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Ord. No. 64/67
PUBLIC ORDER

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for three years.

(2) A person may be convicted of an offence under this section whether or not he has been charged with or convicted of any other offence under this Part.

Forcible entry. 23. (1) Any person who enters on any premises in a violent manner, whether or not he is entitled to enter thereon and whether such violence consists in actual force applied to any other person or in threats or in breaking open any building or in collecting an unusual number of people, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.

(2) Nothing in this section shall make it an offence for a person to enter upon premises of his own which are in the custody of his servants or his bailiff.

Forcible detainer of premises. 24. Any person who, being in unlawful possession of premises, holds possession of them, in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace or to cause any person reasonably to fear that a breach of the peace may occur, against a person entitled by law to the possession of the premises shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.

Fighting in public. 25. Any person who takes part in a fight in a public place shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.

Proposing violence at public gatherings. 26. Any person who, without lawful authority, at any public gathering makes any statement, or behaves in a manner, which is intended or is likely to incite or induce any person—

(a) to kill or do physical injury to any person or to any class or community of persons;
(b) to destroy or do any damage to any property; or
(c) to deprive any person by force or fear of the possession or use of any property either permanently or temporarily,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—

(i) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for five years; and
(ii) on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.