<akomaNtoso xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0 http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v1.0/cos01/part2-specs/schemas/akomantoso30.xsd"><act name="ukpga"><meta><identification source="#"><FRBRWork><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1963/52"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1963/52"/><FRBRdate date="1963-07-31" name="enacted"/><FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/legislature/UnitedKingdomParliament"/><FRBRcountry value="GB-UKM"/><FRBRnumber value="52"/><FRBRname value="1963 c. 52"/><FRBRprescriptive value="true"/></FRBRWork><FRBRExpression><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/52/1991-02-01"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/52/1991-02-01"/><FRBRdate date="1991-02-01" name="validFrom"/><FRBRauthor href="#"/><FRBRlanguage language="eng"/></FRBRExpression><FRBRManifestation><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/52/1991-02-01/data.akn"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/52/1991-02-01/data.akn"/><FRBRdate date="2026-08-13+01:00" name="transform"/><FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk"/><FRBRformat value="application/akn+xml"/></FRBRManifestation></identification><lifecycle source="#"><eventRef refersTo="#enactment" date="1963-07-31" eId="date-enacted" source="#"/></lifecycle><analysis source="#"><restrictions source="#"><restriction refersTo="#extent-e+w+s" type="jurisdiction"/></restrictions><otherAnalysis source=""/></analysis><references source="#"><TLCEvent eId="enactment" href="" showAs="EnactmentDate"/><TLCLocation eId="extent-e+w+s" href="/ontology/jurisdictions/uk.EnglandWalesScotland" showAs="E+W+S"/></references><proprietary xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" source="#"><dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/52/section/2</dc:identifier><dc:title>Public Order Act 1963</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to increase the penalties for offences under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1936 and section 1 of the Public Meeting Act 1908.</dc:description><dc:date>1978-06-01</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2011-05-26</dc:modified><dct:valid>1991-02-01</dct:valid><ukm:PrimaryMetadata><ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/><ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct"/><ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/></ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:Year Value="1963"/><ukm:Number Value="52"/><ukm:EnactmentDate Date="1963-07-31"/></ukm:PrimaryMetadata><ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative Date="2025-03-20" Size="87466" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/52/pdfs/ukpga_19630052_en.pdf" Print="true"/></ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Statistics><ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="2"/><ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="2"/><ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="0"/><ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/><ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/></ukm:Statistics></proprietary></meta><body><section eId="section-2" uk:target="true"><num>2</num><heading> Short title and extent.</heading><subsection eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This Act may be cited as the Public Order Act 1963.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.</p></content></subsection></section></body></act></akomaNtoso>