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Anyone with relevant knowledge care to comment on what constitutes an "unlawful assembly" in Canada? Are assemblies of people lawful or unlawful by default?
by andyjohnson0 13y ago
Anyone with relevant knowledge care to comment on what constitutes an "unlawful assembly" in Canada? Are assemblies of people lawful or unlawful by default?
- andyjohnson0 13y agoAccording to this [1] CBC article: An unlawful assembly is any gathering that incites fear in a neighbourhood. According to the Criminal Code, it’s “an assembly of three or more persons who, with intent to carry out any common purpose, assemble in such a manner or so conduct themselves when they are assembled as to cause persons in the neighbourhood of the assembly to fear, on reasonable grounds, that they will disturb the peace tumultuously.” A riot is simply defined as, “an unlawful assembly that has begun to disturb the peace tumultuously.” [1] http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2012/05/14/f-mask-riot-law.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2012/05/14/f-mask-riot-law.html