TNAG-2865-FCO40-4119-Hong-Kong-Public-Order-Amendment-Bill-1993-1993 — Page 5

Requirements and conditions applying to public meetings

(1) At every public meeting

(a) there shall be present throughout the meeting

either the person who has organized the meeting

or, if he is not present, a person nominated by

him to act in his place;

(b)

good order shall be maintained throughout the

meeting;

(c)

amplification devices shall only be usęd

(i) to address the meeting, to maintain

order or to ensure safety at the

meeting; and

(ii)

in a manner so as not to cause

annoyance to the general public;

(a)

control of any amplification device (whether or

not in use at the time) shall be surrendered to

any police officer where required by the police

officer for the purpose of securing or

maintaining public order and safety or

protecting the rights and freedoms of others.

(2) Subject to subsection (1), the Commissioner of Police

may, where he considers it necessary for the protection of the

interests set out in section 9(1), impose conditions in respect

of any public meeting notified under section 8 relating to the

time at which such public meeting may be held and, in the case

of a public meeting intended to be held in a place other than a

designated public area, the conduct of such public meeting; and

notice of any condition so imposed shall be given in writing to

the person by whom such public meeting is so notified or any