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Summary Offences Act 2005
sec.20Preventing public meetings
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### sec.20 Preventing public meetings
A person must not intentionally prevent or attempt to prevent the holding of a public meeting.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.
making a noise to prevent a public meeting starting or continuing
blocking a door to prevent persons lawfully entering a place where a public meeting is to be held
- 1 making a noise to prevent a public meeting starting or continuing
- 2 blocking a door to prevent persons lawfully entering a place where a public meeting is to be held