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Ord. No. 67/80
Cancellation
and amendment of licence for public procession.
General condition of licence for public procession.
Appeals.
Police powers over meetings,
processions
and gatherings.
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in the opinion of the Commissioner of Poe to be concerned in the organizing, convening, ing or conduct of the public procession has, in reation to any public gathering, at any time contravened the provisions of this Ordinance or any other law or any condition of a licence issued under this Ordin- ance or any other law; or
(b) the public procession has been advertised or other- wise publicized prior to the determination of the application.
(7) References in this section to conditions imposed by the Commissioner of Police include, unless the context other- wise requires, references to such conditions as amended under section 14.
14. (1) The Commissioner of Police may at any time, if it appears to him to be necessary or expedient in the interests of public order or for preventing the carrying out of any unlawful purpose so to do-
(a) cancel any licence issued by him under section 13;
or
(b) amend the conditions of any such licence.
(2) Notice of any such cancellation or amendment shall be given-
(a) in writing to the licensee;
(b) in writing to any other person concerned in the organizing, convening, forming or conduct of the public procession; or
(c) by publication in such manner, or by posting in such place, as the Commissioner of Police may think fit.
15. It shall be a condition of every licence issued under section 13 that the licensee shall be present at the public procession from the first assembly thereof to the final dis- persal thereof, unless he is prevented from being so present by reason of illness or other unavoidable cause, and shall forthwith comply with any directions which may be given to him by any police officer for ensuring the due performance of and compliance with the conditions of the licence and the maintenance of public order throughout the period of assembly, conduct and dispersal of the public procession.
16. Any person aggrieved by a prohibition under section 9, or whose application for a licence under section 13 is refused, or whose licence is cancelled or amended under section 14, may appeal in writing to the Governor against such order or refusal or cancellation or amendment and the Governor may on any such appeal confirm, reverse vary the decision appealed against.
or
17. (1) Any police officer may prevent the holding of, stop or disperse→
(a) any public meeting which takes place in contraven- tion of section 7 or in regard to which condition
any prescribed or imposed under section 11 is being or has been contravened;
Offences in
relation to
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sections 6,
7, 8, 9, 11,
13, 14, 15
and 17.
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(b) any public procession which takes place in con- travention of section 13 or in regard to which any condition imposed by or under section 13, 14 or 15 is being or has been contravened.
(2) Any police officer of or above the rank of inspector
may-
(a) prevent the holding of, stop, disperse or vary the place or route of any public gathering, other than a public gathering exclusively for religious purposes, whether or not the public gathering is one to which section 7 or 13 applies; or
(b) stop or disperse any public gathering exclusively for religious purpose or any meeting convened or held in any premises or place which is not a public place or any gathering or procession whatsoever or wheresoever,
if he reasonably believes that the same is 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 issue such orders as he may consider necessary or ex- pedient, and such police officer and any other police officer
may-
(a) use such force as may be reasonably necessary to prevent the holding of, stop or disperse, as the case may be, the public meeting, public procession, public gathering or other meeting, gathering or procession; and
(b)
enter any premises or place whatsoever in which any meeting is taking place or any persons are gathered.
(4) If a police officer of or above the rank of inspector has reason to believe that a public meeting or public proces- sion is likely to take place or form in any public place in contravention of section 7 or 13, he may cause access to that public place and to any other public place adjacent thereto to be barred and to be closed to the public or to any person or class of persons for such time as may be necessary to prevent the public meeting or public procession taking place.
(5) The closure of any public place under subsection (4) shall be notified by means of notices exhibited, or physical barriers erected, at the places of access thereto, or by oral public announcement in the vicinity thereof, or in such other manner as the police officer aforesaid may think fit.
(6) Any police officer may use such force as may be reasonably necessary to prevent any person from entering or remaining in any public place to which access has been closed to him under this section.
17A. (1) Any person who-
(a) refuses or wilfully neglects to obey any order given
or issued under section 6 or 17(3); or
(b) knowingly contravenes or suffers or permits any person so to contravene any condition prescribed or
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