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6 PART I PRELIMINARY Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Public Order Act 2009 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

"act of terrorism" means any of the following:
 * (a) a terrorist bombing offence within the meaning of the Terrorism (Suppression of Bombings) Act (Cap. 324A);
 * (b) a terrorist act within the meaning of the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act (Cap. 325);

"assembly" means a gathering or meeting (whether or not comprising any lecture, talk, address, debate or discussion) of persons the purpose (or one of the purposes) of which is—
 * (a) to demonstrate support for or opposition to the views or actions of any person, group of persons or any government;
 * (b) to publicise a cause or campaign; or
 * (c) to mark or commemorate any event,

and includes a demonstration by a person alone for any such purpose referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c);

"authorised officer", in relation to any provision in this Act or the regulations, means any police officer authorised in that behalf by the Commissioner for the purposes of that provision;

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Police appointed under the Police Force Act (Cap. 235);

"copy", in relation to a film, means any article or thing in which the visual images or sounds comprising the film are embodied;

“declaration" means a declaration made under section 21;