach of the peace.
(3) For the purpose of exercising the powers conferred by subsections (1) and (2), respectively, a police officer and a police officer of or above the rank of inspector may give or issue such orders as he may consider necessary or expedient, and such police officer and any other police officer may-
(a) use such force as may be necessary to prevent the holding of, stop or disperse, as the case may be, the public meet- ing, public procession, public gathering or other meeting, gathering or procession of persons; and
(6) enter any premises or place whatsoever in which any meeting is taking place or any persons are gathered.
(4) If a police officer of or above the rank of inspector has reason to believe that a public meeting or public procession which is required to be licensed under section 7 and is not so licensed is likely to take place or form in any public place, he may cause access to that public place and to any other public place adjacent thereto to be barred and to be closed to the public or to any person or class of persons for such time as may be necessary to prevent the public meeting or public procession taking place.
(5) The closure of any public place under subsection (4) shall be notified by means of notices exhibited, or physical barriers erected, at the places of access thereto, or by oral public announce- ment in the vicinity thereof, or in such other manner as the police officer aforesaid may think fit
Police powers over meetings, processions
and gatherings.
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