A law forbidding the public disclosure of information on a particular matter.
the gag law prohibits the publication of polling data for the last few days preceding a federal election
Example sentencesExamples
- In Canada, though, this will be less of a problem since we have gag law legislation.
- The gag law prevents people from having access to ideas that might help them make a more educated decision during an election.
- While the gag law isn't the end of democracy in Canada, it certainly is a major blow to it.
- The Lobbying Act - in reality, a gagging law - imposes onerous new regulations on nongovernmental organisations.
- This Government's gagging law is an attack on democracy with unfair consequences for charities in Plymouth.
- The proposed gagging law would have a chilling effect on British democracy and our right to speak up on issues that matter to us.
- A newspaper was shut down under Minnesota's gag law for accusing a mayor of being under the control of a gangster.
- In Minnesota, the U.S. Supreme Court declared state gag laws an unconstitutional prior restraint on speech.
- Some protesters wore tape on their mouths and carried signs calling the law a "gagging law".