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COMPARATIVE TABLE.

£

Clause.

Source.

1.

Short title.

1

2.

PART I.

PRELIMINARY.

Most definitions based on Kenya, sec. 2.

PART II.

Modification and Comment.

Kenya definition "meeting" not followed. Only exclusion in Hong Kong from "meeting" will be meetings held for pur- poses of a public body.

CONTROL OF ORGANIZATIONS.

3.

Kenya-sec. 10.

4.

Cap. 245 sec. 3 and Public Order Act 1936, sec. 1.

Instead of a ban on flags, etc., with a power to exempt, sec- tion re-drafted to permit flags, unless a specific prohibition.

5.

Cap. 245-sec. 4.

PART III.

CONTROL OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PROCESSIONS.

6.

Kenya-sec. 5(1).

7.

Kenya-sec. 5(2) and (3).

8. Kenya-sec. 5(4).

9. Kenya-sec. 5(5).

10.

Kenya-sec. 5(9),

11.

Kenya-sec. 5(6) and (7).

Slightly modified.

12.

13.

14.

15.

Kenya-sec. 5(10).

Cap. 245 sec. 5(1), Cap. 228

secs. 4(21) and 19, Public Meeting Act 1908, sec. 1.

Kenya-sec. 6.

Kenya-sec. 7(1) to (5).

Kenya section deals with sport- ing events and entertainments. Clause 15 extends this to any public gathering and provides that condition for exercise of powers will be that it appears to the Commissioner of Police necessary or expedient in the interest of public order to do so. Compare clause 6.