CO129-616-4 Public Order Ordinance- 1948 13-11-1948 - 7-2-1949 — Page 20

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1, OCTOBER 29, 1948.

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HONG KONG

No. 59 of 1948.

I assent.

L.S.

A. G. GRANTHAM, Governor.

28th October, 1948.

An Ordinance to facilitate the maintenance of Public Order and Safety.

[29th October, 1948.]

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice. and consent of the Legislative Council thereof:

PART I.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Order Ordinance, Short title. 1948.

2. In this Ordinance-

"Meeting" means a meeting held for the purpose of matters of public interest or for the expression of views on such matters;

"Private premises" means premises to which the public have access (whether on payment or otherwise) only by permission of the owner, occupier or lessee of the premises;

"Public meeting" includes any meeting in a public place and any meeting which the public or any section thereof are permitted to attend, whether on payment or otherwise;

"Public place" means any highway, public park or garden, any sea beach, and any public bridge, road, lane, footway, square, court, alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not; and includes any open space to which, for the time being, the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise.

Interpreta- tion.

I Edw. 8 & I Geo. 6, c.6, s.9.

objects.

3. Any person who in any public place or at any public meeting Prohibition of wears uniform signifying his association with any political organisation uniforms in or with the promotion of any political object shall be guilty of an connection offence: Provided that if the Commissioner of Police is satisfied that with political the wearing of any such uniform as aforesaid on any ceremonial

[cf. 1 Edw.8 anniversary or other special occasion will not be likely to involve risk & 1 Geo. 6, of public disorder, he may permit the wearing of such uniform on c.6, s.1.] that occasion either absolutely or subject to such conditions as he may specify.

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