Public Order Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part 2
16A. Control of persons
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where it appears to the Commissioner of Police -
that any person has been recently concerned in acts involving or likely to cause or provoke a breach of the peace in a special area or likely to be prejudicial to the success of measures taken to maintain or restore public order in a special area or in the preparation or instigation of such acts or that by reason of his
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association with any person or organisation concerned in any such acts or by reason of his words or conduct he is likely to be concerned in such acts; and
that by reason thereof, it is necessary to exercise temporary control over such person, the Commissioner may, by order exercise in respect of that person any one or more of the following powers -
exclude him from the special area or any part thereof;
require him to reside in such place or area. whether in the special area or not. as may be specified in the order and not to leave the area without such permission and subject to such conditions as may be so specified;
require him to remain within doors during such hours as may be specified in the order;
require him to notify the police at such place or places and in such manner as may be specified in the order his place or residence and any change thereof, and to report to the police at such times and dates and in such manner as may be so specified;
require him to enter into a bond for such amount with such sureties as may be specified for his good behaviour or for due compliance with the conditions of any order made under this subsection.
Any order made under this section may be varied or cancelled by a the Minister or by the Commissioner of Police.
Subject to subsection (2), any order made under this section shall remain in force for such period as may be specified in the order, but every such order, unless previously cancelled, shall cease to have effect when the area in respect of which the order was made ceases to be a special area.
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