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Chapter I —
Prohibition of organisations and associations of a political or quasi-military
character and uniforms, etc.
3. The Minister may from time to time by order prohibit the wearing in public places or at meetings or gatherings to which the public or any section of the public has access, of —
(a)
any uniform or dress which signifies association with any political organisation or with the promotion of any political object; or
(b)
any uniform, dress or emblem by members or adherents of any organisation or association specified or described in the order, whether incorporated or not when, in the opinion of the Minister, members of that organisation or association are organised or trained or equipped for the purpose of enabling them to be employed —
(i)
in usurping the functions of the police or of the Singapore Armed Forces; or
(ii)
for the use or display of physical force in promoting any political or other object or in such a manner as to arouse reasonable apprehension that they are organised or trained or equipped for that purpose.
4. Every person who wears any prohibited uniform, dress or emblem in contravention of an order made under section 3 shall be guilty of an offence under this Part and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
5.
—(1) If the members or adherents of any association of persons, whether incorporated or not, are —
(a)
organised or trained or equipped for the purpose of enabling them to be employed in usurping the functions of the police or of the Singapore Armed Forces; or
(b)
organised or trained or equipped either for the purpose of enabling them to be employed for the use or display of physical force in promoting any political or other object, or in such a manner as to arouse reasonable apprehension that they are organised or trained or equipped for that purpose,
then any member or adherent of such association shall be guilty of an offence under this Part and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both; and any person who promotes or conspires with another to promote, or who takes part in the control or management of, the association, or in so organising or training as aforesaid any member or adherent thereof, shall be guilty of an offence under this Part and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both:
Provided that in any proceedings against any person charged with the offence of taking part in the control or management of such an association as aforesaid it shall be a defence to that charge to prove that he neither consented to nor connived at the organisation, training or equipment of any member or adherent of the association in contravention of this section.
(2) No prosecution for any offence under this section shall be instituted except with the consent of the Public Prosecutor.
(3) If upon application being made by or on behalf of the Public Prosecutor it appears to the High Court that any association is an association of which members or adherents are organised, trained or equipped in contravention of this section, the Court may —
(a)
make such order as appears necessary to prevent any disposition without the leave of the Court of property held by or for the association;
(b)
direct an inquiry and report to be made as to any such property as aforesaid and as to the affairs of the association;
(c)
make such further order as appears to the Court to be just and equitable for the application of such property in or towards the discharge of the liabilities of the association lawfully incurred before the date of the application or, with the approval of the Court, since that date in or towards the repayment of moneys to persons who became subscribers or contributors to the association in good faith and without knowledge of any such contravention as aforesaid, and in or towards any costs incurred in connection with any such inquiry and report as aforesaid or in winding up or dissolving the association; and
(d)
order that any property which is not directed by the Court to be so applied as aforesaid shall be forfeited to the Government.
(4) In any criminal or civil proceedings under this section proof of things done or of words written, spoken or published (whether or not in the presence of any party to the proceedings) by any person taking part in the control or management of an association or in organising, training or equipping members or adherents of an association shall be admissible as evidence of the purposes for which, or the manner in which, members or adherents of the association were organised or trained or equipped.
(5) If a Magistrate or the Commissioner of Police is satisfied by information that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under this section has been committed, and that evidence of the commission thereof is to be found at any premises or place specified in the information, he may, on an application made by a police officer not below the rank of sergeant, grant a search warrant authorising any such officer with or without assistance to enter the premises or place at any time within one month from the date of the warrant, if necessary by force, and to search the premises or place and every person found therein, and to seize anything found on the premises or place or on any such person which the officer has reasonable ground for suspecting to be evidence of the commission of such an offence as aforesaid.
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(6) No woman shall, in pursuance of any warrant issued under subsection (5), be searched except by a woman.
(7) Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the employment of a reasonable number of persons as stewards at any public meeting held upon private premises with the permission of the owner of those premises, or the making of arrangements for that purpose or the instruction of the persons to be so employed in their lawful duties as such stewards, or their being furnished with badges or other distinguishing signs.
6.
—(1) Any person other than a member of the Singapore Armed Forces or the police or of a volunteer force or local force constituted under any written law in force in Singapore, or of any other force which is a visiting force for the purposes of Part I of the Visiting Forces Act [Cap. 344] or of any organisation or association specially exempted by the Minister, who —
(a)
is present at or attends any meeting or assembly of persons for the purpose of training or drilling themselves in the use of arms or of being so trained or drilled, or for the purpose of practising military exercises, movements or evolutions; or
(b)
is present at or attends any such meeting or assembly for the purpose of training or drilling any other person or persons in the use of arms or the practice of military exercises, movements or evolutions,
shall be guilty of an offence under this Part and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
(2) Any person, other than a member of the Singapore Armed Forces or the police or of a volunteer force or local force constituted under any written law in force in Singapore, or of any other force lawfully present in Singapore under any law for the time being in force relating to visiting forces or of any organisation or association specially exempted by the Minister, who —
(a)
trains or drills any other person in the use of arms or the practice of military exercises, movements or evolutions; or
(b)
takes part in the control or management of any association or organisation whose members are trained or drilled in the practice of military exercises, movements or evolutions,
shall be guilty of an offence under this Part and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.
7.
—(1) The Minister may, if he considers it in the national interest to do so, by order prohibit the manufacture, sale, use, wearing, display or possession of any flag, banner, badge, emblem, device, uniform or distinctive dress or any part thereof.
(2) Any person contravening any provision of an order made under this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Part.
(3) Any article in respect of which an offence has been committed under this section may be seized and destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the Minister may direct, whether or not the identity of the offender is known and whether or not any prosecution has been commenced in respect of the offence.