or any condition imposed under section 8(2) on organisers or persons
taking part in that assembly or procession;
(d) which is held within a prohibited area and the holding thereof is prohibited
by an order under section 12(1);
(e) the holding of which is prohibited by an order or a notification under
section 13(1) or (2); or
(f) which is held within an unrestricted area and the holding thereof is not in
accordance with any condition that applies by virtue of section 14 to the
organising or taking part in the assembly or procession.
Meanings of “organising” and “taking part in”
3.—(1) In this Act, a reference to a person organising an assembly or a procession
shall be a reference to a person who is responsible for holding, convening, forming or
collecting the assembly or procession, and includes —
(a) any person who assists or promotes the holding, convening, forming or
collecting of any assembly or procession; and
(b) where any person will receive revenue from the sale (if any) of tickets to
the assembly or procession, that person,
but does not include a person carrying on a demonstration by himself or marching alone.
(2) A reference to a person or persons taking part in an assembly or a procession shall
include, as the case may be, a person carrying on a demonstration by himself, or a march
by a person alone, for any such purpose referred to in the definitions of an assembly and
a procession, respectively, in section 2(1).
Commissioner and authorised officers
4.—(1) The Commissioner shall, subject to any general or special directions of the
Minister, be responsible for the administration of this Act and may perform such duties
as are imposed and may exercise such powers as are conferred upon him by this Act.
(2) The Minister may from time to time give the Commissioner directions of a
general character, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as to the exercise
of the powers and discretions conferred on the Commissioner by, and the duties required
to be discharged by the Commissioner under, this Act; and the Commissioner shall give
effect to all such directions given.
(3) The Commissioner may delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers
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