BUCHAREST, Romania (UPI) -- The lower house of the Romanian Parliament has approved a law aimed at preventing violence and rioting at sports events, Bucharest media reported.
The bill, already passed by the Senate, includes prison terms of up to four years, fines between $414 and $1,242 and a ban on attending sports events from three months to three years for hooliganism, the Romanian news agency Mediafax said.
The man who initiated the draft law, Dumitru Dragomir, president of the Romanian soccer league and a parliamentary deputy, said violence at sports events is getting out of control and Romania needed punishments that met European Union standards.
The law bans bringing torches and fireworks into stadiums and violators face jail terms up to three years if people are injured.
Special cameras will watch fans in the stands during events.
Fans protested the bill claiming it limits displaying their feelings and threatened to sue Romania in a European court of justice.
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