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(b) in any other case, 7 days prior to the date on which the procession is intended to take place:
Provided that the Commissioner of Police may, if he thinks fit in any particular case, accept an application which is made less than 7 days prior to such date.
(4) The Commissioner of Police may issue a licence under this section in respect of a public procession, in such form as he may determine, if he is satisfied that the public procession is not likely to prejudice the maintenance of public order or to be used for any unlawful purpose.
(5) A licence issued under this section in respect of any public procession shall be subject to such conditions relating to the forming, conduct, route, times of passing and dispersal of the procession as the Commissioner of Police may impose, and any condition so imposed shall be attached to the licence prior to the issue thereof.
(6) The Commissioner of Police may refuse to issue a licence under this section in respect of any public procession, except a public procession solely for the purposes of a funeral, if—
(a) the applicant or any person or society associated directly or indirectly with the application or likely in the opinion of the Commissioner of Police to be concerned in the organizing, convening, forming or conduct of the public procession has, in relation 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 Ordinance or any other law; or
(b) the public procession has been advertised or otherwise 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 otherwise 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.
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1987 Ed.]
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(b) in any other case, 7 days prior to the date on which the
procession is intended to take place:
Provided that the Commissioner of Police may, if he thinks fit in any particular case, accept an application which is made less than 7 days prior to such date.
(4) The Commissioner of Police may issue a licence under this section in respect of a public procession, in such form as he may determine, if he is satisfied that the public procession is not likely to prejudice the maintenance of public order or to be used for any unlawful purpose.
(5) A licence issued under this section in respect of any public procession shall be subject to such conditions relating to the forming, conduct, route, times of passing and dispersal of the procession as the Commissioner of Police may impose, and any condition so imposed shall be attached to the licence prior to the issue thereof.
(6) The Commissioner of Police may refuse to issue a licence under this section in respect of any public procession, except a public procession solely for the purposes of a funeral, if—
(a) the applicant or any person or society associated directly or indirectly with the application or likely in the opinion of the Commissioner of Police to be concerned in the organizing, convening, forming or conduct of the public procession has, in relation 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 Ordinance or any other law; or
(b) the public procession has been advertised or otherwise
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 otherwise 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.
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