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Police Offences Act 1935
49BPower of Commissioner to control public entertainments
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### 49B Power of Commissioner to control public entertainments
> *\[Section 49B Inserted by No. 71 of 1962, s. 10 \]**\[Section 49B Subsection (2) amended by No. 13 of 1987, s. 5 and Sched. 1 \]*
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> > (1) Where the Commissioner is of opinion that it is fitting –
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> > > > (a) for the preservation of public morality, good manners, or decorum; or
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> > > > (b) to prevent a breach of the peace or danger to a performer or other person –
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> > so to do, he may, with the consent of the Minister, by writing under his hand prohibit or regulate the holding of any public entertainment or a specified part or item of any public entertainment, the terms of any licence notwithstanding.
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> > (2) *\[Section 49B Subsection (2) amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 \]*A person holding or having the superintendence or management of a public entertainment which, or any part or item of which, is held contrary to a prohibition under this section or any condition so imposed after notice thereof has been given as prescribed is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units.