# The Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, Article 19: Provocative conduct in public place or at public meeting or procession


(1) A person who in any public place or at or in relation to any public meeting or public procession—
(a) uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour; or
(b) displays anything or does any act; or
(c) being the owner or occupier of any land or premises, causes or permits anything to be displayed or any act to be done thereon,
with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or by which a breach of the peace or public disorder is likely to be occasioned (whether immediately or at any time afterwards) shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/463/article/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-19
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.