Section 13B: Restricted area

13B. Restricted area (1) The Commissioner may, where he considers it necessary or expedient in the interest of public safety or public order, order that special measures be taken to control the movement and conduct of persons in any area, and, by Order, declare that area to be a restricted area. (2) (a) The Commissioner may issue to a person a permit authorising him to enter and leave a restricted area. (b) The permit may be issued subject to such conditions as the Commissioner thinks fit to impose and may be cancelled. (3) Any person who— (a) enters or leaves a restricted area except in accordance with a permit issued under subsection (2); or (b) contravenes any condition to which the permit is subject, shall commit an offence. (4) A police officer or a member of the armed forces may— (a) arrest a person whom he finds attempting to enter a restricted area if he has reason to suspect that the person has not been issued with a permit under subsection (2); (b) arrest a person who is in a restricted area without permission for such time as may be necessary to ensure his orderly removal from the restricted area; and (c) remove a person who is in a restricted area without permission. [S. 13B inserted by Act 30 of 1991.]