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Rh : otherwise inducing members of the public to commit, prepare or instigate acts of terrorism or such an offence; or
 * (g) be held within or enter a prohibited area, or an area to which an order or a notification under section 13 applies.

Conditions applying to public assembly or public procession

8.—(1) At every public assembly or public procession—
 * (a) there shall be present throughout the assembly or procession either the person who organised the assembly or procession or, if he is not present, a person nominated by him, in writing, to act in his place; and
 * (b) good order and public safety shall be maintained throughout the assembly or procession, as the case may be.

(2) In granting a permit for a public assembly or public procession, the Commissioner may impose on the organisers of, and the persons taking part in, the assembly or procession such conditions specified in the permit and relating to the assembly or procession as in the Commissioner’s opinion are necessary to prevent the assembly or procession, as the case may be, being carried out to result in anything referred to in section 7(2)(a) to (g).

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), the conditions may, in particular, impose requirements as to—
 * (a) the number of persons who may take part in the public assembly or public procession;
 * (b) the number and size of banners, placards, displays or other paraphernalia used;
 * (c) the engagement of such number of marshals and security officers as may be necessary to ensure that good order and public safety shall be maintained throughout the assembly or procession, as the case may be; and
 * (d) the place or places where the public assembly or public procession may, or may not, be carried on.

(4) The Commissioner may, if he reasonably believes that it is necessary in order to prevent anything referred to in section 7(2)(a) to (g) from happening—