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Bill: Right of Assembly Ammendment 2135
Details
Submitted by[?]: We Say So! Party
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 2136
Description[?]:
| In the interests of public safety the Police are empowered to monitor any group operating in a suspicious manner or that is deemed to be a danger to either themselves or those around them . Guidelines will be put in place for the Police as to what equates a breach of the peace or a danger to public safety. This law does not empower the Police to disband any groups without provocation, or without probable cause, nor does it allow for intervention within an organised assembly of persons, be the gathering of a political or social nature, without afforementioned cause. However if it is believed that said group could become violent or breach the peace in some way so as to cause public disorder, the Police are empowered to disband said group in a peaceful manner. Should peaceful means be unsuccesful than the Police are entitled to use whatever means necessary, barring lethal force, in order to subdue those that may become a danger to either themselves or the public. This law may not be used, either politically or by the Police, to forcibly place restictions on peoples right to gather, rather it only allows the Police to disperse groups should they become a point of public disorder. *A breach of the peace is classified as: A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally: (1) engages in fighting or in tumultuous conduct; (2) makes unreasonable noise between the hours of 11pm and 6am and continues to do so after being asked to stop; or (3) disrupts a lawful assembly of persons. *commits disorderly conduct. |
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 | 01:12:20, November 03, 2005 CET | From |  Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Right of Assembly Ammendment 2135 |
| Message | Nay. |
| Date | 05:56:18, November 03, 2005 CET | From | Hobrazia First | To | Debating the Right of Assembly Ammendment 2135 |
| Message | We would support this if the unreasonable noise restriction was removed, as it is we could go either way |
| Date | 06:07:20, November 03, 2005 CET | From | Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Right of Assembly Ammendment 2135 |
| Message | I agree. Noise is a nuisance not a risk. |
| Date | 08:32:27, November 03, 2005 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Right of Assembly Ammendment 2135 |
| Message | We'll support. |
| Date | 13:25:10, November 03, 2005 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Right of Assembly Ammendment 2135 |
| Message | I support, don't see how it's much different to what i put forward but hey ho i'll still support. |
| Date | 18:55:20, November 03, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Right of Assembly Ammendment 2135 |
| Message | Noise restriction modified to clarify the law. @TPoH - We voted yes to your law on this point, however this bill actually makes statements about what is and isn't acceptable behaviour, unlike yours which was just a statement of intent. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 126 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 201 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 73 |
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