Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act

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3 Verandah public roads

4 Offences how punishable

5 Assemblies and processions

6 Burning material or discharging firearm in public road

7 Duty of police officers as to dangerous animals

8 Dog running at persons, etc.

9 Ferocious dog at large

10 Liability of dog owner

12 Offences relating to animals

13 Other offences relating to public road

13A Intentional harassment, alarm or distress

13B Harassment, alarm or distress

13C Fear or provocation of violence

13D Threatening, abusing or insulting public servant

14A Making of harassing or obscene telephone calls to emergency telephone numbers

14B Liability of subscriber

14C Furnishing of information

15 Relief for occupier of premises from nuisance

16 Obstruction in canals, etc.

17 Penalty for depositing corpse or dying person

18 Drunkenness in public places

19 Soliciting in public place

20 Riotous, disorderly or indecent behaviour in, or in the immediate vicinity of, certain places

21 Wilful trespass on property

22 Possession of housebreaking implements or offensive weapons

23 Penalty for taking intoxicant, etc., into public hospital

24 Improper management of house of public resort

25 Interpretation of this Part

26 Disorderly or indecent behaviour by prostitutes

27 Rogues and vagabonds

27A Appearing nude in public or private place

28 Any person may arrest offender

29 Search of conveyance or goods of person arrested

30 Search of premises for idle and disorderly person and rogue and vagabond

31 Magistrate may take recognizances for good behaviour in certain cases

32 Touting for business

33 Touting in public offices

35 Fraudulent possession of property

36 Secondhand dealers and money-changers to report property stolen or fraudulently obtained

37 Melting or defacing metals, etc., within 3 days of receipt

38 Register of workers and dealers in metals

39 Employees not affected

Appearing nude in public or private place

27A.—(1) Any person who appears nude —

(a)	in a public place; or
(b)	in a private place and is exposed to public view,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.

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(2) For the purpose of this section, the reference to a person appearing nude includes a person who is clad in such a manner as to offend against public decency or order.

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(3) Where an offence under this section is committed in a private place, it shall be lawful for a police officer to enter the private place without the authority of the owner or occupier of the private place to effect the arrest of the offender.

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(4) In effecting entry under subsection (3), it shall be lawful for a police officer to use such force as may be necessary to enter the private place.

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