| Comment | >The authorities can't really ban such marches. What law would allow them to?
Section 137 of the Highways Act (1980)
>If a person, without lawful authority or excuse, in any way wilfully obstructs the free passage along a highway he is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding \[F1level 3 on the standard scale\].
They could still exercise their right to assembly in a public space, such as a park or George Square, but every member of the march could be issued with a statutory fine for disrupting flow of traffic & pedestrians |
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