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(1)Any person who watches or besets—
(a)any premises or the approaches to the premises with a view to preventing any other person from doing any act which the other person has a legal right to do at the premises; or
(b)the house or other place where any other person resides or works or carries on business, or happens to be, or the approaches to that house or place with a view to preventing the other person from doing or compelling him or her to do any act which the other person has a legal right to do or abstain from doing,
commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twelve currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both; except that this section shall not apply to any watching or besetting which is lawful under the provisions of any law relating to labour unions or labour disputes.
(2)A person shall not be prosecuted for an offence under this section without the written consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
You commit an offence if you watch or beset any premises, or the approaches to them, to prevent someone from doing something they have a legal right t...
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