| 词条 | Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act, 1907 |
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The Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act, 1907 An Act to make better provision for the prevention of public meetings likely to promote sedition or to cause a disturbance of public tranquillity) was a 1907 act of the Imperial Legislative Council of the British Raj enabling the government to prohibit political meetings. The "area of operation" of the act was any Province of British India specified by order-in-Council of the Governor-General noted in the Gazette of India.[1] The government of a province within the "area of operation" could then designate part or all of the province a "proclaimed area", noted in the provincial gazette.[2] Each such notice would be valid for six months, but could be extended by the provincial government.[3] In a proclaimed area, there were restrictions on public meetings with discussion, or distribution of written material, of "any subject likely to cause disturbance or public excitement or ... any political subject".[4] Meetings over 20 or more people were presumed to be public.[5] Such meetings were prohibited unless the police commissioner or district superintendent either gave written permission or received three days' advance notice in writing.[4] The police could attend such a meeting,[6] and the district magistrate or police commissioner could prohibit meetings "promoting disaffection or sedition".[7]. Organising or speaking at a prohibited meeting was punishable by six months' imprisonment and/or a fine.[8] The act was raised in the British House of Commons in February 1908 by Vickerman Rutherford, who questioned its effects on "the interests of good relations between the rulers and the ruled." Donald Mackenzie Smeaton replied that the act was only in force in one district and that no meetings had been prohibited under it.[9] The act was extended until 31 March 1911, when the Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act, 1911 was passed to replace it. ReferencesSources
Citations1. ^Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act 1907 §1(2) {{Indian legislation}}2. ^Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act 1907 §2(1) 3. ^Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act 1907 §2(2) 4. ^1 Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act 1907 §4(1) 5. ^Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act 1907 §3(3) 6. ^Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act 1907 §4(2) 7. ^Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act 1907 §5 8. ^Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act 1907 §§6(1),7 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1908/feb/11/freedom-of-speech-in-india|title=Freedom of Speech in India.|date=11 February 1908|work=Hansard|pages=HC Deb vol 183 c1526 |nopp=Y|accessdate=22 November 2017}} 5 : 1907 in India|Legislation in British India|Political repression in British India|1907 in law|1907 in British law |
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