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Assembling illegal societies

Cap. 150, s. 53 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) No licence holder shall permit any body, union, society or assembly of persons declared to be illegal, or which requires from persons on or before admission thereto any illegal oath, test, declaration or affirmation or which observes on the admission of members or at any other proceeding any religious, pretended religious or other rite or ceremony not sanctioned by law, or which wears, carries about or displays on assembling any arms, flags, colours, symbols, decorations or emblems whatever, to meet or assemble on any occasion or pretence whatever in the building, premises or other places of sale of the licence holder. (2) The licence holder shall not display or suffer to be displayed on, from or out of any part of such premises any sign, flag or symbol, declaration or emblem whatever of any such body of society as aforesaid. (3) If any such licence holder commits a breach of any of the provisions contained in this section, he commits an offence, but nothing contained in this section shall apply to the societies or bodies of men called Freemasons, Foresters, Ancient Druids, Odd fellows or to any benefit or friendly society.

Amended by: 6 of 2002

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Assembling illegal societies — Cap. 150 s. 53 · Belize Law