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As published
65 Offences and enforcement.
(1) Subject to subsection (3) below, a person who holds a procession in public—
(a) not —
(i) having given or being a person who is treated as having given notice in accordance with section 62 of this Act of his proposal to do so; ...
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) in contravention of an order under section 63(1) or (1A) or 64(6)(a)(ii) of this Act prohibiting the holding of it;
(c) otherwise than in accordance with a condition imposed by an order under section 63(1) or (1A) or 64(6)(a)(ii) of this Act in relation to the procession; or
(d) otherwise than in accordance with the particulars of its date, time and route specified—
(i) in the notice given under section 62(1) to (3) of this Act; or
(ii) where an order has been made under subsection (4) of that section, in the application for the order
except to the extent that a condition referred to in paragraph (c) above relates to its date, time or route,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 3 months or to both.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, a person who takes part in a procession in public—
(a) in respect of which—
(i) notice has not been or is not treated as having been given in accordance with section 62 of this Act; ...
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) in relation to which an order has been made under section 63(1) or (1A) or 64(6)(a)(ii) of this Act prohibiting the holding of it;
(c) which is held otherwise than in accordance with a condition imposed by an order under section 63(1) or (1A) or 64(6)(a)(ii) of this Act in relation to the procession; or
(d) which is held otherwise than in accordance with the particulars of its date, time and route specified—
(i) in the notice given under section 62(1) to (3) of this Act; or
(ii) where an order has been made under subsection (4) of that section, in the application for the order
except to the extent that a condition referred to in paragraph (c) above relates to its date, time or route
and refuses to desist when required to do so by a constable in uniform shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3) This section applies to a procession of the description set out in section 62(11B)(a) of this Act (funeral processions) only to the extent that the procession has been held otherwise than in accordance with conditions imposed under this Part of this Act.
(3A) This section applies to a procession which is within section 62(11B)(b) of this Act (processions specified by order) only if and to the extent that it has been prohibited or conditions imposed on it under this Part of this Act.
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Your change, as a redline
65 Offences and enforcement.
(1) Subject to subsection (3) below, a person who holds a procession in public—
(a) not —
(i) having given or being a person who is treated as having given notice in accordance with section 62 of this Act of his proposal to do so; ...
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) in contravention of an order under section 63(1) or (1A) or 64(6)(a)(ii) of this Act prohibiting the holding of it;
(c) otherwise than in accordance with a condition imposed by an order under section 63(1) or (1A) or 64(6)(a)(ii) of this Act in relation to the procession; or
(d) otherwise than in accordance with the particulars of its date, time and route specified—
(i) in the notice given under section 62(1) to (3) of this Act; or
(ii) where an order has been made under subsection (4) of that section, in the application for the order
except to the extent that a condition referred to in paragraph (c) above relates to its date, time or route,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 3 months or to both.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, a person who takes part in a procession in public—
(a) in respect of which—
(i) notice has not been or is not treated as having been given in accordance with section 62 of this Act; ...
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) in relation to which an order has been made under section 63(1) or (1A) or 64(6)(a)(ii) of this Act prohibiting the holding of it;
(c) which is held otherwise than in accordance with a condition imposed by an order under section 63(1) or (1A) or 64(6)(a)(ii) of this Act in relation to the procession; or
(d) which is held otherwise than in accordance with the particulars of its date, time and route specified—
(i) in the notice given under section 62(1) to (3) of this Act; or
(ii) where an order has been made under subsection (4) of that section, in the application for the order
except to the extent that a condition referred to in paragraph (c) above relates to its date, time or route
and refuses to desist when required to do so by a constable in uniform shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3) This section applies to a procession of the description set out in section 62(11B)(a) of this Act (funeral processions) only to the extent that the procession has been held otherwise than in accordance with conditions imposed under this Part of this Act.
(3A) This section applies to a procession which is within section 62(11B)(b) of this Act (processions specified by order) only if and to the extent that it has been prohibited or conditions imposed on it under this Part of this Act.
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