Act 9
Penal Code Act
2008
“Offensive material” means any inflammable, dangerous,
noxious, or deleterious substance, material or thing capable of
killing or injuring persons, including, but not limited to—
(a) low or high explosives and the ingredients thereof;
(b) all types of fuse used in the ignition of explosives;
(c) detonators;
(d) timing devices, especially time pencils;
(e) wire cutters;
(f) concentrated or other harmful acids;
(g) ammunition;
(h) biological or chemical warfare agents;
(i) any other substance, material or thing declared by
the Minister, by notice in a statutory instrument, to
be an offensive material for the purposes of this
definitions;
“Other Organized Forces” means organized forces of
Police, Prisons, Wildlife and Fire Brigade..
“Omission” means a failure to do something, in which the
person was under a legal obligation to do, and may denote a
series of omissions as well as a single omission;
“Person” means any legal entity, association or body of
persons, whether or not incorporated, as well as any individual;
“President” means the President of the Government of
Southern Sudan;
“Prostitution” means an immoral sexual intercourse for a
consideration, being payment or reward;
“Public” means any class or section of the public;
“Public demonstration” means a procession, gathering or
assembly in a public place of persons and additionally, or
alternatively, of vehicles, where the gathering is in pursuit
of a common purpose of demonstrating support for, or
opposition to, any person, matter or thing, whether or not
the gathering is spontaneous or is confined to persons who
are members of a particular organization, association or
other body or to persons who have been invited to attend;
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