(4) In this section “public place” includes any highway and any other premises or place to which at the material time the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise; and “offensive weapon” means any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person, or intended by the person having it with him for such use by him.
Short title, commencement and extent. 2.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Prevention of Crime Act, 1953.
(2) This Act shall come into operation on the expiration one month from the passing thereof.
(3) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
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