onsdag 6 januari 2010

Ban on gang colours violates charter: Sask. judge


A Saskatchewan law that outlawed the wearing of gang colours in bars is unconstitutional, a provincial court judge in Saskatoon has ruled.
The judge was hearing the case of Jesse Leigh Bitz, who was charged under the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act after he wore his Hells Angels clothes inside a Saskatoon nightclub two years ago.

The legislation, which came into effect in 2004, prohibits anyone from going to a licensed drinking establishment while wearing "any sign, symbol, logo or other representation identifying, associated with or promoting a gang or a criminal organization."
A person violating the law can be fined up to $10,000 and sent to jail for up to a year for a first offence. The penalty increases to a fine of up to $25,000 and up to two years in jail for a subsequent violation. A judge may impose a fine, the jail term or both.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/12/17/sk-gang-colours-law-charter.html

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