546. Prevention of crime and disorder.

Measures intended to penalise conduct contravening the law, or to prevent crime and disorder from taking place, will pursue a legitimate aim¹: where the programme of political parties contain a call for violence, an uprising or a rejection of democratic principles, they may be legitimately restricted under Article 11². Under United Kingdom law it is a criminal offence to control or manage a quasi-military association, which includes organisations that are trained or equipped to usurp the function of the police or the armed forces or for the purpose of enabling them to use or display physical force in the