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Section 57 — Who may order unlawful assembly to disperse

Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.

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57.Who may order unlawful assembly to disperse

(1)A police officer may command an unlawful assembly or an assembly of 5 or more people likely to cause a disturbance of the public peace to disperse, and the members of the assembly must then disperse.

(2)Nothing in this Division shall derogatederogates from the powers conferred on any person under the Public Order Act 2009 (Act 15 of 2009).2009.