Permission required for a non-national to address meetings

(1) Any person other than a national or resident of Belize who desires to address a public meeting or take part in a public procession shall no more than seventy-two hours before the date on which such meeting or procession is to take place apply to the appropriate officer for a permit so to do, and the appropriate officer may in any case grant or refuse the (2) Any such person other than a national or resident of Belize who without a permit issued for the purpose addresses a 13 public meeting or takes part in a public procession shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment.