Volume I

Issue : 8: October 16, 2003

• Privacy Commissioner Rules on Three PIPEDA Complaints Filed Against Banks
• U.S. Court of Appeals Finds Right to Domain Name Contingent on Ongoing Conduct
• BC Supreme Court Finds Exchange of Emails Sufficient To Form Binding Contract
• U.K. House of Lords Rejects Common Law Tort of Invasion of Privacy
• BC Supreme Court Finds Election Gag Law Unconstitutional
• Web Radio Royalty Fees Upheld
• Two U.S. Court of Appeals Release Judgments on the Scope of the Immunity Provided to ISPs Under CDA
• U.S. Regulators to Take Action Against Online Pharmacies
• Ontario Court of Appeal Overturns Internet Libel Finding

Home > Volume I > Issue 8: October 16, 2003 > BC Supreme Court Finds Election Gag Law Unconstitutional

BC Supreme Court Finds Election Gag Law Unconstitutional

The British Columbia Supreme Court found Section 329 of the Canada Electronics Act (provision prohibiting the transmission of election results in one electoral district to the public in another electoral district until all polling stations are closed in that district) to be unconstitutional and overturned the conviction of Paul Bryan. Bryan had posted results of the last federal election from Atlantic Canada online before the polls closed in BC. Kelleher J stated that there is no evidence that voters are swayed by seeing early election results from the East.

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