Public Order and Security Act [Chapter 11:17] as amended at 11th January, 2008
of the procession, public demonstration or public meeting so as to meet the objects of
this Part.
(c) the regulating authority shall ensure that such discussions take place in good faith.
(5) If at a meeting held in terms of subsection (3) agreement is reached, procession, public
demonstration or public meeting may take place in accordance with the contents of the
convening notice, including amendments, if any, to such contents, on which agreement was
reached at the meeting;
(6) If at a meeting held in terms of subsection (3) agreement is not reached on the contents
of the convening notice or the conditions regarding the conduct of the procession or public
demonstration, the regulating authority may, if there are reasonable grounds therefor, of his or
her own accord or at the request of an authorised officer impose conditions with regard to the
holding of the procession or public demonstration to ensure—
(a) that vehicular or pedestrian traffic, especially during traffic rush hours, is least
impeded; or
(b) an appropriate distance between participants in the procession or public demonstration
and rival processions or public demonstrations; or
(c) access to property and workplaces; or
(d) the prevention of injury to persons or damage to property.
(7) The regulating authority shall ensure as soon as possible that a written copy of the
convening notice, including any amendment thereof and any condition imposed and the reasons
and grounds therefor, is handed to the convener and the authorised member who, and to every
party which, attended the meeting referred to in subsection (3):
Provided that if the identity or whereabouts of the convener is unknown, or if in view of the
urgency of the case it is not practicable to deliver or tender the said written notice and reasons
and grounds to him or her, the notice shall forthwith, notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary in any other law contained, be published in one or more of the following manners:
(a) in a newspaper circulating where the procession or public demonstration is to be held;
or
(b) by means of the radio or television; or
(c) by the distribution thereof among the public and the affixing thereof in public or
prominent places where the procession or public demonstration is to be held; or
(d) by the announcement thereof orally where the procession or public demonstration is to
be held; or
(e) by affixing it in a prominent place at the address of the convener specified in the
notice.
(8) The convener and the regulating authority shall, respectively, ensure that every marshal
and every police officer at the procession or public demonstration know the contents of the
convening notice, including any amendment or condition, if any.
(9) After considering representations made in the course of a meeting held in terms of
subsection (3), if any, the regulating authority may, if he or she on reasonable grounds is
convinced that no amendment or condition contemplated in subsection (5) or (6) would prevent
the occurrence of any of the circumstances contemplated in subsection (3), issue a prohibition
notice, giving the reasons and grounds therefor to the convener.
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