10Disorderly houses

10 Disorderly houses

(1)  [Section 10 Subsection (1) amended by No. 15 of 2014, s. 9, Applied:19 Dec 2014] *[Section 10 Subsection (1) amended by No. 32 of 1963, s. 4 ][Section 10 Subsection (1) amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 ][Section 10 Subsection (1) amended by No. 13 of 1987, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ]*A person occupying or keeping any house, shop, room or other premises shall not–

(a) permit or suffer any breach of the peace or riotous or disorderly conduct therein;

(b) [Section 10 Subsection (1) amended by No. 42 of 2005, s. 31, Applied:01 Jan 2006] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(c) [Section 10 Subsection (1) amended by No. 1 of 2001, s. 7, Applied:12 Apr 2001] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(d) [Section 10 Subsection (1) amended by No. 1 of 2001, s. 7, Applied:12 Apr 2001] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(1A)  *[Section 10 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 13 of 1987, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ]*A person who contravenes a provision of subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding 5 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.

(2)  [Section 10 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 15 of 2014, s. 9, Applied:19 Dec 2014] If a police officer has reasonable grounds to believe that an offence against subsection (1A) is being or has been committed in any house, shop, room or other premises, the police officer may –

(a) without warrant and using such force, means and assistance as is reasonably necessary, enter the house, shop, room or other premises; and

(b) direct any person found at the house, shop, room or other premises to leave that house, shop, room or other premises and not return for a specified period of not less than 12 hours.

(3)  *[Section 10 Subsection (3) amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 ]**[Section 10 Subsection (3) amended by No. 13 of 1987, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ]*The court before whom any such offender is convicted may further order him to find security, in a sum to be fixed by the court, for his good behaviour for a period not exceeding 12 months, under a penalty not exceeding 2 penalty units, and in the event of such security not being found, may sentence the person offending to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 months.