Public Order Act - Assembly and Procession
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PART II<br />
ASSEMBLIES AND PROCESSIONS<br />
Regulation of public assemblies <strong>and</strong> public processions<br />
5.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this <strong>Act</strong>, a public assembly <strong>and</strong> a public<br />
procession shall not take place unless —<br />
(a)<br />
(b)<br />
the Commissioner is notified under section 6 of the intention to hold the<br />
public assembly or public procession, <strong>and</strong> a permit is granted under<br />
section 7 in respect of that public assembly or public procession, as the<br />
case may be; <strong>and</strong><br />
the holding of that public assembly or public procession is not prohibited<br />
under section 12 or 13.<br />
(2) This section shall not apply to —<br />
(a) an assembly or a procession exempted from this section under section 46;<br />
<strong>and</strong><br />
(b)<br />
an assembly or a procession within any part of an unrestricted area not<br />
falling within a special event area of an enhanced security special event.<br />
[<strong>Act</strong> 23 of 2017 wef 01/10/2017]<br />
Advance notice of public assembly or public procession<br />
6.—(1) Notice of intention to organise a public assembly or public procession shall<br />
be given in accordance with subsections (2) <strong>and</strong> (3) to the Commissioner in the<br />
prescribed manner accompanied by an application for a permit in respect of that<br />
assembly or procession, as the case may be.<br />
(2) Notice under this section shall be given not less than the prescribed period before<br />
the date on which the assembly or procession, as the case may be, is to be held.<br />
(3) Notice under this section shall —<br />
(a)<br />
be given in writing in such form as may be prescribed;<br />
(b) be given —<br />
(i)<br />
if it is a demonstration carried on by a person by himself or a<br />
march by a person alone, by that person; <strong>and</strong><br />
(ii)<br />
in any other case, by any of the organisers of the assembly or<br />
procession; <strong>and</strong><br />
Singapore Statutes Online Current version as at 05 Jun 2020 PDF created date on: 05 Jun 2020