TNAG-0194-FCO40-230-Emergency-legislation-and-Public-Order-ordinance-discussions-1969 — Page 51

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A BILL

To

Amend the Public Order Ordinance and to make consequential amendments

to the City Hall Ordinance.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Order (Amendment)

Ordinance 1969.

Amendment of

2. Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting (Cap. 245.) the definition of "meeting" and substituting the following ·

section 2.

""meeting" means

(a)

any gathering or assembly of persons convened or

organized for any purpose; and

(b) any gathering or assembly of persons, whether or not

previously convened or organized, at which any person

assumes or attempts to assume control or leadership

thereof,

but does not include any gathering or assembly of persons convened or organized exclusively

(i) for the purposes of any public body; or

(ii)

for the purpose of carrying out any duty or exercising

any power imposed or conferred by any Ordinance;"

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Amendment of section 3.

3.

Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting

subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following

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