In a statement yesterday, Officer Commanding Hurungwe District, Chief Superintendent Beauty Ncube they have banned the carrying of dangerous weapons ahead of the harmonised elections scheduled for July 30.
Chief Superintendent Ncube said the embargo was effective from June 20 to September 20. Said Ncube:
I believe on reasonable grounds that the carrying in public, whether openly or in concealment, any of the following weapons – catapults, machetes, axes, knobkerries, swords, knives, spears, daggers or any traditional weapons whatsoever – is likely to occasion public disorder. I hereby issue an order prohibiting the carrying of such weapons in Hurungwe District or any part thereof for a period not exceeding three months, that is from June 20 to September 20.
For the avoidance of doubt, it is clear that in terms of Section 14(4) of the Public Order and Security Act (Chapter 11:17), any person failing to comply with such a prohibition made under Subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or imprisonment for six months or both such fine and such imprisonment.
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