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"(4) The provisions of this section are in

addition to and not in derogation from the

provisions of any other law requiring the licensing

of public zeetings.".

(Cap. 245; sub. leg.)

(8) The Public Order Curfew (Consolidation) Order is amended

by deleting the second sentence in paragraph 2.

Transitional provisions.

56.

Any permit issued under Part II of the repealed Public

Order Ordinance allowing the person to whom it was issued to

enter and leave a closed area shall, if it is in force at the

commencement of this Ordinance, be deened to have been issued

under section 37.

Objects and Reasons.

At present, the law dealing with public order is to be

found in the Public Order Ordinance, the Peace Preservation

Ordinance and the Summary Offences Ordinance, and in the common

law.

2.

The object of this Bill is to consolidate into one

Ordinance the various provisions dealing with public order and to

strengthen the law where experience shows that to be desirable.

Clause 3, in Part II of the Bill, is new and empowers

3.

a police officer of or above the rank of inspector to prohibit

the display of flags, banners or emblems if their display is in

his opinion likely to lead to a breach of the peace.

4.

Part III of the Bill is concerned with the control

of meetings, processions and gatherings. Clauses 7, 8, 9 and 10

introduce comprehensive provisions dealing with the licensing of

public meetings and processions and replace the inadequate

provisions in section 4(16) and (20) of the Summary Offences

Ordinance.

Clause 7 reproduces the existing law prohibiting the

convening or holding of a public meeting or public procession

without a licence, other than a meeting exclusively for religious