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Ord. No. 64/67.

Disorder in public places.

Prohibition of offensive weapons at

public meetings and processions.

(Cap. 233.)

PUBLIC ORDER

(ii) continues or attempts to continue to hold or con duct, or to direct otherwise than for the purpose of securing obedience to an order given or issued under section 6 or subsection (3) of section 11, any public gathering such as is referred to in paragraph (b) of sub- section (2), or any public meeting, public procession or public gathering, or other meeting, procession or gather- ing of persons, such as is referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection (2),

after the same has become an unlawful assembly as aforesaid,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable-

(i) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for five

years; and

(ii) on summary conviction, to a fine of five thousand dollars

and to imprisonment for three years.

13. (1) Any person who at any public gathering acts in a disorderly manner for the purpose of preventing the transaction of the business for which the public gathering was called together or incites others so to act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.

(2) Any person who behaves in a noisy or disorderly manner, or uses threatening, abusive or insulting words, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, or whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be caused, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.

14. (1) Any person who, while present at any public meeting or on the occasion of any public procession, has with him any offensive weapon, otherwise than in pursuance of lawful authority, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary con- viction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a person shall not be deemed to be acting in pursuance of lawful authority unless he is on duty as-

(a) a police officer;

(b)

a member of the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force when the Force or the part of the Force to which such member belongs, or such member, has been called out under subsection (1) or (2) of section 16 of the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force Ordinance;

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