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PREVENTION OF INCITEMENT TO HATRED ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 4

Interpretation.

4. In this Act

"meeting" means a meeting held for the purpose of the discussion of matters of
public interest or for the purpose of the expression of views on such matters;

"public meeting" includes any meeting in a public place and any meeting which
the public or any section of the public are permitted to attend whether on
payment or otherwise;

"public place" includes any street, road or highway and any place to which,
for the time being, the public have or are permitted to have access, whether
on payment or otherwise;

"publish" and "distribute" mean publish or distribute to the public at large
or to any section of the public not consisting exclusively of members of an
association of which the person publishing or distributing is a member;

"written matter" includes any writing, sign or visible representation.

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