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Bill: Resolution on the Legal Status of Privateering
Details
Submitted by[?]: VonkajÅ¡Ãci
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2440
Description[?]:
| SOUTH SEA PIRACY, which has always been a problem for Deltaria due to our disinvolvement in the SOTO Pact, may become an increasing problem, especially with the exodus of political refugees providing camoflague and prey for pirate vessels. It would be for the betterment of Deltaria if South Sea Pirates were to concentrate their actions against Jelbanian shipping, rather than our own. For these reasons we propose the following resolution.... LETTERS OF MARQUE AND REPRISAL shall be made available for purchase, at the set price of 10,000 Telars. Holders of such a commission shall not be regarded as PIRATES, but rather as PRIVATEERS. PIRATES, defined as those who engage in piracy without the commission of a LETTER OF MARQUE AND REPRISAL, shall be summarily hanged as they are caught, without rights to a trial or proper burial. However, PRIVATEERS shall be afforded the following privileges. LIMITED CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS in the Fourth Republic of Deltaria FREE ACCESS through Deltarian territorial waters SAFE HARBOUR in Deltarian Ports. TARIFF-FREE sale of goods to Deltarian merchants. GUARANTEE OF NON-EXTRADITION to nations in which they may be wanted for acts of piracy or other crimes. PRIVATEERS shall however, be obligated to immediately cease all acts of piracy within Deltarian territorial waters, and apon Deltarian shipping within foreign and international waters. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The terms of extradition.
Old value:: Extradition to nations with capital punishment or with cruel or inhumane treatment of suspects and convicts is not allowed.
Current: Extradition to nations that practice cruel or inhumane treatment of suspects or in punishment is not allowed.
Proposed: The law bars the government from extraditing anyone who is a citizen of the state.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:54:12, August 05, 2007 CET | From |  Party of Deltarian Democrats | To | Debating the Resolution on the Legal Status of Privateering |
| Message | So legalize crime? Is that what your trying to get at? |
| Date | 22:02:55, August 05, 2007 CET | From | VonkajÅ¡Ãci | To | Debating the Resolution on the Legal Status of Privateering |
| Message | If it's legalised, it's not a crime. |
| Date | 22:03:48, August 05, 2007 CET | From | Party of Deltarian Democrats | To | Debating the Resolution on the Legal Status of Privateering |
| Message | This is a crime by all international standards and we think it's a crime. |
| Date | 22:41:34, August 05, 2007 CET | From | VonkajÅ¡Ãci | To | Debating the Resolution on the Legal Status of Privateering |
| Message | We do not abide by the Law of the Sea, and do not recognise International Law as having jurisdiction over us. |
| Date | 22:42:28, August 05, 2007 CET | From | Party of Deltarian Democrats | To | Debating the Resolution on the Legal Status of Privateering |
| Message | Your still violating the law. |
| Date | 22:56:31, August 05, 2007 CET | From | VonkajÅ¡Ãci | To | Debating the Resolution on the Legal Status of Privateering |
| Message | So what? Those laws do not apply to us. Is a man a criminal because he smokes marijuana in nation where it's legal? Is a woman a criminal because she sells her body in a nation where that's legal? Or are you trying to say that we as Deltarian do not have the right to be an independent nation, to create and maintain our own laws and standards? Are you saying we should bend to the will of other nation's laws? |
| Date | 23:00:46, August 05, 2007 CET | From | Party of Deltarian Democrats | To | Debating the Resolution on the Legal Status of Privateering |
| Message | Still violating the law. |
| Date | 23:18:20, August 05, 2007 CET | From | VonkajÅ¡Ãci | To | Debating the Resolution on the Legal Status of Privateering |
| Message | Not Deltarian Law, and that's the only law that applies here. |
| Date | 23:19:28, August 05, 2007 CET | From | Party of Deltarian Democrats | To | Debating the Resolution on the Legal Status of Privateering |
| Message | Your violating International Law and that's still violating the law. |
| Date | 23:37:18, August 05, 2007 CET | From | VonkajÅ¡Ãci | To | Debating the Resolution on the Legal Status of Privateering |
| Message | Forgive us for caring more about the lives of Deltarians than about some worthless treaties written by worthless diplomats. |
| Date | 23:48:23, August 05, 2007 CET | From | Party of Deltarian Democrats | To | Debating the Resolution on the Legal Status of Privateering |
| Message | Oh yeah this makes Deltarian lives more easier yep it does. Except for the part of fearing invasion and embargos because of your stupid actions. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 144 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 10 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 33 |
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