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Public Order Act

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PUBLIC ORDER ACT

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

SECTION

1. Power to regulate assemblies, meetings and processions.

2. Power to stop assemblies, meetings and processions.

3. Unlawful assemblies.

4. Power to issue proclamations, etc., for the preservation of public order.

5. Penalty on endeavour to break up public assembly, meeting or procession.

6. Prohibition of quasi-military organisations.

7. Flags and uniforms.

8. Offensive weapons, etc., prohibited at meetings and processions.

9. Arrest without warrant.

10. Forms.

11. Power to make regulations and issue guidelines.

12. Interpretation.

13. Short title.

SCHEDULE

An Act to repeal all public order laws in the States of the Federation and to replace them with a Federal Act for the purpose of maintaining public order and to pro- hibit the formation of quasi-military organisations, regulate the use of uniforms and other matters ancillary thereto.

ll979 No. 5.J

[16th February, 1979J

[Commencement.]

1. Power to regulate assemblies, meetings and processions

(1) For the purposes of the proper and peaceful conduct of public assemblies, meet- ings and processions and subject to section 11 of this Act, the Governor of each State is hereby empowered to direct the conduct of all assemblies, meetings and processions on the public roads or places of public resort in the State and prescribe the route by which and the times at which any procession may pass.
(2) Any person who is desirous of convening or collecting any assembly or meeting or of forming any procession in any public road or place of public resort shall, unless such assembly, meeting or procession is permitted by a general licence granted under subsection (3) of this section, first make application for a licence to the Governor not less than 48 hours thereto, and if such Governor is satisfied that the assembly, meeting or pro- cession is not likely to cause a breach of the peace, he shall direct any superior police officer to issue a licence, not less than 24 hours thereto, specifying the name of the licen- see and defining the conditions on which the assembly, meeting or procession is permit- ted to take place; and if he is not so satisfied, he shall convey his refusal in like manner to the applicant within the time hereinbefore stipulated.

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