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Transitional

This Ordinance shall not apply to -

(a) any public meeting notice of which for the purposes of

section 7 of the principal Ordinance had, at the time

this Ordinance came into operation, been given to the

(b)

Commissioner of Police; or

any public procession an application for which for the

purposes of section 13 of the principal Ordinance had,

at the time this Ordinance came into operation, been

made to the Commissioner of Police.

13. Order repealed

Consequential Amendments

Public Order (Public Meetings)

(General Conditions) Order

The Public Order (Public Meetings) (General Conditions) Order

(Cap. 245 sub. leg.) is repealed.

Summary Offences Ordinance

14. Nuisances committed in public places, etc.

Section 4 (29) of the Summary Offences Ordinance (Cap. 228) is

repealed.

Explanatory Memorandum

The principal effect of this Bill is to amend Part III (control

of meetings, processions and gatherings) of the Public Order

Ordinance -

(a)

to provide a notification procedure for public

processions in place of the existing licensing

procedure;