- (b) under subsection (7) refusing to cancel a special zone banning notice or to vary the exceptions in the special zone banning notice,
shall take effect notwithstanding that an appeal against that decision is made to the Minister under subsection (8).
(10) The Minister may designate any Minister of State for his Ministry, or any Parliamentary Secretary to his Ministry, to hear, in his place, any appeal to him under subsection (8).
(11) If an individual subject to a special zone banning notice, without reasonable excuse, does any one of the following in contravention of the special zone banning notice or any exceptions specified in the notice:
- (a) enters a special zone or licensed premises in a special zone;
- (b) remains in a special zone or licensed premises in a special zone;
- (c) attempts to enter or remain in a special zone or licensed premises in a special zone,
that individual shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.
Closing of roads
14.—(1) If it appears to a police officer present in any part of a special zone that, in order to restore or maintain public order in that part or the special zone, it is necessary to do so, the police officer may, by order or by giving directions or in any other manner he thinks fit—
- (a) regulate, restrict, control or prohibit the use of any road, street, footpath or waterway or any public place in the special zone; or
- (b) close any road, street, footpath or waterway or any public place in the special zone.
(2) No order under subsection (1) shall be valid after the expiration of a period of 24 hours from the time when it was made unless earlier confirmed by the Commissioner or the police officer in charge of the
