I december 2013 har jag varit i Antigua. Innan jag kom dit läste jag om ön och hittade en referens till en lag som anger:
Local laws and customs
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It is an offence for anyone, including children, to dress in camouflage clothing.
Källan verkar kvalificerad (gov.uk). En användarrecension i TripAdvisor bekräftar den här historien, men nämner också att "de ska titta på att ändra denna lag på grund av den globala modetrenden för sådana kläder ". En liknande lag är också effektiv i Barbados.
Förra året kunde jag inte bekräfta om denna lag har återkallats eller inte, men hur är det (eller var) det förbjudet att bära camofulage i Antigua och Barbados? Är det bara en slump att båda öarna var engelska kolonier? Är detta ovanligt (enligt min mening) lag effektivt i andra länder också?
Lagens uppfattning verkar vara att hålla militären identifierbart militär och alla andra civila.
Som rapporteras av Theresa Gordon från Antigua Daily Observer, den 23 juli 2013 :
Anyone caught wearing or selling military-type camouflage clothing will be arrested.
The get-tough stance was announced by Staff Judge Advocate of the Antigua & Barbuda Defence Force (ABDF) Orlando Michael.
Michael said the ABDF would be working along with the police to enforce this provision within the law which appears to be ignored by many.
He said the move is very critical and comes at at time when numerous victims of crime have reported being attacked by individuals dressed in camouflage attire.
“Military officers will be engaged in crime prevention along with the police and we don’t want anyone to mistake a civilian for a milliary person,” Michael told state television yesterday. “This may cause persons to drop their guard.
“Once we see persons who are misrepresenting the military in any attire, the full force of the law will be applied,” Michael added.
According to the Defence Act 2006, it is an offence to wear, “without authority, any uniform or part thereof, or any article of clothing made from any disruptive pattern materials used for making the military uniform commonly called the camouflage uniform, or from any other material so nearly resembling any of those materials as it is likely to deceive.”
The law also restricts the wearing of any uniform or part thereof worn by any military organisation of any other country.
Another piece of legislation addressing the wearing and sale of such clothing is the Military Uniforms Act of 1997.
It states, “No person shall import, trade, sell or deal in military uniforms or decorations except with the approval of the minister.”
Any person who commits an offence under this section is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of $2,000 or to imprisonment for one year.
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