Cricket World Cup has a special legislation governing it and persons can be arrested and charged if they do not abide by the law.

The legislation which is the ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies Act is known as the Sunset Legislation.

Several persons have been querying why it was necessary to pass a special legislation for the event.

"We have enough laws here so can you explain why a special law has to be passed for the Cricket World Cup?" a man queried.

The event will be hosted by nine countries including Jamaica and all the host countries have passed the Sunset Legislation for the success of Cricket World Cup 2007. A person who breaks the law can be punished. The legislation which was passed in Jamaica in October last year makes ambush marketing a criminal offence. There are also civil remedies for ambush marketing.

Persons who use the event to make money when in fact they are not connected to the event and have no permission to do so would have committed ambush marketing. In other words, a person who prints and sells souvenirs when they have no permission from the relevant authorities to use the words 'World Cup Cricket 2007' or similar words on souvenirs can be arrested or sued for so doing.

The law puts in place a number of measures to protect sponsors of the event from ambush marketing and also protects and controls venues for the event.

The legislation which has many other provisions will expire on June 30, at the end of Cricket World Cup.