Penalty

(1) Any person who holds, convenes or organises a public meeting for which no permit is required without giving twelve hours notice in writing to the appropriate officer or after such meeting has been prohibited by the appropriate officer under subsection (2) of section 5 is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. (2) Any person who holds, convenes or organises a public meeting for which a permit is required without a permit having been issued for such meeting is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment. (3) Any person who attends or takes part in any public meeting for which a permit is required but for which no permit has been issued is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred 9 dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment.