Hey you, wear pants that fit!

A US town is to ban people from wearing saggy trousers.

The law looks set to be introduced after Terrebonne Parish council in Louisiana voted 8:1 in favour of it, and it could see offenders forced to do community service if they keep wearing their trousers low.

Jerome Boykin, Terrebonne NAACP president, said: "There is nothing positive about people wearing saggy pants.

"This is not a black issue. This is not a white issue. This is a people issue."

First -time saggy trouser offenders will be fined $50 with those who break the law again having to fork out $100, but subsequent offences will see people fined $100 and given 16 hours of community service.