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 used for legislation in Rhodesia

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, Sierra Leone

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, Hong Kong

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, and the United Kingdom

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, relating to public order offences.

Rhodesia

• The Public Order Act 1955, an Act giving the police the power to detain and restrict without trial.

Hong Kong

• The Public Order Ordinance
  Public Order Ordinance
  The Public Order Ordinance is Chapter 245 in the Laws of Hong Kong, whose purpose is the maintaining public order through the control of assembly, procession, and demonstration, limiting people's freedom of expression....
  
   1967, an Act passed following the 1967 riots

United Kingdom

Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom:

• The Public Order Act 1936
  Public Order Act 1936
  The Public Order Act 1936 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed to control extremist political movements in the 1930s such as the British Union of Fascists ....
  
   (c 6)
• The Public Order Act 1963
  Public Order Act 1963
  The Public Order Act 1963 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.Changes to penalties and mode of trialSection 1 increased the penalties to which a person guilty of an offence under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1936 or under section 1 of the Public Meeting Act 1908 was...
  
   (c 52)
• The Public Order Act 1986
  Public Order Act 1986
  The Public Order Act 1986 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It creates a number of public order offences. They replace similar common law offences and parts of the Public Order Act 1936...
  
   (c 64)
• The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
  Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
  The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It introduced a number of changes to the existing law, most notably in the restriction and reduction of existing rights and in greater penalties for certain "anti-social" behaviours...
  
   (c 33)
• The Public Order (Amendment) Act 1996 (c 59)

Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland:

• The Public Order Act (Northern Ireland) 1951
  Public Order Act (Northern Ireland) 1951
  The Public Order Act 1951 was an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. The Act concerned meetings and 'non traditional' parades, although a 1970 amendment considerably broadened the Act's scope to include paramilitary groups and weaponry.-Contents of the Act:The first section of the Act...
  
  
• The Public Order (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 (c 4)

The following Orders in Council, passed due to the suspension of home rule in Northern Ireland, are considered to be primary legislation:

• The Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/463 (N.I. 7))
• The Public Order (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1181 (N.I. 10))

Act of the Scottish Parliament:

• The Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 10)