Permits

(1) Any person wishing to organise or form a public procession in a town shall apply to the appropriate officer at least thirty-six hours before such procession is to be formed. (2) The appropriate officer may, if he thinks fit, grant a permit in writing to any applicant to organise or form a public procession and shall, in such permit, set out the route which such procession is to follow, the time at which it may commence and the time by which it shall cease, Provided always that all processions shall cease by 7:00 o’clock in the evening. (3) The appropriate officer may, if he considers it necessary, require any applicant to enter into a bond in favour of Her Majesty in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars with one or more sureties to his satisfaction conditioned for the good behaviour of all persons taking part in such public procession, and where there is any contravention of the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the amount secured by the bond shall be forfeited forthwith. (4) No person shall in any public procession carry or have on or about his person any naked flame or any offensive weapon, except with lawful authority, the proof of which shall lie with him.