The Regulation of Gatherings Act, 1993 (Act No. 205 of 1993), is hereby amended—
| (a) | by the substitution in section 8 for subsection (4) of the following subsection: |
‘‘(4) [Participants] No participant at a gathering or demonstration [shall abide by any law in respect of the carrying of dangerous weapons,] may have in his or her possession—
| (a) | any airgun, firearm, imitation firearm or any muzzle loading firearm, as defined in section 1 of the Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000), or any object which resembles a firearm and that is likely to be mistaken for a firearm; or |
| (b) | any dangerous weapon, as defined in the Dangerous Weapons Act, 2013 and the convener and marshals, if any, shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that [the said laws are] this section is complied with.’’; |
| (b) | by the addition in section 12(1) of the following paragraph: |
| ‘‘(k) | who is in possession of or carrying any object referred to in section 8(4) in contravention of that section,’’; |
| (c) | by the substitution in section 12(1) for the words following paragraph (j) of the following words: |
‘‘shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction liable—
| (i) | in the case of a contravention referred to in paragraphs (a) to (j), to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both such fine and such imprisonment; and |
| (ii) | in the case of a contravention referred to in paragraph (k), to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years.’’; and |
| (d) | by the substitution in section 13(1)(a) for subparagraph (ii) of the following subparagraph: |
‘‘(ii) [DangerousWeapons Act, 1968 (Act No. 71 of 1968)] Dangerous Weapons Act, 2013; or’’.
