Part I New Offences
1 Riot.
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Where 12 or more persons who are present together use or threaten unlawful violence for a common purpose and the conduct of them (taken together) is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety, each of the persons using unlawful violence for the common purpose is guilty of riot.
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It is immaterial whether or not the 12 or more use or threaten unlawful violence simultaneously.
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The common purpose may be inferred from conduct.
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No person of reasonable firmness need actually be, or be likely to be, present at the scene.
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Riot may be committed in private as well as in public places.
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A person guilty of riot is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or a fine or both.