Public Order Bill
Table of Contents
Long Title
Enacting Formula
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Short title and commencement
2 Interpretation
3 Meanings of "organising" and "taking part in"
4 Commissioner and authorised officers
Part II ASSEMBLIES AND PROCESSIONS
5 Regulation of public assemblies and public processions
6 Advance notice of public assembly or public procession
7 Permit for public assembly or public procession
8 Conditions applying to public assembly or public procession
9 Form and validity of permit
10 When permit may be cancelled
11 Appeal to Minister
12 Prohibited areas
13 Power to prohibit assembly or procession in public interest
14 Unrestricted areas
15 Offences in prohibited areas, etc.
16 Other offences in relation to assemblies or processions
17 Defences
18 Obstructing free passage of any ambulance, etc.
19 Legal immunity for participant in lawful assembly or procession
Part III SPECIAL EVENTS SECURITY
20 Interpretation of this Part
21 Declaration of special event
22 Statutory conditions of entry
23 Tickets sellers to inform of statutory conditions of entry
24 Inspection of personal property, etc., as condition of entry
25 Search of person
26 Prohibited items
27 Security screening at special event area
28 Power to require reasons for entry to special event area
29 Refusal of entry and removal from special event area
30 Directions to event organiser
31 Unauthorised entry to special event area, etc.
32 Interference with special event, etc.
33 Saving of operation of Part II
Part IV POWERS TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC ORDER
34 Application of this Part
35 When power applies to behaviour
36 Direction to move on
37 Contravening direction to move on
38 Seizure of films of law enforcement activities
39 Obstruction of police officers under section 29 or 38
Part V MISCELLANEOUS
40 Power of arrest
41 Composition of offences
42 Owner or occupier of premises where unlawful assembly, etc., takes place
43 Onus of proof
44 Offences by bodies corporate, etc.
45 Service of documents, etc.
46 Power to exempt
47 Regulations
48 Application of other laws
49 Consequential and related amendments to other written laws
50 Saving and transitional provisions
Explanatory Statement
Expenditure of Public Money