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Crimes Act 1900
379Misbehaviour at public meetings
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379 Misbehaviour at public meetings
(1) A person shall not, in any premises where a public meeting is being
held, behave in a manner that disrupts, or is likely to disrupt, the
meeting.
(2) If a person presiding at any public meeting reasonably believes that
another person in the premises where the meeting is being held is
behaving in a manner that is disrupting, or is likely to disrupt, the
meeting, the person so presiding may request any police officer who
is present to remove the other person and the police officer may
remove that other person accordingly.