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Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973

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22Riotous and disorderly behaviour, etc.

Section 9(1) of the [1968 c. 28 (N.I.).] Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (punishment for riotous, disorderly and indecent behaviour, etc.) shall have effect in relation to an offence committed while this section is in force as if for the words from " on summary conviction " to the end of the subsection there were substituted the words " on summary conviction—

(a)if his conviction is for riotous behaviour in, or any behaviour whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned in, a street, road, highway or other public place, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months; and

(b)in any other case, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding £100, or both.".

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