Canada: Disguise could bring 5-year term

[Canadian-guerilla]

Disguise could bring 5-year term

May 7, 2012

The federal government has decided to throw its weight behind a private member's bill that would make it a crime to wear a disguise while taking part in a riot.

The bill, tabled by Alberta Conservative MP Blake Richards, was endorsed by the government Sunday, according to a news release from Justice Minister Rob Nicholson.

Richards' bill would amend two sections of the Criminal Code that cover the penalties for taking part in a riot or unlawful assembly, criminalizing the use of masks.

As the law stands now, Sections 65 and 66 state that participating in a riot could lead to two years behind bars.

If the bill - titled the Preventing Persons from Concealing Their Identity during Riots and Unlawful Assemblies Act - passes, wearing a disguise while participating in a riot would increase that jail term to five years.

http://www.windsorstar.com/business/Disguise+could+bring+year+term/6576833/story.html

[joboo]

What are the agent provocateurs going to do now?

Hollywood special effects masks?

;D

[palani]

What are the agent provocateurs going to do now?

;D

They are exempt


The definition requires that the offenders should assemble of their own authority, in order to create a riot; if, therefore, the parties act under the authority of the law, they may use any necessary force to enforce their mandate, without committing this offence.

http://www.constitution.org/bouv/bouvier_r.htm

See RIOT

[Serpo]

It makes it so much harder to identify people wearing a mask with there cameras so they make up this law................

[joboo]

Break out the burkas!