PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY ACT [CHAPTER 11:17]
“offensive material” means any inflammable, dangerous, noxious, or
deleterious substance, material or thing capable of killing or injuring
persons, including⎯
(a) low or high explosives and the ingredients thereof;
(b) all types of fuse used in the ignition of explosives;
(c) detonators;
(d) timing devices, especially time pencils;
(e) wire cutters;
(f) acids;
(g) ammunition as defined in the Firearms Act [Chapter 10:09];
(h) biological or chemical warfare agents;
(i) any other substance, material or thing declared by the Minister, by
notice in a statutory instrument, to be an offensive material for the
purposes of this definition;
“official” means⎯
(a) a member of any law enforcement agency; or
(b) an ancillary member of the Police Force as defined in section 2 of the
Police Act [Chapter 11:10]; or
(c) a member of the Defence Forces; or
(d) a provincial or district administrator or an assistant provincial or
district administrator or any other employee of the State acting in that
capacity;
“peace officer” has the meaning given to that term in section 2 of the Criminal
Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07];
“police district” means an area designated by the Commissioner of Police as a
police district for the purposes of the administration of the Police Force;
“procession” means a procession in a public place;
“public gathering” means a public meeting or a public demonstration;
“public demonstration” means a procession, gathering or assembly in a public
place of persons and additionally, or alternatively, of vehicles, where the
gathering is in pursuit of a common purpose of demonstrating support for,
or opposition to, any person, matter or thing, whether or not the gathering
is spontaneous or is confined to persons who are members of a particular
organisation, association or other body or to persons who have been
invited to attend;
“public meeting” means any meeting in a public place or meeting which the
public or any section of the public is permitted to attend, whether on
payment or otherwise;
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