(1) Subject to subsection (3) any person who desires to organise, hold or call together a meeting in a public place shall, at least 3 days before the day on which it is proposed to hold such meeting, apply to the Commissioner of Police for a permit and any such application may be made by delivering it to the Commissioner of Police or to a police officer in charge of the police station nearest to the place at which the meeting is to be held.
(2) Every application under subsection (1) shall be in writing and shall specify—
(a) the name or names of the person or persons desiring to organise hold or call together the meeting;
(b) the purpose or purposes of the meeting;
(c) the place at which the meeting is to be held and the approximate time at which it is to begin; and
(d) the name of every speaker who is to address the meeting.
(3) Although an applicant under this section does not comply with the time limit specified in subsection (1), the Commissioner of Police if satisfied that such failure was due to circumstances beyond the control of the applicant, may consider the application and shall give his or her decision thereon as soon as possible, but shall not in any such case be bound by section 5(3).