# Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1987 (repealed 27.8.1991), Section 11: Offences relating to behaviour and dress in public places.

Extent: N.I.

(1) The following section shall be substituted for section 25 of the 1978 Act—
“ Display of support in public place for a proscribed organisation.
25 Any person who in a public place—
(a) wears any item of dress; or
(b) wears, carries or diaplays any article,
in such a way or in such circumstances as to arouse reasonable apprehension that he is a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation, shall be liable—
(i) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;
(ii) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine, or both.”
(2) In section 26 of that Act (wearing of hoods etc. in public places), for the words from “a fine not exceeding” onwards there shall be substituted “ s fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both, and on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine, or both. ”
(3) After sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 19 of Schedule 4 to the 1978 Act (scheduled offences) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs—
“(ca) section 25;
(cb) section 26;”.
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) above shall not have effect in relation to an offence committed before the commencement of this section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/30/section/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1987-repealed-2781991/section-11
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