Public Order and Security Act [Chapter 11:17] as amended at 1st July, 2006
29 Dispersal of unlawful public gatherings
(1) A police officer and any person assisting him may do all things reasonably necessary
for—
(a) dispersing the persons present at a public gathering the holding or continuance of
which is unlawful by virtue of any direction or order under section twenty-five,
twenty-six or twenty-seven; and
(b) apprehending any such persons;
and, if any such person makes resistance, the police officer or the person assisting him may use
such force as is reasonably justifiable in the circumstances of the case for overcoming any such
resistance.
(2) If a person is killed as a result of the use of reasonably justifiable force in terms of
subsection (1), where the force is directed at overcoming that person’s resistance to a lawful
measure taken in terms of that subsection, the killing shall be lawful.
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[Repealed by section 282 of Criminal Law Code]4
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[Repealed by section 282 of Criminal Law Code]5
PART V
ENFORCEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY
32 Persons to carry identity documents
(1) In this section—
“arrestable offence” means an offence specified in the First Schedule to the Criminal
Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07];
“identity document” means—
(a)
a document issued to a person in terms of section seven of the National
Registration Act [Chapter 10:17], or a passport or driver’s licence issued by or on
behalf of the Government of Zimbabwe; or
(b)
any visitor’s entry certificate or other certificate or permit issued to a person in
terms of the Immigration Act [Chapter 4:02], or in terms of any enactment
relating to refugees; or
(c)
any passport, identity document or driver’s licence issued by a foreign
government.
(2) Subject to this section, every person shall, when in a public place, carry an identity
document on his person.
4
This section dealt with the offence of Disrupting a public gathering. See now section 44 of the Criminal Law
Code.
5
This section dealt with the offence of Possession of offensive weapons at public gatherings. See now
section 43 of the Criminal Law Code.
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