(1) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any loudspeaker for the purpose of—
(a) advertising any entertainment, trade, business; or
(b) making announcement and the holding of any public or political meeting, during any period, not being an electioneering period,
unless he or she first gives notice to the principal police station in the District.
(2) The notice shall be given—
(a) in the case of advertising any entertainment, trade or business, within 24 hours in advance of the intended advertisement, and shall state the nature of the intended advertisement;
(b) in the case of the announcement and holding of a public or political meeting not during an electioneering period, within 24 hours in advance of the holding thereof and with respect to a public meeting shall state the nature of such meeting.