Hong Kong Ordinances

PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE - SECT 6

General powers of the Commissioner of Police

(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

PART III

CONTROL OF MEETINGS, PROCESSIONS AND GATHERINGS

(1) If the Commissioner of Police reasonably considers it to be necessary in
the interests of national security or public safety, public order or the
protection of the rights and freedoms of others, he may, in such manner as he
thinks fit, control and direct the conduct of all public  gatherings and
specify the route by which, and the time at which, any public procession may
pass. (Amended 119 of 1997 s. 3; 10 of 2008 s. 9)

(2) The Commissioner of Police may, if he reasonably considers it to be
necessary to prevent an imminent threat to the interests of national  security
or public safety, public order or the protection of the rights and freedoms of
others, in such manner as he may think fit, control and direct the extent to
which music may be played, or to which music or human speech or any other
sound may be amplified, broadcast, relayed, or otherwise reproduced by
artificial means, in- (Amended 119 of 1997 s. 3; 10 of 2008 s. 9)

   (a)  public places; or

   (b)  places other than public places if such music, human speech or sound
        is directed towards persons in public places.

(3) The Commissioner of Police may give such orders as he reasonably considers
necessary to achieve the purpose mentioned in subsections (1) and (2).
(Replaced 72 of 1996 s. 2)