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245 PDFTitle:PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCEGazette Number:E.R. 1 of 2013
Section:19Heading:RiotVersion Date:25/04/2013

(1) When any person taking part in an assembly which is an unlawful assembly by virtue of section 18(1) commits a breach of the peace, the assembly is a riot and the persons assembled are riotously assembled. (Amended 31 of 1970 s. 12)
(2) Any person who takes part in a riot shall be guilty of the offence of riot and shall be liable-

        (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for 10 years; and
        (b) on summary conviction, to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 5 years.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)