Public Order Act · s 30

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s 30Disturbance in public places

Any person who -

(a)

in any public place or at any meeting uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or whereby a breach of peace is likely to be occasioned; or

(b)

having been given by any police officer any direction for the purpose of preventing obstruction or keeping order in any public place, without lawful excuse, contravenes any direction so given to him, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $1.000 and imprisonment for one year.

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