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(1)Where the Minister is of the opinion that it is desirable in the interests of public tranquillity, the Minister may, by statutory instrument, declare that in any particular area in Uganda (hereafter referred to in this section as a "gazetted area") it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to convene an assembly at which it is reasonable to suppose that more than twenty-five persons will be present unless a permit has been obtained under subsection (2) by that person or those persons to convene the assembly, except that no instrument published under this subsection shall remain in force for more than one year unless it has been renewed by a further instrument; and where the instrument is renewed for a period exceeding one year, it shall be laid before Parliament for its approval by resolution.
(2)In every instrument published under subsection (1), the Minister shall name a person empowered to issue permits authorising the holding of an assembly of more than twenty-five persons within the discretion of that person either to withhold a permit altogether or to issue a permit subject to conditions as to'
(a)a place where the assembly may be held;
(b)the number of persons who shall be permitted to attend the assembly; and
(c)the time or duration of the assembly.
(3)Where a senior police officer satisfies a chief magistrate or a magistrate grade I that it is the intention of a person or persons to convene an assembly at which more than twenty-five persons are likely to be present, the magistrate may summon that person or those persons before him or her and after hearing that person or those persons may, if he or she thinks fit, make an order that the person or persons shall not convene or attend at any assembly in a gazetted area for a period to be named that shall not exceed one month unless a permit has been obtained under subsection (2) for convening such an assembly.
(4)Where a senior police officer is of the opinion that'
(a)in the case of an assembly in a gazetted area for which no permit has been obtained there are more than twenty-five persons present; or
(b)in the case of an assembly in a gazetted area for which a permit has been obtained there are more persons than are permitted by the permit or any other conditions of the permit are not being complied with,
he or she may order the assembly to disperse.
(5)A person who addresses an assembly after a superior police officer has ordered the assembly to disperse other than to inform the persons present that the assembly is at an end commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding six currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or both.
(6)In any proceedings under subsection (5), the evidence of the senior police officer who ordered the assembly which is the subject of the proceedings to disperse shall be conclusive as to the number of persons present at the assembly.
(7)Nothing in this section shall apply to assemblies held wholly inside a building or convened bona fide'
(a)for religious observance;
(b)by the Uganda Government or the administration of a district;
(c)for witnessing sports or games; or
(d)primarily for social purposes.
The Minister can declare an area a 'gazetted area' if public tranquillity requires it. In such an area, you cannot organise an assembly with more than...
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