1964_PUBLIC_ORDER_ORDINANCE — Page 14

1987 Ed.]

Public Order

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(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 procession 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 imposed by or under section 11, 13, 14 or 15 in respect of any public meeting or public procession; or

(c) without the permission of any police officer on duty there, knowingly enters or remains in a public place to which access has been closed to him under section 17(4); or

(d) publishes, distributes, displays, prints or circulates any advertisement, printed matter, banner, poster, notice or other device publicizing, or in any other manner advertises or publicizes, a public meeting (other than a meeting referred to in section 7(2)) which has not been notified under section 8 or is prohibited under section 9 or a public procession (other than a public procession referred to in section 13(2)) which is not licensed under section 13,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 12 months.

(2) Where

(a) any public meeting or public procession takes place in contravention of section 7 or 13;

(b) 3 or more persons taking part in or forming part of a public gathering refuse or wilfully neglect to obey an order given or issued under section 6; or

Offences in relation to sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 17.