Power of arrest
Open ↗(1) A police officer may, without warrant, arrest any organizer or participant—
(a) who, during an assembly, refuses or fails to comply with any restrictions and conditions under section 15;
(b) who, during an assembly, has in his possession any arms; or
(c) who recruits or brings a child to an assembly other than an assembly specified in the Second Schedule.
(2) The police officer shall, before exercising the power of arrest under this section, take necessary measures to ensure voluntary compliance by the organizer or participant.
Power to disperse assembly
Open ↗(1) A police officer may issue an order to disperse in the following circumstances:
(a) the assembly is held at a prohibited place or within fifty metres from the limit of a prohibited place;
(b) the assembly is or has become a street protest;
(c) any person at the assembly does any act or makes any statement which has a tendency to promote feelings of ill-will or hostility amongst the public at large or does anything which will disturb public tranquility;
(d) any person at the assembly commits any offence under any written law;
(e) the participants did not or do not comply with the restrictions and conditions imposed under section 15; or
(f) the participants are engaging in, or about to engage in, unlawful or disorderly conduct or violence towards persons or property.
(2) The police officer, in exercising the power to disperse an assembly under this section, may use all reasonable force.
(3) Any person who fails to comply with the order issued under this section commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit.
