Act 9 Penal Code Act 2008 (2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section, commits an offence, and upon conviction, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or with a fine or with both. CHAPTER VII OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER 79. Public Violence. (1) Whoever, acting in concert with one or more other persons, forcibly and to a serious extent— (a) disturbs the peace, security or order of the public or any section of the public; or (b) invades the rights of other people; intending such disturbance or invasion or realising that there is a real risk or possibility that such disturbance or invasion may occur, commits an offence, and upon conviction, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or with a fine or with both. (2) In determining whether or not a disturbance of peace, security or order or an invasion of rights is sufficiently serious to constitute the offence of public violence, a Court shall take into account all the relevant factors, including the following— (a) the nature and duration of the disturbance or invasion; (b) the motive of the persons involved in the disturbance or invasion; (c) whether the disturbance or invasion occurred in a public place or on private property; (d) whether or not the persons involved in the disturbance or invasion were armed and, if so, the nature of their weapons; (e) whether or not bodily injury or damage to property occurred in the course of or as a result of the disturbance or invasion; 64