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In forceMisbehaviour at public meetings
Part 17Offences punishable summarily and summary procedure generally
379 Misbehaviour at public meetings
(1)
A person shall not, in any premises where a public meeting is being held, behave in a manner that disrupts, or is likely to disrupt, the meeting.
Maximum penalty: $1 000, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(2)
If a person presiding at any public meeting reasonably believes that another person in the premises where the meeting is being held is behaving in a manner that is disrupting, or is likely to disrupt, the meeting, the person so presiding may request any police officer who is present to remove the other person and the police officer may remove that other person accordingly.
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