Riot Act

=The Riot Act=

A gathering shall be declared unlawful, and all persons in it guilty of Rioting as under Section VIII of the Public Order Act, if
 * i. Consisting of nine or more persons assembled, and with the danger of a riot or tumult; and II. being required or commanded by
 * (a) any magistrate or justice of the peace,
 * (b) or by the Commander of the Guard, or by an officer of the Guard,
 * (c) or bailiff or bailiffs,
 * (d) or other head-officer as appointed by the aforementioned,

to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations or to their lawful business, exactly in the form herein after directed; and
 * ii. if this gathering does not disperse within the space of five minutes, after such command or request made by proclamation, they may be dispersed by force; and IV. the agents of this lawful dispersal, whether Guards, soldiers of His Majesty, etc, shall be inured against prosecution for the consequences of it.

The Proclamation, as per s.II:
 * "Our Sovereign Lord His Majesty the King charges and commands all persons assembled immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations or to their lawful business within FIVE MINUTES, after which time if they remain they shall be dispersed, by the provisions of the Riot Act made in the second year of King Varian’s return. King’s Honour!"