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Public Order
[1981 Ed.
Fighting in public.
Proposing violence at public gatherings.
25. Any person who takes part in an unlawful fight in a public place shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 12 months.
(Amended, 31 of 1970, s. 14)
26. Any person who, without lawful authority, at any public gathering makes any statement, or behaves in a manner, which is intended or which he knows or ought to know is likely to incite or induce any person- (Amended, 31 of 1970, s. 15)
(a) to kill or do physical injury to any person or to any class or
community of persons;
(b) to destroy or do any damage to any property; or
(c) to deprive any person by force or fear of the possession or use of any property either permanently or temporarily,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—–
(i) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for 5 years;
and
(ii) on summary conviction to a fine of $5,000 and to im-
prisonment for 2 years.
Public mischief.
PART V
INTIMIDATION AND PUBLIC MISCHIEF
(Amended, 31 of 1970, s. 16 and 24 of 1972, s. 2)
27. [Repealed, 67 of 1980, s. 4]
28. [Repealed, 31 of 1970, s. 18]
29. [Repealed, 67 of 1980, s. 4]
30. (1) Any person who, whether orally or in writing or by any other means, publishes, or gives to any person, any information which he knows to be false and which tends to give rise to apprehension for the safety of any person or property shall be guilty of the offence of public mischief and shall be liable--
(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of $50,000 and to
imprisonment for 5 years; and
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of $20,000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) Where it is proved that the person charged with an offence under this section published or gave false information, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed that he knew such information to be false.
(Added, 24 of 1972, s. 3)
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