ACT
(Acts 4 of 1976, 5 of 1983, S.I. 6/1969 and 8 of 2011)
Act 4 of 1976 .. in force 2 April 1976
Amended by Act 5 of 1983 .. in force 25 March 1983
Amended by S.I. 6/1979 .. in force 17 February 1979
Amended by Act 8 of 2011 .. in force 3 May 2011
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART 1
PRELIMINARY
| 1. | Short title |
| 2. | Interpretation. |
PART 2
MEETING — GENERAL PROVISIONS
| 3. | Permit required for public meetings |
| 4. | Applications for permits of meetings |
| 5. | Grant of permit for meetings. |
| 6. | Power to require dispersal of meeting |
| 7. | Offence to take part in unauthorised meeting |
| 8. | Non application of this Part |
PART 3
MARCHES AND PROCESSIONS
| 9. | Permit required for public marches or audio visual exhibitions |
| 10. | Application for permits for marches or exhibitions |
| 11. | Grant of permit for marches |
| 12. | Leader of march may be required to call on march to disperse |
| 13. | Offence to take part in an unauthorised march or exhibition |
| 14. | Offence to lead or organise marches or exhibitions |
| 15. | Non-application of this Part |
| 16. | Suspension of sections 9 to 12 |
PART 4
MEETINGS AND MARCHES — SPECIAL PERMISSION
| 17. | Power to prohibit meetings and marches |
| 18. | Application for permits |
| 19. | Grant of Permits |
| 20. | Power to require dispersal of meetings and marches |
| 21. | Offence to take part in prohibited meeting or march |
| 22. | Exemptions |
PART 5
PUBLIC OFFICES
| 23. | Interpretation |
| 24. | Power to require dispersal of public marches and meetings near scheduled premises |
| 25. | Power of police officer to call on meeting or march to disperse |
| 26. | Participants in meeting or march to disperse when called on to do so |
| 27. | Inciting |
| 28. | Power to amend Schedule 2 |
PART 6
OFFENCES RELATING TO UNIFORMS, QUASI MILITARY ORGANISATIONS AND KINDRED OFFENCES
| 29. | Prohibition of uniforms in connection with political objects |
| 30. | Prohibition of uniform |
| 31. | Prohibition of quasi-military organisations |
| 32. | Prohibition against unlawful drilling |
| 33. | Unlawful oaths |
PART 7
MISCELLANEOUS
| 34. | Offence to break up public meeting |
| 35. | Prohibition of offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace |
| 36. | Prohibition of offensive weapons at public meetings and marches |
| 37. | Incitement to racial hatred at meetings and marches |
| 38. | Penalty for incitement to violence etc., at meetings and marches |
| 39. | Unlawful statements |
| 40. | Power of search without warrant. |
| 41. | Power of arrest without warrant |
| 42. | Penalties for certain offences |
| 43. | Appeal against refusal of application. |
| Schedule 1 | |
| Schedule 2 | |
AN ACT relating to the maintenance of public order with reference to public meetings, marches and processions and for connected matters.
Commencement [2 April 1976]