Part IIProscribed Organisations
Offences
12Support
(1)
A person commits an offence if—
(a)
he invites support for a proscribed organisation, and
(b)
the support is not, or is not restricted to, the provision of money or other property (within the meaning of section 15).
(2)
A person commits an offence if he arranges, manages or assists in arranging or managing a meeting which he knows is—
(a)
to support a proscribed organisation,
(b)
to further the activities of a proscribed organisation, or
(c)
to be addressed by a person who belongs or professes to belong to a proscribed organisation.
(3)
A person commits an offence if he addresses a meeting and the purpose of his address is to encourage support for a proscribed organisation or to further its activities.
(4)
Where a person is charged with an offence under subsection (2)(c) in respect of a private meeting it is a defence for him to prove that he had no reasonable cause to believe that the address mentioned in subsection (2)(c) would support a proscribed organisation or further its activities.
(5)
In subsections (2) to (4)—
(a)
“meeting” means a meeting of three or more persons, whether or not the public are admitted, and
(b)
a meeting is private if the public are not admitted.
(6)
A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a)
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, to a fine or to both, or
(b)
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.