Section 60: Prohibition of unlawful assembly

1) No person shall be engaged in an unlawful assembly.

2) An assembly of five or more persons with the objective of doing any of the following acts shall be considered to be an unlawful assembly:

(a) By means of force or show of force or show of a deadly weapon:

(1) to prevent any public servant from exercising the lawful functions or duties,

(2) to take or obtain possession of anyone’s property,

(3) to deprive any person of the enjoyment of the right of way, use of water, public transport or communication or similar other utilities,

(4) to compel any person to do what he or she is not legally bound to do or to omit to do what he or she is legally entitled to do.

(b) To hinder, resist the execution of any law, or of any legal process,

(c) To commit any offence punishable by a sentence of imprisonment.

3) Any person who, with the knowledge that it is an unlawful assembly, joins the assembly shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months and a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees where he or she has joined it without arms, and imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees where he or she has joined it with arms.

4) Any person who himself or herself does not join an unlawful assembly but hires or otherwise induces or overawes another to join such assembly shall be liable to the sentence referred to in sub-section (3) as if he or she himself or herself had joined such unlawful assembly.