Public meetings and processions
4 Public meetings and processions
Subject to —
any directions given by a member of the Police Force under section 9A; and
the provisions of subsection (2),
where the holding of a public meeting or the conduct of a procession substantially conforms with the terms of the permit relating to it, a person participating in that public meeting or procession who observes such conditions and limitations as may be specified in the permit may position himself in, or proceed over, any street referred to in the permit and is not, by reason of any thing done or omitted to be done by him for the purpose only of his participating in that public meeting or procession, guilty of any offence against the provisions of any other Act or law regulating the movement of traffic or pedestrians, or relating to the obstruction of a street.
A permit granted pursuant to this Act shall be deemed to contain a condition requiring persons participating in the public meeting or procession to which it relates not to obstruct the free passage of any ambulance, fire brigade vehicle, or police vehicle, and where any person contravenes that condition the holding of the public meeting or the conduct of the procession shall be taken not to have conformed with the permit.
For the purposes of this Act an assembly shall not be taken to be a public meeting —
unless —
it comprises 3 or more persons;
it is held for the purpose of communicating or expressing any view to, or of ascertaining the view of, the public or any section of the public (whether or not an organization or body of persons having requirements for membership), or of demonstrating, as to any matter; and
members of the public in general are invited, induced or permitted to attend;
or
if the assembly is convened solely for the purpose of divine worship.
For the purposes of this Act an assembly shall be taken to be a procession if —
it comprises 3 or more persons; and
those persons are assembled with the intent of moving, or move, from the place of assembly by means of any street as, or substantially as, a body of persons in orderly succession proceeding by a common route.
[Section 4 amended: No. 55 of 2004 s. 988 and 991; No. 70 of 2004 s. 77.]
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