Can a municipal bylaw prohibit an assembly, parades or gathering in the public domain such as parks and streets?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Nova Scotia (Public Safety) v. Cochrane, 2008 NSSC 60 (CanLII):
In Attorney General of Canada and Dupond v. Montreal 1978 CanLII 201 (SCC), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 770, a municipal bylaw prohibiting all assemblies, parades or gatherings in the public domain such as parks and streets was upheld as being valid regulation of municipal public property even though its effect was to prevent some public disturbances.
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