Rioting: use of force by an unlawful assembly makes each member criminally liable, with imprisonment and fines possible. The provision defines rioting as use of force or violence by an unlawful assembly, or by any member, in prosecution of the assembly's common object, making every member guilty. It prescribes punishment by imprisonment, fine, or both, with a heightened maximum term where rioters are armed with a deadly weapon or any instrument likely to cause death.
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Rioting: use of force by an unlawful assembly makes each member criminally liable, with imprisonment and fines possible.
The provision defines rioting as use of force or violence by an unlawful assembly, or by any member, in prosecution of the assembly's common object, making every member guilty. It prescribes punishment by imprisonment, fine, or both, with a heightened maximum term where rioters are armed with a deadly weapon or any instrument likely to cause death.
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