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Section 29

Provoking a breach of the peace

of Public Order (Preservation) Act 1958

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Section 29

Any person who in any place in a proclaimed area uses any threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years.