(1) Subject to such checks and restrictions as may be specified by the District Magistrate, the District Superintendent of Police or any police officer authorised by him for this purpose, may issue general or special orders for regulating all assemblies and processions on public roads, or in public streets or thoroughfares and prescribe the routes by which, and the times at which, such processions may pass:
Provided that where the District Superintendent of Police or the officer authorized by him is satisfied that it is intended by any persons or class of persons to convene or collect an assembly in any such road, street or thoroughfare, or to form a procession which would, if uncontrolled, be likely to cause a breach of the peace, he may direct such persons or class of persons to seek permission from the District Magistrate or any officer authorised by him for this purpose.
(2) the District Magistrate or the officer authorised by him may grant the requisite permission with such conditions as he may deem appropriate:
Provided that he may refuse to grant permission to convene or collect an assembly in any such road, street or thoroughfare, or form a procession which would, in his opinion, be likely to cause a breach of the peace.
(3) Any police officer on whom the responsibility to regulate a public assembly or a procession is enjoined upon, may stop any procession which does not possess the permission referred to in sub-section (2) or which, in his opinion, violates the conditions of the permission, and may order any such procession or any such assembly to disperse.
(4) Any procession or assembly which neglects or refuses to obey any order given under the last preceding sub-section, shall be deemed to be an unlawful assembly.
(5) The District Superintendent of Police may, in the interest of general public, issue orders for regulating the entry or exit or hours of operation of a public place.