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Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 Part III — RESPONSIBILITIES OF ORGANIZERS, PARTICIPANTS AND POLICE

s 6–s 8 · 3 sections

Responsibilities of organizers

s 6

(1) An organizer shall ensure that an assembly is in compliance with this Act and any other written law. (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the organizer shall— (a) ensure that the organization and conduct of an assembly is not in contravention of this Act or any order issued under this Act or any other written law; (b) ensure that he or any other person at the assembly does not do any act or make any statement which has a tendency to promote feelings of ill-will or hostility amongst the public at large or do anything which will disturb public tranquility; (c) ensure that he or any other person at the assembly does not commit any offence under any written law; (d) ensure that the organization and conduct of an assembly is in accordance with the notification of assembly given under subsection 9(1) and any restrictions and conditions which may be imposed under section 15; (e) appoint such number of persons as he thinks necessary to be in charge of the orderly conduct of the assembly; (f) co-operate with the public authorities; (g) ensure that the assembly will not endanger health or cause damage to property or the environment; (h) ensure that the assembly will not cause any significant inconvenience to the public at large; (i) ensure the clean-up of the place of assembly or bear the clean-up cost of the place of assembly; and (j) in the case of simultaneous assemblies or counter assemblies, ensure that the organization of the assemblies are not intended to specifically prevent the other assembly from taking place or interfere with the organization of such assembly.

Responsibilities of participants

s 7

A participant shall— (a) refrain from— (i) disrupting or preventing any assembly; (ii) behaving offensively or abusively towards any person; (iii) doing any act or making any statement which has a tendency to promote feelings of ill-will or hostility amongst the public at large or doing anything which will disturb public tranquility; (iv) committing any offence under any written law at any assembly; and (v) causing damage to property; and (b) adhere to the orders given by the police, organizer or any person appointed by the organizer to be in charge of the orderly conduct of the assembly.

Responsibilities of police

s 8

A police officer may take such measures as he deems necessary to ensure the orderly conduct of an assembly in accordance with this Act and any other written law.

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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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