SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 73

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 73

73—Power of police to remove disorderly persons from public venues

        (1)         A police officer may enter a public venue and—

            (a)         order any person who is behaving in a disorderly or offensive manner to leave; or

            (b)         use reasonable force to remove any person who is behaving in such a manner.

        (2)         A person—

            (a)         who remains in a public venue after having been ordered to leave pursuant to this section; or

            (b)         who re-enters, or attempts to re-enter, a public venue within 24 hours of having left or having been removed from such a place pursuant to this section,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $2 500 or imprisonment for 6 months.