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Bill: DSP.359.2667
Details
Submitted by[?]: 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō)
Status[?]: defeated
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: February 2668
Description[?]:
| To do away with for-profit lawyers who do nothing but destroy societies and seek the manipulation of the law in their favour. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government provision of legal aid to the accused.
Old value:: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state for defendants with low incomes.
Current: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state.
Proposed: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:26:30, November 18, 2008 CET | From |  Conservative Party | To | Debating the DSP.359.2667 |
| Message | This would drive up the costs of the justice department. Oppose. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 166 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 243 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 191 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "Those who are responsible for the national security must be the sole judges of what the national security requires. It would be obviously undesirable that such matters should be made the subject of evidence in a court of law or otherwise discussed in public." - Unattributed member of the the House of Lords on the removal of trade union rights |