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245 PDFTitle:PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCEGazette Number:E.R. 1 of 2013
Section:26Heading:Proposing violence at public gatheringsVersion Date:25/04/2013

Any person who, without lawful authority, at any public gathering makes any statement, or behaves in a manner, which is intended or which he knows or ought to know is likely to incite or induce any person- (Amended 31 of 1970 s. 15)

        (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 5 years; and
        (ii) on summary conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)