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Riot.
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14.—(1) Where—
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(a) 12 or more persons who are present together at any place (whether that place is a public place or a private place or both) use or threaten to use unlawful violence for a common purpose, and
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(b) the conduct of those persons, taken together, is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at that place to fear for his or another person's safety,
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then, each of the persons using unlawful violence for the common purpose shall be guilty of the offence of riot.
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(2) For the purposes of this section—
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(a) it shall be immaterial whether or not the 12 or more persons use or threaten to use unlawful violence simultaneously at any place;
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(b) the common purpose may be inferred from conduct;
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(c) no person of reasonable firmness need actually be, or be likely to be, present at that place.
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(3) A person guilty of an offence of riot shall be liable on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.
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(4) The common law offence of riot is hereby abolished.
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