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Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998

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14Breaking up public procession

(1)A person who for the purpose of preventing or hindering any lawful public procession or of annoying persons taking part in or endeavouring to take part in any such procession—

(a)hinders, molests or obstructs those persons or any of them;

(b)acts in a disorderly way towards those persons or any of them; or

(c)behaves offensively and abusively towards those persons or any of them,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.

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