Changes in law to ban hooligans from matches

Justice Ministry State Secretary Slobodan Homen says changes and additions to existing laws will make sanctions for violence at sporting events more severe.

Izvor: Danas

Tuesday, 01.12.2009.

18:09

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Justice Ministry State Secretary Slobodan Homen says changes and additions to existing laws will make sanctions for violence at sporting events more severe. He told Belgrade daily Danas that the draft law for preventing violence at sporting events has been given to the government, adding that it will be on the parliamentary agenda in early December. Changes in law to ban hooligans from matches The changes in the law are expected to take power on January 1, 2010. “The new laws will introduce automatic punishment of 30 to 60 days in prison and fines for all hooligans who are convicted offenders if they do not contact the police administration before a match,” Homen said. He added that pitch invasions will be treated as a crime and will lead to prison sentences and bans from attending future sporting events. “These additions and changes will take care of the issue of the hidden identities of some supporters,” Homen said, adding that there will be prison sentences and fines handed out to those hiding their faces with scarves and similar articles of clothing. He said that clubs will be fined for not securing areas for referees and places where people who are violating rules at sporting events will be taken into custody. Clubs will also have to secure video surveillance and hand the videos over to the Interior Ministry (MUP). According to the draft law, one person will not be able to buy more than seven tickets. There will also be numbered tickets sold for seating, so that there will no longer be standing areas in the stadiums. The new law, if adopted, “will prohibit the sale and consumption of alcohol at sporting events and within a kilometer radius of the arena or stadium in Belgrade, Kragujevac, Nis, and Novi Sad,” Homen stated, and explained that in other towns the distance will be 300 meters.

Changes in law to ban hooligans from matches

The changes in the law are expected to take power on January 1, 2010.

“The new laws will introduce automatic punishment of 30 to 60 days in prison and fines for all hooligans who are convicted offenders if they do not contact the police administration before a match,” Homen said.

He added that pitch invasions will be treated as a crime and will lead to prison sentences and bans from attending future sporting events.

“These additions and changes will take care of the issue of the hidden identities of some supporters,” Homen said, adding that there will be prison sentences and fines handed out to those hiding their faces with scarves and similar articles of clothing.

He said that clubs will be fined for not securing areas for referees and places where people who are violating rules at sporting events will be taken into custody.

Clubs will also have to secure video surveillance and hand the videos over to the Interior Ministry (MUP).

According to the draft law, one person will not be able to buy more than seven tickets. There will also be numbered tickets sold for seating, so that there will no longer be standing areas in the stadiums.

The new law, if adopted, “will prohibit the sale and consumption of alcohol at sporting events and within a kilometer radius of the arena or stadium in Belgrade, Kragujevac, Niš, and Novi Sad,” Homen stated, and explained that in other towns the distance will be 300 meters.

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