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CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 51

Unlawful drilling

51 Unlawful drilling

(1) Any person who—
(a) in contravention of the directions under a regulation, trains or drills any other person to the use of arms or the practice of military exercises, movements, or evolutions; or
(b) is present at any meeting or assembly of persons held in contravention of the directions of any such proclamation, for the purpose of there training or drilling any other person to the use of arms or the practice of military exercises, movements, or evolutions;
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) Any person who, at any meeting or assembly held in contravention of the directions under a regulation, is trained or drilled to the use of arms or the practice of military exercises, movements, or evolutions, or who is present at any such meeting or assembly for the purpose of being so trained or drilled, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2A) The offender may be arrested without warrant.
(3) A prosecution for any of the offences defined in this section must be begun within 6 months after the offence is committed.



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