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NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES

Licensing of Public Meetings and Processions

1. The Bill does not envisage any change in the present

requirement that, with certain exceptions, a licence must

be obtained for the holding of a public meeting or procession.

No responsible body in Hong Kong has denied the need for this

requirement.

2. Under the Ordinance public meetings held exclusively for

religious purposes or in a licensed place of public

entertainment do not require a licence. The Bill will extend

this exemption, for example to any public meeting held

exclusively for social purposes in any licensed restaurant

or solely for the purpose of a funeral.

3. There is a right of appeal to the Governor against any

refusal to issue a licence or against the conditions attached

to such licence.

Ameliorating Provisions of the Bill

The Bill reduces the discretion conferred by the

Ordinance on police officers in the exercise of their powers

to stop or disperse public meetings or processions.

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