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Residential Squatting Criminalised

BHAM | 28.03.2012 08:55

Latest news from Squash campaigners is that squatting in all residential properties has been criminalised, there was no chance of winning a vote for proposed amendments at such a late night Lords vote.

The Legal Aid, Sentancing and Punishment of Offenders Bill will go back to the Commons for consideration of amendments then gains Royal Assent before becoming law, this is expected to be complete by May.

A very big thank you to the Squash campaigners, to all that lobbied on this and to all that help defend squats on the street.

Related Link:  http://www.squashcampaign.org/

BHAM
- Original article on IMC Bristol: http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/708138

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it's not the end

28.03.2012 10:27

An "act" isn't a law. Parliament can't make "law" just like that. The act has to prove it's self to stand up to reason based on some accepted premiss. When the act proves it's self to be workable it passes into law. If there are too many exceptions to make it work it doesn't. Some act's fail over time, like SOCPA. Some laws were never acts, like murder.

Go t court and have fun!

anon