Section 57: Unlawful drilling

(1) Any person who‐
(a) without the permission of the President or of the Governor of the State concerned
trains or drills any other person to the use of arms or the practice of military exercise,
movements, or evolutions; or
[L.N. 112 of 1964. 1967 No. 27.]
(b) is present at any meeting or assembly of persons, held without the permission of
the President or of the Governor of the State concerned, for the purpose of training or
drilling any other persons to the use of arms or the practice of military exercises,
movements, or evolutions,
is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
(2) Any person who at any meeting or assembly held without the permission of the
President or of the Governor of the State concerned is trained or drilled to the use of
arms or the practice of military exercises, movements, or evolutions or who is present
at any such meeting or assembly for the purpose of being so trained or drilled, is guilty
of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for two years.
The offender may be arrested without warrant.
(3) A prosecution for any of the offences defined in this section of this Code shall be
begun within six months after the offence is committed.