Draft Public Order Bill 2009

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K a n i ' p ~ l a ~ " . ",;::, .> ,';: . , , - : " : - " ~ . : ' " ......: ..':-. ~ > : < . > , ',' , . '... '"TIm pUBLIC ORDER M::ANAGEMENTBILL; 2009> "'. '.' .: ' " '"

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2009 as revised by the Solicitor General. .

" ,Please expeditiously review the 'Bill ,arid submit your comments. You are","

obviously aware of the urgent' need' to have the law in place as soon as:

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"1. Commencement

2 Interpretation . '," '., .', ,'

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: ~ . Principle of managing public order.' . , ,

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5. Delegation ofpowers '.

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PART ][J-1)UTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES OF POLICE, ORGANISERS AND"

PARTICIPANTS

9. Powers of an authorised officer

10. Duties of the Police I. Responsibilities oforganisers and participants

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12.,Use of public address system"13, Register "'14.-'Gazetted areas

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BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as follows,,},·, .,' : ::".:..;-." ,

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"authorised-officer" means the t h c I h S p e c t 6 t , q . e n ~ r a l of Po'lice, Commander Kampala: 'Metropoiitan Polict:, J. Regional Police'Ccmmunder, 'a District Police Commander or a :'.

person authorised by t l ~ e Inspector General ofPolice;

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"notice" means a notice given bY,<:lf o f l ~ : a n i ~ ~ ( ~ ~ i l j ) U ..blic · ~ i 9 c ' ~ i ~ g . to ttie i ~ p e c t o r . : '·:: .. a:',:,:" . ,J

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"organiser" m , e a : n . ~ . t h e person or hlsbr i i c ~ " a ~ t ? n t ) l l : c h ~ t ' g e of-calling the public meeting:'.C· __ \

"politicnl orgnuisatiou" menus any organisation-which has among its objects any.': :'.' . ' . " : ,:'"

political purpose or \"hicit pursues a pclitica! purpose CLan)' political o r g a l l i s a t ! o n ' w i t l ~ , i 1 1 : : ' themeaning of the Political Parties and Organisations Act., 2005; , , ' ' .. , .

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"p rlvn cc pi-emises'' menus premises which ate-hot public places or.\)ther place for which .. ' , ,the permission of the ow ncr or custudianis required before a c - ~ c s : - ; to the public is

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which at the material tinle'the'public or section of the public has a c c ~ ~ s ; . : : _'. j

onpayrnent of a' fee or- otherwise, as of fight orby virtue of express or implied ;:'::<,"J.':... permission as-defined under the Penal Code Act, Cap, I f!O; ..... ' '. : ~ " , ' ,

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- The underlying principle of managingpublic' order is thatmanagingpublic order s . h a . \ I . ' b ~ . : : , ; ; , . :,"done.in partnership with- ':, ;:-:', .<:': "","'::';:': _- "" - ., ':' : ''','.,'' " " , " ~ ' : : ; ? < , : ' ' ' - / ) ~ : . ~ : ; ~ i ' >

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""',J (bl.the l o c a l ' a 1 . l t h ~ r i t i e s , ownersano ' ~ : ~ ~ ' t 9 ~ i ~ s - r i f the ,vehues o f p ' ~ b l i c i r t ; e e t l i l g ' ~ ; ~ a 4 ? , : ( ; ~ ~ ~ : : r , . ~ ; ; , : ~ , i : , _ " '- ;:

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,TIle Itlsp.&tor: G e ~ i e r a l of Police shall h a v ~ nie' pcwertc . r e g ~ l n " t e ti1e c ' c l l 1 d ~ c t ' 6 f a h , . t i t i b : l i ' ~ D ~ : ;,:;:' .:~ 1 e e ~ i n g ~ ; ' ' - ' '.' ,:", . , , , . ~ ' ,:;:",;"

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The Jnspecror General of Police may de_legate his'Of her powers to the authorised C ? f f i ~ c ~ . •.;,

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ot three or' persons IIIOr on-any public road as-defined III the Traffic-and Read Safety,At;::k'"or otherpublic place o . i . ' ' - p r e r t 1 i s ' ~ s ' wholly-. 9 ' p ~ y , o p ~ n , t ~ t ~ e " i ~ l . i r < ' " . . ." ::. :';.i,>'-,c . : ~ : y : ~ . , "t;

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,at Whick). ~ ~ principles, p o l j c - Y ; " a c t ~ c > n s or failure of any g o v . e ! n m ~ n t ; , p . o l i t . i c a J : : : , ~ - , party or. pulitical organisation, whether .or not-that party of'organi$ati.oi1-"-.isC",".':'.registered under of any applicable' law, are discussed: or, . " , , " - : ~ ] ,:-.:'«i,::::': ''

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(b) held to', form pressure, groups to" hand over petitions to an)' person' or..,to

mobilise or demonstrate support for or oppositioq to the views, principles, ',: ..

, policy, actions or emissions of any person or body of persons or institutioti-.

, including any government administrnticn or governmentalinstitution.

(2]-Notwithstanding any other prcvisioucf this Act, the- definition of "public

meeting" docs not include

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'(b)-a meeting of m e ~ l b c r s of any r e g i s t ~ r - e d -,

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c ~ ~ ) ( ) r a t e 0;' -:"not, convened In a c c o r d r i n c ~ · , , \ , r l h ' t l j c c O l i . i J i t u t i ~ l l ' ahhc organisation and h ~ [ d \ ~ - e x c f u ~ i v e i y . for a lawful purp(;;s¥of: t h a t - o : r ' g a n i ~ a d o n ; : .. . - .. , - '

(c) n meeting of members ofa trade union;

'(d) -a meeting' for a social, r c i l g i ~ u s ; c u · t t u ~ - 3 i .. ~ h ~ H : i t a b l c ; c - d i . l ~ a t i D n a l , · _ c o m m c l : ~ i i l 1 " " or industrial purposej and ;'1 ' ,"" :' , _ ~ .''- ,

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" uccorccnce with the constitution bf the party-or: organisation," and held.'"' ,""

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(a) the full IHU11C and physical. uud postal address of the orguniser of the,

proposed public meeting a ~ his or, her immediate contact; ,

(b) the proposed elate oI'the public meeting, and the time, which shall bc,'

, ? ~ ~ t e e n six o'clock i n t h ~ ' t : i : ~ ~ r n i n g andsix o'clockin ~ l afternoon; " c:

. (e) .the proposed site ofth;; p'ublic meeting, the e s t i m a t ~ d number o f . p e r s o ~ < 'expected, the purposc of.tliepublicmecting, and' anyother relevant .: "information;' and

(d) a clearanceletter from.the proprietor of the venue.

(3) A person or an agent of a person who holds a public l l 1 c d i n ~ and fails to complywith

the couditionsundcrthls Act commitsan offence nud is on conviction liable for the

offence o f d l s o b c d i 2 1 ~ ~ t ' of statutory duty under section f 1 or'ihc Penal Codc Act, Cap.120,

(4) A ccrti fled document 'unde;' the 'hand 0 f the ' l n ~ pcctor General of Police specifying thc

terms, date and maimer ofservice ora notice under this section shall be admissible as

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8. NotifiCation'oy authcr'isud Mficc,: . :'(1) Upon 'receipt of anoticeunder section 7; ~ i - i c r c it'is l l o f n o ~ s i b l e to h()ld the proposed.",'. :-'

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c.ontl:oISJl" . w i J l . i n t ~ r ~ e r e > ~ 1 t l ~ . ~ ~ . r , ~ . r .Iawful ? ~ s i n e s ~ ; or' -: '. ' .... : : , , ~ , _ : '

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n b t i . f : 0 t l i ~ , : : o r - g a D ; . s e r ; o r : ' his.or.heragentand

t h e ; : ~ ; ; · ' : ..'.::·-;i!):;: ~ : / : , -: .. ': '. r',"" , ' , ',' . " " ' , .:." .. ".".,'-'.•.' ...',':'.".- .... ' , ' . - . " " , ~ : . ' . ;,','." '.-'.:.:::...";, ... ,;: •. ~ . ...;:, .. Iinotice s'haH be deliveredto -the organiser-s:addressas stated-inthe' notice of Intenttonito' · ~ ! : : · ~ ' l · ~ > ' : ' . t . '

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(2YUpon,reeeipt 0"[notifiention py the a u t h o r r ~ e , d o f f i c e r . , t h e · o r g a l l i s e r . or his ,orher agent .. ; · ~ : ..

shall be invited .to identify an a J t e r r i a t i v e , : a 4 · ~ ; ' : a R ~ · c p i : a b l c 'venue,'?ito-reschedule the pl:lbli.c,;!i.,',.'·",' ,I ,.

meeting to another dateor venue. . '::':;': "..", ,'..-,'

(4) A person aggrieved by the decision of t h ~ : , ~ u 1 ; h . Q r i s e d o f f i c e r other ~ H l I 1 the I n ~ B e ~ f o r ' ".':' '

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(5) A person aggrieved by. the decision of the Inspector General of Police may', within',,;. '.... ,thirty days-appeal tothe HlghCcurt.. ' , ' ;, :D::- '. " ,." ',,' ,,: •. ',,';.: '".: ,,:.'

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(1) Subject to the directions of the Inspector G e ~ e m l of Police, en authorised officer orany other police officer of crnbovc the rank of inspector. may slop or prevent the holdlng :

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, (b) t l l ~ public. n J ~ ~ t ~ g js one which; h a ~ i n g regard to' the rights and i ~ t e ~ . ~ t s ' · , ; : , , -. . "

of the person vifio participates in that public' meeting, poses a clear;'.', .

present or imminent danger, of breach ofthe peace' or public order.

· ( 2 ) . T h ~ authorised office; may' tot the"purpose's of subsection ( l ) " i s s u e o ~ d e r s i ~ c i u d i n g art orderfcii the dispersal of the publie meeting, as are reasonable in the eircumstances.'' , .c -

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'(3) Tile authorised 'officer shall in i s s u i n g · 8 . . l ~ ' order-under subsection (2), have regard: to _' :,:. . . . .

the tights 'and freedoms' of the persons in' respect ol \vI1om tile 'order' l}as:' been issud a n d ' : \ ~ : :'.'·tlie rights and freedoms of otherpersons. . ". " . . "'.', ' .' . . . . . ,.'.' "'r'. .:;;',:, '.'.'

: ~ 4 ) i : : ; ~ ' i s O I ~ ' W h O neglects o ~ , ' r ~ u ~ ~ s ' t o O b e y : ' ~ ~ ~ ~ d ~ ; " i S S U , ~ q 'under t h i s ' . s ' ~ C t i 6 h : . · c c ; ~ " f S · < : X . : : . . ' ..an 0 ffence "and is enconviction -(jable" to 'ihe,'offel;e:(;:8fdiso be'dicnce"o:rlawful · o r ~ f e £ s " , : , . : , , \ . L . : ; ~ ? " : " c , - . , '; u n . d . ~ r section 1'1 T ofthe 'Pen") :¢nrie' A r . , t , , ' c ~ p . ) ~ Q \ · : ~ : ~ · . ': ,.:::.;c". : ' . " ' : " . ~ , . : . ~ ; ; ~ ,.: : . > ~ . ~ . · < t ; : : L .. ~ " , " , .

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(2)For the purposes of sub,eeti6riCi), tll'Police ,);.i1'.<· .... ..": .' -." / ::' '.':("1 .; ' .' ,1:

:". :'.' " (u} provide securiiyfor bcitli the p . t U i t c i p , ~ t . s ' and other inembers.cfjhe publ(G>i ,;,'.;' ,. -.

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(d) identify".tri appropriate traffic'plan to allow 'the flow of botty vehicular and. .'. human traffic; ., " : , ~ ; . .» ., .

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) . (e) dircet the routes .. c i f " t h . ~ ~ : \ ~ { ~ n ( ; t ~ , : ~ r . e v ~ n \ ' : : : b b s t l U ~ t l O n : - , o f " ; " p e ' 4 e ~ ' t H a n : or '.:'.

vehicle trafflcor any other I ~ W f l : l l · b u i : d n e s . S " ; : " , .: .. '". ) ~ ! ' r ~ __· ~ , . < " , : ; , " : ; · , " .. '. ;

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..ids'at a.publiom e e ~ i n g , : ~ h e r e ~ t l ~ ' e : . p q \ i c t . - - :

officer bas.reasoneblc grounds to believe that a breach o f p ~ a L ; · t : : . · !sIikely to ,. ,

occur or if ab ( : e ~ ~ t l of tile .peacc has, 'occurred 'or Is occurring.Tn orderto '

prevent violcuee.vcstore order and preserve t\leJ p e a c e ,

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111. Responsibilities uf urgnntscrs and participa!1'ts'

,(I) The crganiseror his or hCI"f\"gfjnt shell- " ,.. ,-. . ,I'ii! ~h..: rcspcnsihlc roradl1crillg rorhc required criteria for holding public ,I':

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(b) inform ali participants ofa trafficor assembly. plan and 'I;rov'iding n o ' d e s ~ . ' , I : , \ ' ~ ' : , c.. thanone ?tcwarA ~ r : , e v S o r y fiftydemonstrators ,?f ? ~ l ' t i c i p ~ t s ' O ~ , , ~ ' ~ ~ l , b J ' ~ S _ ~ , : ~ ; ; ~ , : : ' ..

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any existing laws ofUganda;<" ,,'" --,',--," ',< ."- ,.: ;

(e) ensure that the public meeting-is concluded peacefully before, 6:00 p. in;:-.

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ilfC permitted to 'have access , b y " p a y r n e r i t . ~ i - O t h ~ ~ l , l i i s ~ . " ""'" ,.,' - '. .,;' ,':',,: / . ' ' \ : ' \ } ; ; ~ j .. .. :.

;,1 J . . , - R c g i s t ~ r The 'authorised officer shall. keep a , p ~ ~ i t ~ ' r c g l s ~ ~ r ~ . t a l l : · , l c i t i c e s received,' and t h e , r ~ g i s t e ~ . , '

'" 'shall be open for inspection by any p ~ r s o l ~ ' d u f i n g working hours; '.'._

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14. Cnzetted areas

(I) Where the Minister is of the opinion that .it is desirable in the interests ofpublic itranquility, the' Mi'nister ntny, by'statutory instrument declare that in any particulararea in

Uganda it IS uhlawfu! far anvperscn or p e r s o n ~ ' t b convene a public meeting at whicliitis Ireasonable tosuppose that morethan twenty-five persons will, be present unless a permit'

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(2) A , s t a t u i ~ ' r y instrument n ~ < l d e under. subsection (1) ;hall not ' i ~ r r i a L n in f ~ r c e J 6 1 : ' r i l o r ~ ' ~ ' ~ + : :',. than one year afterit is published the Gazette unlessit-is renewed by-a 'further S ~ f u t o r y ..-'instrument. - - . - , " : { ' / , , ~ .-..

' ~ ~ 2 {;": ",'(3) Where 3. statutory Instrument made under subsection (1) is renewed fur u period .'

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exceeding one year, it shall be laidbefore Parliament for approval. by resolutlon.. . . : . ~ : , - ,: .

(4) In every instrument made under s l i b s 6 ~ t i ~ n (1), t h Minister shall, in consultation : . ' \ . y ~ - , with the Inspector General of-Police, name an authorisedperson empowered to issue':' .:

permits authorising tlle holding of apublic meeting of more than twenty-five persons and..:'"

it slmlI be within the discretion of that person to either withhold-a permit or t o _ i s ' s ~ l e ' ~ "','",,:,

permit subject to conditionsasto- ' " ,::' ',:' -:'," " , , '

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::.n :: ',', ,.'," ',-.,' ~ : " .. - - " ~ : > ' : : · · t ~ · . " ' , r : " ; : " : ',:,- ,,--:>':'i:>,:'! . " : ' ; : ~ ! ; ~ ~ : - : - ) . ! . ':u" ' (b) the number of persons who SJia11 be permitted to attend the'pri1Jlic m e e t i n g ; : ~ : ; . ' ~ '

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is the intention of a person or persons to convene arrurilawful public [neeting at which. , ; : , : { , ~ " more thnn twenty-five persons are likely to be present, the magistrate may sumrrionthar.cperson or those perseus before him or her, and after hearing that person or those persons"

may, where he or she considers it lit, make an order that the person or persons shall not '

convene or attend My public meeting in a gazetted area for a stated period that shall not,

exceed 'one monthunless a peuuit is obtained ttn'der subsection t-l) f01: convening a public,\·,, , I:lle.>ting' " ' ' . ' "

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(a)' in 'tile" case' of a public meeting"ina gazetted,area for which no permit has,

, , b ' 6 e n o b t ~ r i c d there are more than t w e n t y ~ f i v e persons presentj or .".- , i ' : : ' ;"

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been obtained there, are.more persons .than are permitted by.1he'p,errnit:or' '''''''.

any other conditions of the permit nre not being eomplied with, he or she" .'may o.rd'er tile public ' m e ~ t ' i n g , t o disperse. ' . ' "

•(7) A person who uddrpsses a public meeting after an authorised officer has ordered it to.'

disperse other than to inform the persons present that the public meeting is concluded

commits an offence andis liable on conviction.to a fine not exceeding six currency points, '"

or irnprisoumenr not exceeding thtee mon-ths or both. '

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eaiiying irito e f t ~ ( ' . t of-any 'of the prdyisiGiis Or, purposes o . f t 1 ) i & ; A ~ t . ' . ' ',' ,: ::::., , ' ~ :/f{,:?': .,''. ;', ' , ' ~ , , ' ,:. .. , ',' '::.. ', :;,:., '.: :,:" >: . : . ~ ~ ; : : '0 : ~ . ...,: " .. . .<",,' ,:,<",' :' " " ~ ' : ':"", ,":>","-,',':.), " ~ ; ' ; ' : ' : : ; : ' ;:;;t:r-O". .. -"'

(2). T h e : ' M i . I i . l s t ~ r · may by regulations made.under tilis Actprescnbe f O I < a : c o r i . t i n v e n i i { i r ( o f > ~ : : , the regulations a 'fine not e.xceeding , t w ~ ; l t ) . ( f c i u r currency p o i n t s ' , o r , i m p r i ~ o n r i l e n t : n o L ; ; ' exceeding one year or both and in 'case 'bf-a>eoiltinuing offence prescribe' an 'additionnC," 'fine not exceeding ten curreucy'poinrsfcreach day on which the offence continues." '

(3) The Minister may',also by regulations tn. addition to any p e : n a ; t ~ p J c s c ~ i b e ' u J l d e r .:

subsection (2) prescribe a requirement' that, anything ,used In the', commission of the::(; "'contravention of the regulations 'be forfeited to t h ~ , State , : .: " ' ."i

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•.Cross References

The Penal Code Act, Cop, 120 ,

The PollticalPartles [U1d- Organisation Act" 2005' -I \1'" - ." , . - . - -" ' .. ~ -

Traffic and RoadSafety Act Cap, 13

Draft Public Order Bill 2009

Documents

Transcript of Draft Public Order Bill 2009