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Bill: Public Order Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Christian Socialist Movement
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: March 2763
Description[?]:
| Where appropriate, the police need emergency powers to halt public demonstrations which risk getting out of hand and leading to a breakdown of law and order. Simon Crossley (Leader of the Christian Socialist Movement) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Current: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:54:35, May 27, 2009 CET | From | Strong Republic Party | To | Debating the Public Order Act |
| Message | I am assuming that their suspicion would be beyond a reasonable doubt, and that the forces tasked with dispersing the crowd would use non-lethal weapons. The purpose of the group also comes into question, as well as whether the danger arises from the group or the reaction of the public to that group. |
| Date | 18:56:03, May 27, 2009 CET | From | Strong Republic Party | To | Debating the Public Order Act |
| Message | If the proposal returns with the questions above provided for; then I will have little difficulty in voting for it. |
| Date | 00:43:02, May 29, 2009 CET | From | Christian Socialist Movement | To | Debating the Public Order Act |
| Message | We invite the Strong Republic Party to put forward their own Bill on this issue for the consideration of the General Assembly. Simon Crossley (Leader of the Christian Socialist Movement) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 274 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 384 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 59 |
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| Random quote: "We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant." - Karl Popper |