11. -(1) Every party which has been provisionally or fully registered shall be entitled- a) to hold and address public meetings in any area in the United Republic after giving notification to the police officer in-charge of the area concerned for purposes of publicizing itself and soliciting for membership;
b) to the protection and assistance of the security agencies for the purposes of facilitating peaceful and orderly meetings:
provided that provisional registration shall not entitle any party to put up a candidate or to campaign for any candidates in any parliamentary or presidential election or in a local authority election.
(2) Notwithstanding any other written law to the contrary sections 43, 44, 45 and 46 of the Police Force and Auxiliary Services Act shall apply and have effect as to all meetings to be held on any part of the United Republic by any political party whether provisionally or fully registered.
(3) Every party which has been fully registered shall be entitled to put up candidates and to campaign for any candidates in any parliamentary or presidential election or in a local government authority election.
(4) When a political party is desirous of holding a meeting or procession in any open public place in any area it shall, not less than forty eight hours before the meeting, submit a written notification of its impending to the police officer in charge of the area in which the meeting is to take place is situated.
(5) The written notification referred to in subsection (4) shall specify-a) the name of the political party submitting the notification;
b) the place in and time at which the meeting is to take place;
c) the agenda or purpose in general of the meeting;
d) such other particulars as the Minister may from time to time by notice published in the Gazette specify.
(6) Where a political party submits a notification in accordance with subsection (4) it may proceed to hold the meeting in question as schedule unless and until it receives an order from the police officer in charge of the area directing that the meeting be not held as notified.
(7) A police officer to whom a notification is submitted pursuant to subsection (4) shall not give a stop order under subsection (6) in relation to the notification unless he is satisfied that –a) a previous notification has been submitted by another political party or other persons for holding a meeting or other function or procession in the same place at the same time as is intended by the notifier;
b) the meeting or procession is intended to execute, or to be used for, an unlawful purpose; the meeting is likely or intended to cause a breach of the peace or to prejudice the public safety in the area;
c) the political party or group of persons giving the notification is not a registered political party or body of persons or the persons submitting the notification is not appropriately identified as an authorised representative of the political party concerned.