Public Order Act (with its variations) is a stock

short title In certain jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines, primary legislation has both a short title and a long title. Th ...

used for legislation in

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

, Rhodesia,

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

, the

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. A ...

and the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

, relating to

public order offence In criminology, public-order crime is defined by Siegel (2004) as "crime which involves acts that interfere with the operations of society and the ability of people to function efficiently", i.e., it is behaviour that has been labelled criminal ...

List

Hong Kong

*The

Public Order Ordinance The Public Order Ordinance () () (’POO’) is a piece of primary legislation in Hong Kong. It codifies a number of old common law public order offences. It imposes notification requirements for public processions and meetings which resemble a ...

1967, an Act passed following the

1967 riots 1967 riots may refer to: * Long, hot summer of 1967, marked by race riots and civil disorder throughout the United States ** Avondale riots of 1967, June 12–18, Cincinnati, Ohio ** Buffalo riot of 1967, June 27–July 1, Buffalo, New York ** 1 ...

Malaysia

*The Public Order (Preservation) Act 1958

Republic of Ireland

*The

Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act, 1994 The Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 is legislation that covers public order offences in the Republic of Ireland. It is the main legislation on the matter of public order. It deals with how people behave in public places and provides for ...

*The Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003

Rhodesia

*The

Public Order Act 1955 In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichke ...

, an Act giving the police the power to detain and restrict without trial.

Sierra Leone

*The Public Order Act 1965

Singapore

*The

Public Order Act 2009 In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...

United Kingdom

Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom: *The Public Order Act 1860telegraph.co.uk: "Radical July 7 preacher arrested in undercover sting trying to recruit jihadis"
26 Aug 2017 *The

Public Order Act 1936 The Public Order Act 1936 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6 c. 6) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed to control extremist political movements in the 1930s such as the British Union of Fascists (BUF). Largely the work of Home Office ci ...

(c 6) *The

Public Order Act 1963 The Public Order Act 1963 (c. 52) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Changes to penalties and mode of trial Section 1(1) increased the penalties to which a person guilty of an offence under section 5 of the Public Order Act 193 ...

(c 52) *The Public Order Act 1986 (c 64) *The

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c.33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It introduced a number of changes to the law, most notably in the restriction and reduction of existing rights, clamping down on unlicensed r ...

(c 33) *The

Public Order (Amendment) Act 1996 In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...

(c 59) Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland: *The

Public Order Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 The Public Order Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (1951 c. 19) was an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. The Act concerned meetings and 'non traditional' parades, although a 1970 amendment considerably broadened the Act's scope to include para ...

*The

Public Order (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...

(c 4) The following Orders in Council, passed due to the suspension of home rule in Northern Ireland, are considered to be primary legislation: *The

Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...

(S.I. 1987/463 (N.I. 7)) *The

Public Order (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...

(S.I. 1997/1181 (N.I. 10)) Act of the Scottish Parliament: *The

Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 The Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 11) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. It received Royal Assent Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either dire ...

(asp 10)

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