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Hong Kong: Polygamy ended with the passing of the Marriage Act of 1971 [105] when the country was a crown colony under the former flag . Previous unions entered into under customary law are recognised in some situations. Israel: Polygamy has been banned for all confessional communities since at least 1959. [106]
In Canada, polygamy is a criminal offence under section 293 of the Criminal Code, which provides for a penalty of up to five years imprisonment, [4] but prosecutions are rare. As of January 2009, no person had been prosecuted for polygamy in Canada in over sixty years. [ 5 ]
The Supreme Court of British Columbia upheld Canada's polygamy laws in a 2011 reference case. [45] [46] On March 9, 2018, the Supreme Court of British Columbia reaffirmed the constitutionality of Canada's anti-polygamy laws, [47] upholding the July 2017 polygamy convictions of Winston Blackmore and James Oler. [48]
Peck said that it was time to find out whether Canada's polygamy laws would stand. He said, "If the law is upheld, members of the Bountiful community will have fair notice that their practice of polygamy must cease." [10] The Supreme Court of British Columbia upheld Canada's polygamy laws in a 2011 reference case. [11] [12]
Reason banned Ban lifted 50 Cent United States: Rapper Temporarily denied entry in 2005, due to criminal record and promoting gun violence in music. Allowed to enter Canada on a temporary resident's permit. [19] Northern Calloway United States: Actor Criminal record. [20] 1990 (deceased) Coolio United States: Rapper
One of the most famous ongoing censorship controversies in Canada has been the dispute between Canada Customs and LGBT retail bookstores such as Little Sister's in Vancouver and Glad Day in Toronto. Through the 1980s and into the 1990s, Canada Customs frequently stopped material being shipped to the two stores on the grounds of "obscenity".
The church, founded in 1830, banned polygamy in 1890 when the U.S. government threatened to deny Utah statehood. Mormon Church Acknowledges Joseph Smith Had A Teen Bride. More from AOL.com:
James Marion Oler (born 1964) is the bishop of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church) in Canada and has been convicted of being a practicing polygamist. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The polygamy case brought against Oler is considered [ by whom? ] "the first major test of Canada's polygamy law."