76.
Going armed in public.
Any person who carries an offensive weapon in public without lawful
occasion in such a manner as to be liable to cause terror to any person
commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for five years.
77.
Forcible entry.
Any person who, in order to take possession thereof, enters on any lands or
tenements in a violent manner, whether such violence consists in actual force
applied to any other person or in threats or in breaking open any house or in
collecting an unusual number of people, commits the misdemeanour termed
forcible entry; it is immaterial whether he or she is entitled to enter on the
land or not; except that a person who enters upon lands or tenements of his
or her own, but which are in the custody of his or her servant or bailiff, does
not commit the offence of forcible entry.
78.
Forcible detainer.
Any person who, being in actual possession of land without colour of right,
holds possession of it in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace, or
reasonable apprehension of a breach of the peace, against a person entitled
by law to the possession of the land commits the misdemeanour termed
forcible detainer.
79.
Affray.
Any person who takes part in a fight in a public place commits a
misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for one year.
80.
Challenge to fight a duel.
Any person who challenges another to fight a duel, or attempts to provoke
another to fight a duel or attempts to provoke any person to challenge another
to fight a duel, commits a misdemeanour.
81.
Threatening violence.
Any person who—
(a) with intent to intimidate or annoy any person, threatens to injure,
assault, shoot or kill any person, or to burn, break or injure any
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