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Riot.

Rioters demolishing buildings, etc.

Rioters

darnaging

buildings,

machinery, etc.

Riotously preventing the sailing of ship. aircraft or train,

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(3) Any person who takes part in an unlawful assembly shall be guilty of the offence of unlawful assembly 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.

19. (1) When any person taking part in an unlawful assem- bly commits a breach of the peace, the assembly is a riot and the persons assembled are riotously assembled.

(2) Any person who takes part in a riot shall be guilty of the offence of riot and shall be liable-

(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for ten

years; and

(6) on summary conviction, to a line of five thousand dollars

and to imprisonment for five years.

20. (1) Any person taking part in a riot who unlawfully pulls down or destroys or begins to pull down or destroy any motor vehicle, tramcar, aircraft, vessel, building, railway, machin- ery or structure shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable-

(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for four-

teen years; and

(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for five years, (2) A person may be convicted of an offence under this section whether or not he has been charged with or convicted of any other offence under this Part.

21. (1) Any person taking part in a riot who unlawfully damages any of the things specified in section 20 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable-

(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for ten

years; and

(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for five years.

(2) A person may be convicted of an offence under this section whether or not he has been charged with or convicted of any other offence under this Part.

22. (1) Any person taking part in a riot who unlawfully and with force prevents, binders or obstructs, or attempts to prevent, hinder or obstruct, the loading or unloading, or the move- ment, of any motor vehicle, tramcar, aircraft, train or vessel, or unlawfully and with force boards, or attempts to board, any motor vehicle, tramcar, aircraft, train or vessel with intent to do so.

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shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for three years.

(2) A person may be convicted of an offence under this section whether or not be has been charged with or convicted of any other offence under this Part.

23, (1) Any person who enters ou any premises in a violent manner, whether or not he is entitled to enter thereon and whether such violence consists in actual force applied to any other person or in threats or in breaking open any building or in collecting an unusual number of people, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.

(2) Nothing in this section shall make it an offence for a person to enter upon premises of his own which are in the custody of his servants or his bailið.

24. Any person who, being in unlawful possession of prem- ises, holds possession of them, in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace or to cause any person reasonably to fear that a breach of the peace may occur, against a person entitled by law to the possession of the premises shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.

25. Any person who takes part in a fight in a public place 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.

26. Any person who, without lawful authority, at any public gathering makes any statement, or behaves in a manner, which is intended or is likely to incite or induce any person-

(a) to kill or do physical injury to any person or to any

class or community of persons;

(b) to destroy or do any damage to any property: or (c) to deprive any person by force or fear of the possession or use of any property either permanently or temporarily.

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable-

Q 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.

Forcible entry.

Forcible detainer of premiser

Fighting in public.

Proposing violence at public gatherings.