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such refusal or cancellation or the imposition or amendment of

such conditions or any of them, and the Governor may on any such

:

appeal confirm, reverse or vary the decision appealed against.

Police powers over meetings, processions

and

gatherings.

This section now appeur to meetings

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previous exempted

mother definition of

"meeting

in clause!

religions meetings

new mempt.

11. (1) Any police officer may prevent the holding 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.

may

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(2) Any police officer of or above the rank of inspector

(a) 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

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(b) 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

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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