Public Order Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part 2
4. Prohibition of uniform in connection with political objects
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who in any public place or at any public meeting wears uniform signifying his association with any political organisation or with the promotion of any political organisation or with the promotion of any political object is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $3,000 and imprisonment for 2 years:
public place
"public place" includes any highway, public street, public road, public park or garden, any sea beach, river, waterway, public bridge. lane, footway, square, court, alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, any unalienated land, any theatre or place of public entertainment of any kind or other place of general resort admission to which is obtained by payment or to which the public have access. and any open space (whether enclosed or unenclosed) to which for the time being the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise;
Provided that if the Minister is satisfied that the wearing of any such uniform as aforesaid on any ceremonial anniversary or other special occasion will not be likely to involve risk of public disorder, he may grant written permission for the wearing of such uniform on that occasion either absolutely or subject to such conditions as he may specify in such written permission.
Any person who contravenes the conditions of any permission granted under the proviso to subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $3,000 and imprisonment for 2 years.
Terms defined in s 2
meeting
Defined · s 2"meeting" means an assembly held for the purpose of the discussion of matters of public interest or for the purpose of the expression of views on such matters;
public place
Defined · s 2"public place" includes any highway, public street, public road, public park or garden, any sea beach, river, waterway, public bridge. lane, footway, square, court, alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, any unalienated land, any theatre or place of public entertainment of any kind or other place of general resort admission to which is obtained by payment or to which the public have access. and any open space (whether enclosed or unenclosed) to which for the time being the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise;