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A curfew is an order that imposes certain regulations during specified hours.[1] Typically, curfews order all
people affected by them to remain indoors during the evening and nighttime hours.[2][3] Such an order is
most often issued by public authorities, but may also be given by the owner of a house to those living in the
household. For instance, children are often given curfews by their parents, and an au pair is traditionally
given a curfew by which time he or she must return to his or her host family's home. Some jurisdictions
have juvenile curfews which affect all persons under a certain age not accompanied by an adult or engaged
in certain approved activities.

Curfews have been used as a control measure in martial law, as well

as for public safety in the event of a disaster, epidemic, or crisis.[4]
Various countries have implemented such measures throughout
history, including during World War II and the Gulf War. The
enforcement of curfews has been found to disproportionately affect
marginalised groups, including those who are homeless or have
limited access to transportation.[5][6]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, curfews were implemented in Armed police enforce a curfew in
Atlanta, Georgia, during the 2020
several countries, including France, Italy, Poland and Australia, as a
George Floyd protests.
measure to limit the spread of the virus.[7][8] However, recent studies
have reported negligible or no effect,[9] and even a potential increase in virus transmission.[10] The use and
enforcement of curfews during the pandemic has been associated with human rights violations and mental
health deterioration, particularly among females and young people, further complicating their use as a
control measure.[11][12] Curfews may also impact road safety, as studies indicate a potential decrease in
crashes during curfew hours but an increase in crashes before curfew due to rushing.[13]

Contents

Etymology

Historical

Types

By country
Australia

Belgium

Canada

Egypt

Fiji

France

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Jersey

Morocco

Netherlands

Poland

Slovenia

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Ukraine

United Kingdom
Northern Ireland

United States
Juvenile curfews

Mall curfews

Curfews for adults

See also

Notes

External links

Etymology

The word "curfew" /

ˈkɜːr.fjuː/ comes from Between the evening twilight and the grayness before dawn one can hardly make
out the walls of the houses, for there is no lighting in the medieval city as we said.
the Old French phrase
At evening curfew the women cover the coals in the hearth with ash to reduce the
"couvre-feu", which
fire hazard. The houses are built with beams of oak and every one is a potential
means "cover fire".[1] It
tinderbox waiting to blaze up, so at night the only flames left burning are the
was later adopted into candles before the holy images. Why would the streets need to be lit anyway? In
Middle English as the evening the entrances to the dangerous neighborhoods are barred, chains are
"curfeu", which later stretched across the river to prevent a surprise attack from barbarian raiders
became the modern coming upstream, and the city gates are locked tight. The city is like one big
"curfew".[15] Its original household, with everything well secured.
meaning refers to a law Arsenio Frugoni, Quoted in Urban Space in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern
by William the Age[14]
Conqueror that all
lights and fires should
be covered to extinction at the ringing of an eight o'clock bell to prevent the spread of destructive fire
within communities in timber buildings.[16]

Historical

Further information: Curfew bell § History

Curfews have been used since the Middle Ages to limit uprisings among subordinate groups, including
Anglo-Saxons under William the Conqueror. Prior to the U.S. Civil War, most Southern states placed a
curfew on slaves.[17]: 603

Modern curfews primarily focus on youth as well as during periods of war and other crisis. In the United
States, progressive reformers pushed for curfews on youth, successfully securing bans on children's
nighttime presence on streets in cities such as Louisville, Kentucky and Lincoln, Nebraska. General curfews
were also put into place after crises such as the 1871 Chicago Fire.[17]: 603–605

Wartime curfews were also implemented during the First and Second World Wars. A formal curfew
introduced by the British board of trade ordered shops and entertainment establishments to extinguish their
lights by 10:30 p.m. to save fuel during World War I.[18]

Types

An order issued by public authorities or military forces requiring everyone or certain people to be indoors
at certain times, often at night. It can be imposed to maintain public order (as was the case with the
northeast blackout of 2003, the 2005 French riots, the 2010 Chile earthquake, the 2011 Egyptian
revolution, and the 2014 Ferguson unrest), or suppress targeted groups. Curfews have long been directed
at certain groups in many cities or states, such as Japanese-American university students on the West
Coast of the United States during World War II, African-Americans in many towns during the time of Jim
Crow laws, or people younger than a certain age (usually within a few years either side of 18) in many
towns of the United States since the 1980s. In recent times, curfews have been imposed by many
countries during disease epidemics or pandemics such as the COVID-19 pandemic; see below.

A rule set for a child or teenager by their parents or legal guardians, requiring them to return home by a
specific time, usually in the evening or night. This may apply daily, or vary with the day of the week, e.g., if
the minor has to go to school the next day.

An order by the head of household to a domestic assistant such as an au pair or nanny. The domestic
assistant must then return home by a specific time.

A daily requirement for guests to return to their hostel before a specified time, usually in the evening or
night.

A daily requirement that a person subject to a court order, such as probation or bail conditions, must
return to their home before a certain hour and be inside it until a certain hour of the morning.

In baseball, a time after which a game must end, or play be suspended. For example, in the American
League the curfew rule for many years decreed that no inning could begin after 1 am local time (with the
exception of international games).

In aeronautics, night flying restrictions may restrict aircraft operations over a defined period in the
nighttime, to limit the disruption of aircraft noise on the sleep of nearby residents. Notable examples are
the London airports of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, which operate under the Quota Count system.

In a few locations in the UK, patrons of licensed premises may not enter after a "curfew" time, also known
as "last orders". In Inverclyde, for example, this is currently set at 12:00 am.[19]

By country

Australia

On 17 August 2011, a nighttime curfew was imposed on children who

had run amok in the streets of Victoria after repeating youth
offenses.[20]

On 2 August 2020, following the surge of COVID-19 cases in

Victoria, especially in Melbourne, Victorian premier Daniel Andrews
declared a state of disaster across the state and imposed stage 4 British paratroopers enforce curfew in
lockdown in Metropolitan Melbourne. The new measures included Tel Aviv after King David Hotel bombing,
nighttime curfew, which was implemented across Melbourne from July 1946. Photographer: Haim Fine,
Russian Emmanuel collection, from
20:00 to 05:00 (AEST). The restrictions came into effect at 18:00 (6 collections of the National Library of
pm) and lasted until 28 September 2020 (5 am).[21][22] Israel.

On 16 August 2021, following a surge of COVID-19 cases and a drop

in compliance in restrictions in Victoria, especially in Melbourne,
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews reinstated the curfew in
Melbourne, this time from 21:00 to 05:00 (AEST) effective midnight
17 August 2021 until at least 2 September 2021.[23]

On 20 August 2021, as COVID-19 cases continued to surge in New

South Wales, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian imposed a curfew in
Movement and curfew pass, issued
the local government areas of Bayside, Blacktown, Burwood,
under the authority of the British Military
Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Commander, East Palestine, 1946
Georges River, Liverpool, Parramatta, Strathfield, and parts of
Penrith, from 9:00 pm to 5:00 am (AEST) beginning from 23 August.[24]

Belgium
Main article: COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium

On 17 October 2020, due to surge of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Belgium, Prime Minister Alexander De
Croo announced a nationwide curfew from midnight to 05:00 am local time. The curfew was imposed on 19
October 2020 and was to last for four weeks.[25] The government also announced the closure of cafes, bars
and restaurants for one month and alcohol sales were banned after 8:00 pm local time.[26]

Canada
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Canada

On 6 January 2021, due to a surge of COVID-19 cases and deaths in

the province of Quebec, a curfew was ordered by the premier of
Quebec François Legault. The curfew was adjusted for different
areas of the province depending on the number of cases, amongst
other criteria. The more populous areas, such as the urban areas of
Montréal and Quebec City qualified as "red zones" and were placed
under a curfew from 8 pm to 5 am while the less urban areas were
either "orange zones" with a curfew from 9:30 pm to 5 am. This
curfew was expected to be in effect from 9 January up to and Sign in a Montréal store window
including 8 February 2021. "Yellow zones" did not have curfew. indicating that the store would close
early due to curfew (2021).
However, the curfew did not end in February. It ended on May 28,
2021.[27] On December 30, 2021, Quebec reinstated the nightly curfew this time starting at 10:00 pm to
5:00 am.[28] Following the reinstatement of the curfew, studies came out doubting its effectiveness in
lowering the transmission of COVID-19.[29]

Egypt

On 28 January 2011, during the Egyptian Revolution and following the collapse of the police system,
President Hosni Mubarak declared a country-wide military enforced curfew.[30] However, it was ignored by
demonstrators who continued their sit-in in Tahrir Square. Concerned residents formed neighborhood
vigilante groups to defend their communities against looters and the newly escaped prisoners.[31]

On the second anniversary of the revolution, in January 2013, a wave of demonstrations swept the country
against President Mohamed Morsi who declared a curfew in Port Said, Ismaïlia, and Suez, three cities where
deadly street clashes had occurred. In defiance, the locals took to the streets during the curfew,[32]
organizing football tournaments and street festivals,[33] prohibiting police and military forces from enforcing
the curfew.

Fiji
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji

On 27 March 2020, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama announced a nationwide curfew from 10 p.m. to 5
a.m. that would take effect on 30 March. The times have been adjusted forward and backward on several
occasions, but as of January 2022, this curfew is still in effect.[34] The government of Fiji maintains that this
curfew will stay in effect for the foreseeable future.[35]

France
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in France

On 14 October 2020, following the surge of COVID-19 cases and deaths in France that threatened to
overwhelm hospitals, French President Emmanuel Macron declared a national state of public health
emergency for the second time and imposed a nighttime curfew in the Île-de-France region that includes
Paris, as well as Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Rouen, Saint-Etienne, and Toulouse. The
curfew ran from 09:00 pm to 06:00 am local time (CEST) (08:00 pm to 05:00 am CET) and was
implemented from 17 October 2020 to last four weeks.[36]

Under the rules, people in those cities could only leave their homes for essential reasons,[37] and anyone
who violated the curfew would face a fine of 135 euros ($158.64) for the first offence. A second offence
would bring a far steeper fine of 1,500 euros, or around $1,762.[38] On 23 October, the curfew was
expanded to 38 departments and French Polynesia. In total, 54 departments and one overseas collectivity
were affected by new restrictions, comprising 46 million people, or two-thirds of the French population.[39]

Iceland

Under Iceland's Child Protection Act (no. 80/2002 Art. 92),[40] minors aged 12 and under may not be
outdoors after 20:00 (8:00 pm) unless accompanied by an adult. Minors aged 13 to 16 may not be outdoors
after 22:00 (10:00 pm), unless on their way home from a recognized event organized by a school, sports
organization or youth club. During the period 1 May to 1 September, children may be outdoors for two hours
longer.

Children and teenagers that break curfew are taken to the local police station and police officers tell their
parents to come and get them. The age limits are based upon year of birth, not date of birth. If a parent
cannot be reached, the child or teenager is taken to a shelter.

Ireland

Several medieval towns in Ireland had a curfew after the English model. In Galway a curfew bell was rung
every night before the town gates were locked.[41] In Kilkenny the night watchmen stood guard over the
market stalls "from curfew to cockcrow."[42]

During the 1916 Easter Rising, Dublin was under curfew between 7:30 p.m. and 5:30 am.[43]

During the Irish War of Independence curfews were regularly imposed, including in 1920 in Dublin between
midnight and 5 am. Curfew between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. was imposed on Cork City in July 1920 after the
shooting of Gerald Smyth; in August it was extended to many parts of Munster.[44]

In 1921 Limerick was under a curfew.[45][46][47] In 1921, Dublin's curfew began at 10 pm, moved to 9 p.m on
4 March.[48]

In the Republic of Ireland, a restriction on movement order may be placed on an offender, which may
include a curfew element.[49][50][51]

Italy
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

In Italy a curfew went into effect from October 2020 to limit the spread of COVID-19. Between 22 and 26
October 2020 Lombardy, Campania, Lazio, Sicily, Calabria and Piedmont imposed a curfew between
11.00 pm and 5.00 am, so any movement was prohibited.[52][53][54]

With the ministerial decree of 3 November 2020,[55] corrected with the DPCM of 3 December 2020,[56] and
14 January 2021,[57] the Italian Regions are grouped into three types of different epidemiological scenarios.
A curfew is instituted nationwide from 10 pm to 5 am, shopping centers are ordered to close on weekends,
and the use of distance learning for high schools.[58]

There have been many protests and riots against the curfew nationwide since it came into effect. However,
the curfew has not been lifted by the government.[59][60]

Jersey

During the German occupation of the Channel Islands, curfews were

imposed.

Morocco
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco

On 21 December 2020, the government of Morocco first announced

a nationwide nighttime curfew as part of its response to the COVID-
19 pandemic, to come into effect on 23 December.[61] Initially
implemented for a three-week period from 9:00 pm–6:00 am, it was
Notice of a curfew in Jersey, 1942.
extended throughout 2021 alongside the state of health emergency,
with hours altered during Ramadan (8:00 pm–6:00 am),[62] and from May to early August (11:00 pm–
4:30 am).[63] The curfew was lifted on 10 November 2021.[64]

Netherlands
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands and 2021 Dutch curfew riots

In the Netherlands, a curfew from 9:00 pm to 4:30 am local time went into effect on 23 January 2021 to
limit the spread of COVID-19.[65] Across the first two nights, 5,765 people were given the 95 euro fine for
disobeying the curfew.[66] Nationwide anti-curfew riots occurred from 23 until 26 January, resulting in the
arrests of over 575 people. On 8 February, the government announced an extension of the curfew until 2
March.[67] The curfew was lifted on April 28, 2021[68] and has not been reinstated since then.

Poland
See also: Militsiya hour

A strict nationwide curfew was imposed in December 1981 following the introduction of Martial law in
Poland.

Slovenia
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia

In Slovenia, a curfew was implemented in February 1942 in the area occupied by Italy during World War II.
More recently, it was imposed in October 2020 during the COVID-19 epidemic to limit the spread of the
virus.[69] The curfew, which was referred to as the "epidemiological curfew," was enforced from
20 October 2020 to 12 April 2021, from 9:00 pm to 6:00 am local time, for a total of 174 days.[70] The
measure was recommended by the government's COVID-19 expert group and enforced under the Infectious
Diseases Act. The curfew was criticized by some experts as unnecessary and was challenged for its
potential violation of human rights.[71] In April 2023, the Constitutional Court declined to assess the curfew
regulations as no longer valid, although a concern has been raised that similar measures may be
implemented in the future.[72]

South Korea

In South Korea, a curfew was imposed following the American military occupation and end of Japanese
colonial rule in 1945. It remained in place throughout the Korean War and decades thereafter until it was
lifted on 4 January 1982 under the presidency of Chun Doo-hwan, a few months after the capital Seoul was
awarded host of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[73]

Spain
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Spain

In Spain, a curfew was imposed from 11:00 pm to 6:00 am local time on 25 October 2020 to limit the spread
of COVID-19, in addition to some Autonomous Communities starting the curfew at 10:00 pm.[74]

Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Police are empowered to declare and enforce a Police Curfew in any police area
for any particular period to maintain the peace, law and order under the Police Ordinance. Under the
emergency regulations of the Public Security Ordinance, the President may declare a curfew over the whole
or over any part of the country. Travel is restricted, during a curfew, to authorised persons such as police,
armed forces personal and public officers. Civilians may gain a Curfew Pass from a police station to travel
during a curfew.

Ukraine

During the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, curfews are

imposed in all oblasts of Ukraine except Zakarpattia,[75] usually
lasting from 12 am to 5 am, although may differ depending on
specific oblast.

Enforcing a curfew in Hebron, 1969

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom's 2003 Anti-Social Behaviour Act created zones that allow police from 9 pm to 6 am to
hold and escort home unaccompanied minors under the age of 16, whether badly behaved or not. Although
hailed as a success,[76] the High Court ruled in one particular case that the law did not give the police a
power of arrest, and officers could not force someone to come with them. On appeal the court of appeal
held that the act gave police powers to escort minors home only if they are involved in, or at risk from,
actual or imminently anticipated bad behaviour.[77]

In a few towns in the United Kingdom, the curfew bell is still rung as a continuation of the medieval tradition
where the bell used to be rung from the parish church to guide travelers safely towards a town or village as
darkness fell, or when bad weather made it difficult to follow trackways and for the villagers to extinguish
their lights and fires as a safety measure to combat accidental fires. Until 1100 it was against the law to burn
any lights after the ringing of the curfew bell. In Morpeth, the curfew is rung each night at 8 pm from
Morpeth Clock Tower. In Chertsey, it is rung at 8 pm, from Michaelmas to Lady Day.[78] A short story
concerning the Chertsey curfew, set in 1471, and entitled "Blanche Heriot. A legend of old Chertsey Church"
was published by Albert Richard Smith in 1843, and formed a basis for the poem "Curfew Must Not Ring
Tonight". At Castleton in the Peak District, the curfew is rung from Michaelmas to Shrove Tuesday.[79] At
Wallingford in Oxfordshire, the curfew bell continues to be rung at 9 pm rather than 8 pm which is a one-
hour extension granted by William The Conqueror as the Lord of the town was a Norman sympathiser.
However, none of these curfew bells serves its original function.

Northern Ireland

During the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the British Army made an attempt to search for illegal items
secretly held by Official IRA (OIRA) and the Provisional IRA (IRA) in Falls Road, Belfast, a predominantly
Catholic neighbourhood. The operation, which became known as the Falls Curfew, took place from 3 to 5
July 1970, with British troops carrying out searches. As it ended, local youths attacked the soldiers, who
responded by deploying riot control tactics; the confrontation quickly developed into a series of gunfights
between the British Army and the IRA. After four hours, the Army sealed off the area and imposed a 36-hour
curfew, carrying out more searches and recovering 96 weapons before the operation ended. Ultimately, 4
civilians were killed, 78 wounded and 337 arrested. 18 soldiers were also wounded. The curfew was later
found to be illegal and no further attempts to impose curfews were made during the Troubles.[80]

During the 2020–21 coronavirus pandemic, a curfew was imposed between Christmas 2020 and New Years
2021, 8 p.m. to 6 am, to reduce contagion.[81][80]

United States

Curfew law in the United States is usually a matter of local ordinance (mainly applied by a municipality or
county), rather than federal law. However, the Constitution guarantees certain rights, which have been
applied to the states through the 14th Amendment. Hence, any curfew law may be overruled and struck
down if, for example, it violates 1st, 4th, 5th or 14th Amendment rights.

Nonetheless, curfews are set by state and local governments. They vary by state[82] and even by county or
municipality.

American military curfews are a tool used by commanders at various installations to shape the behavior of
soldiers.[83]

Juvenile curfews

Local ordinances and state statutes may make it unlawful for minors below a certain age to be on public
streets, unless they are accompanied by a parent or an adult or on lawful and necessary business on behalf
of their parents or guardians. For example, a Michigan state law provides that "[n]o minor under the age of
12 years shall loiter, idle or congregate in or on any public street, highway, alley or park between the hours
of 10 o'clock p.m. and 6 o'clock a.m., unless the minor is accompanied by a parent or guardian, or some
adult delegated by the parent or guardian to accompany the child." MCLA § 722.751; MSA § 28.342(1).
Curfew laws in other states and cities typically set forth different curfews for minors of different ages.

The stated purpose of such laws is generally to deter disorderly behavior and crime, while others can
include to protect youth from victimization and to strengthen parental responsibility,[84] but their
effectiveness is subject to debate. Generally, curfews attempt to address vandalism, shootings, and
property crimes, which are believed to happen mostly at night, but are less commonly used to address
underage drinking, drunk driving and teenage pregnancy. Parents can be fined, charged or ordered to take
parenting classes for willingly, or through insufficient control or supervision, permitting the child to violate
the curfew. Many local curfew laws were enacted in the 1950s and 1960s to attack the "juvenile delinquent"
problem of youth gangs. Most curfew exceptions include:

accompanied by a parent or an adult appointed by the parent;

going to or coming home from work, school, religious, or recreational activity;

engaging in a lawful employment activity or;

involved in an emergency;

Some cities make it illegal for a business owner, operator, or any employee to knowingly allow a minor to
remain in the establishment during curfew hours. A business owner, operator, or any employee may be also
subject to fines.[85]

A 2011 UC-Berkeley study looked at the 54 larger U.S. cities that enacted youth curfews between 1985 and
2002 and found that arrests of youths affected by curfew restrictions dropped almost 15% in the first year
and approximately 10% in following years.[86] However, not all studies agree with the conclusion that youth
curfew laws actually reduce crime, and many studies find no benefit or sometimes even the opposite.[87][88]
For example, one 2016 systematic review of 12 studies on the matter found that the effect on crime is close
to zero, and can perhaps even backfire somewhat.[89]

There are also concerns about racial profiling.[90] In response to concerns about racial profiling,
Montgomery County, Maryland, passed a limited curfew, which would permit police officers to arrest
juveniles in situations that appear threatening.[91]

Mall curfews

Many malls in the United States have policies that prohibit minors under a specified age from entering the
mall after specified times,[92] unless they are accompanied by a parent or another adult or are working at
the mall during curfew times.[93] Such policies are known as mall curfews. The Youth Supervision Policy,
requires all minors visiting Mall after 3 p.m. to be accompanied by someone 21 or older. One adult can
chaperone up to four minors. The policy is part of the mall's broader security program, which includes the
addition of metal detectors, more patrols and a K-9 unit. Malls that have policies prohibiting unaccompanied
minors at any time are known as parental escort policies.[94]

Curfews for adults

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States and municipalities in the United States have occasionally enacted curfews on the population at large,
often as a result of severely inclement weather or civil disorder. Some such curfews require all citizens
simply to refrain from driving. Others require all citizens to remain inside, with exceptions granted to those
in important positions, such as elected officials, law enforcement personnel, first responders, healthcare
workers, and the mass media.

However, unlike juvenile curfews, all-ages curfews have always been very limited in terms of both location
and duration. That is, they are temporary and restricted to very specific areas, and generally only
implemented during states of emergency, then subsequently lifted or allowed to sunset.

In 1992, a curfew was imposed in Los Angeles, California during the Rodney King Riots.

In 2015, the city of Baltimore enacted a curfew on all citizens that lasted for five days and prohibited all
citizens from going outdoors from 10 pm to 5 am with the exception of those traveling to or from work and
those with medical emergencies. This was in response to the 2015 Baltimore protests.

During the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, local curfews were used (typically in combination with
daytime lockdown policies) in the attempt to slow down the spread of the virus by limiting nonessential
interactions between people from different households. Later in 2020, citywide curfews were enacted in
major cities across the country due to protests following the killing of George Floyd in May. Arizona enacted
a statewide curfew. Countywide curfews were enacted for Los Angeles County and Alameda County in
California. In spring 2021, the city of Miami Beach, Florida enacted a citywide curfew due to public disorder
associated with spring break celebrations.

See also

Curfew bell

Freedom of assembly

Shutdown law

Stranger danger

Unlawful assembly

People

Don A. Allen, member of the California State Assembly and of the Los Angeles City Council in the 1940s
and 1950s, urged enforcement of curfew laws.

Notes

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