66Offences relating to riots

66 Offences relating to riots (a) the person is one of 12 or more people who are riotously assembled; and (b) a police officer orally orders those people to disperse immediately; and (i) fails to comply with the order as soon as the circumstances permit; and (ii) continues to assemble with people riotously. (2) A person is guilty of an offence if: (a) the person engages in conduct that involves a violent act; and (b) the conduct results in the prevention of a police officer from orally ordering the immediate dispersal of 12 or more people who are riotously assembled; and (c) one of the following subparagraphs applies: (i) the person engages in the conduct intending or knowing that it involves a violent act and has the result mentioned in paragraph (b); (ii) the person is reckless as to whether the conduct involves a violent act and has that result. (3) A person is guilty of an offence if: (a) the person is one of 12 or more people who are riotously assembled; and (b) a police officer is prevented from orally ordering the immediate dispersal of those people; and

Criminal Code Act 1983 90 (c) the person, knowing about the prevention of the making of the oral order, continues to assemble with people riotously. (4) A person is guilty of an offence if the person: (a) is one of 12 or more people who are riotously assembled; and (b) unlawfully damages property while the people are so assembled. (5) To avoid doubt, an offence against subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4), may be committed in private or public places. conduct that involves a violent act includes: (a) conduct capable of causing injury to a person or damage to property (whether or not it actually causes such injury or damage); and (b) a threat to engage in such conduct.