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procession is not likely to prejudice the maintenance of public order or to be used for any unlawful purpose.
(5) A licence issued under this section in respect of any public procession shall be subject to such conditions relating to the forming, canduet, route, times of passing and dispersal of the procession as the Commissioner of Police may impose, and any condition so Imposed shall be attached to the licence prior to the issue thereof.
(6) The Commissioner of Police may refuse to issue a licence under this section in respect of any public procession. except a public procession solely for the purposes of a funeral, if--
(a) the applicant or any person or society associated directly or indirectly with the application or likely in the opinion of the Commissioner of Police to be concerned in the organizing, convening, forming or conduct of the public procession has, in relation to Boy public gathering, at any time contravened the provisions of this Ordinance or any other law or Any condition of a licence issued under this Ordin- ance or any other law; or
(6) the public procession has been advertised or other- wise publicized prior to the determination of the application.
(7) References in this section to conditions imposed by the Commissioner of Police include, unless the context other wise requires, references to such conditions as amended under section 14.
14. (1) The Commissioner of Police may at any time, &dent if it appears to him to be necessary or expedient in the of licence Top pubbe
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(8) amend the conditions of any such licence.
(2) Notice of any such cancellation or amendment shall be given-
(a) in writing to the licensee;
(8) in writing to any other person concerned in the organizing, convening, forming or conduct of the public procession; or
(e) by publication in such manner, or by posting in such place, as the Commissioner of Police may think At.
15. It shall be a condition of every licence issued under section 13 that the licensee shall be present at the public procession from the first assembly thereof to the final dis- persal thereof, unless he is prevented from being so present by reason of illness or other unavoidable cause, and shall forthwith comply_with_any_directions which may be given to him by any police officer for casuring the dus 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 procession.
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16. Any person aggrieved by a prohibition under section 9, or whose application for a licence under section 13 is refused, or whose licence is cancelled or amended under section 14, may appeal in writing to the Governor against such order or refusal or cancellaljon of wmendment and the Governor may on any such appeal confirm, reverse or vary the decision appealed against,
17. (0) Any police officer may prevent the holding of, stop or disperSE-----
(a) any public meeting which takes place in contraven- tion of section 7 or in regard to which any condition prescribed or imposed under section 11 is being or has been contravened;
(b) any public procession which takes place in con- travention of section 13 or in regard to which any condition imposed by or under section 13, 14 or 13 is being or has been contravened,
(2) Any police officer of or above the rank of inspector may
(a) prevent the holding of, stop, disperse or vary the place or route of any public gathering, other than à public gathering exclusively for religious purposes, whether or not the public gathering is one to which section 7 or 13 applies; or
(b) stop or disperse any public gathering exclusively for religious purpose of any meeting convened or held in any premises or place which is not a public place or any gathering or procession whatsoever or wheresoever,
if he reasonably believes that the same is 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 orˆissue such orders as be may consider necessary or ex- pedient, and such police officer and any other police officer may-
(a) use such force as may be reasonably accessary to prevent the holding of, stop or disperse, as the case may be, the public meeting, public procession, public gathering or other mecting, gathering or procession; and
(b) enter any premises or place whatsoever in which any meeting is taking place or any persons whe gathered.
(4) If a police officer of or above the rank of inspector has reason to believe that a public meeling or public proGER - sion is likely to take place or form in any public place in contravention of section 7 or 13, he may cause access to that public place and to any other public place adjacent therelo 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 subacction (4) shall be notified by means of notices exhibited, or physical
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