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Bill: Rule of Justice Act 2668
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican Coalition
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: April 2669
Description[?]:
| Granting further powers to the forces of law, which will drastically cut crime levels. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Current: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Proposed: The police may disperse a group without giving any reason.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Current: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Proposed: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government's policy towards the powers of the police.
Old value:: The police may arrest crime suspects.
Current: The police may arrest crime suspects.
Proposed: The powers of the police are not restricted.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Torture is never allowed.
Current: Torture is never allowed.
Proposed: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:49:10, November 20, 2008 CET | From | Wiedervereinigten Nationalisten | To | Debating the Rule of Justice Act 2668 |
| Message | Article 1 is almost definitely a contravention of the Statute of Rights. |
| Date | 04:43:41, November 20, 2008 CET | From | Republican Coalition | To | Debating the Rule of Justice Act 2668 |
| Message | OOC: Statute of Rights? Something that happened during my absence? |
| Date | 09:26:44, November 20, 2008 CET | From | Herrenclub Werffenberg | To | Debating the Rule of Justice Act 2668 |
| Message | We support this bill wholeheartedly |
| Date | 20:40:05, November 20, 2008 CET | From | Liberaldemokratische Allianz | To | Debating the Rule of Justice Act 2668 |
| Message | We recognize the need behind this legislation but unless this is explicitly stated to be an emergency law that will be repealed when the current crisis is over we cannot vote to support it. |
| Date | 23:16:24, November 20, 2008 CET | From | Republican Coalition | To | Debating the Rule of Justice Act 2668 |
| Message | This is not an emergency law |
| Date | 23:40:48, November 20, 2008 CET | From | Wiedervereinigten Nationalisten | To | Debating the Rule of Justice Act 2668 |
| Message | Hulstrian Statute of Rights: http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=222954 We caution that this bill almost certainly violates the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 of Part III. Additionally, we have serious questions about this bill contravening Sections 2, 3, and 4 of Part IV. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 268 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 382 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real life-life nationalities, cultures or ethnicities should not be referenced in Particracy (eg. "German"). |
| Random quote: "If you have an apple, and I have an apple, and we exchange the apples, then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea, and I have an idea, and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw |