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Bill: Judicial Reform Act of 3869
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Labor 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: February 3870
Description[?]:
| An Act to reform ando improve the justice system and the prison system, by providing for rehabilitation and better prison services, reforming facets of the legal reaches of the government, and empowering all Lodamese citizens for their equal legal rights and protections under the law. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the use of forensic DNA databases.
Old value:: All citizens' DNA is recorded.
Current: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Proposed: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Parliamentary privilege.
Old value:: Members of the legislature are exempted from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions, but this immunity can be overruled by a vote in the nation's legislative body.
Current: Members of the legislature are exempted from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions, but this immunity can be overruled by a vote in the nation's legislative body.
Proposed: Members of the legislature are not exempt from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions during their term of office.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Able-bodied prisoners have to work during the day.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Public executions (if death penalty is legal).
Old value:: Local government decide the legality of public executions.
Current: Executions are always carried out in private; however, family members, the victim and the victim's relatives are allowed to be present.
Proposed: Executions are always carried out in private; however, family members, the victim and the victim's relatives are allowed to be present.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The right to appeal against a judgement rendered by a court.
Old value:: Every person has the right to appeal to the Minister of Justice to have a judgement reviewed by another court.
Current: Every person has the right to appeal against a judgement and to have it reviewed by a higher court.
Proposed: Every person has the right to appeal against a judgement and to have it reviewed by a higher court.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Curfew policy (curfew time to be determined in the bill description).
Old value:: Local governments may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Current: The national government may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: The national government may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:47:09, July 01, 2015 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the Judicial Reform Act of 3869 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, LNC cannot agree with the proposal of DNA recordings. The database we currently have has proven to be very valuable, for example for identification of bodies after an accident. Otherwise, we might have supported this bill. Markus Pelkmans Internal Affairs Advisor for LNC |
| Date | 12:46:35, July 01, 2015 CET | From | Metzian Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the Judicial Reform Act of 3869 |
| Message | M.Speaker, If only PLF decides to make a change in Article1.Then i also would like to go for it. Tony Leader of UDHFU |
| Date | 18:07:19, July 01, 2015 CET | From | Social Labor Coalition | To | Debating the Judicial Reform Act of 3869 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Seeing as valuable support would be achieved with this bill if the first article is changed, we will scrap this bill and come up with another similar one without the first proposal. We apologize for any hastiness and inconvenience. C. T. Edwards Chairwoman of the PLF |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 17 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 309 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 228 |
| Random fact: Information about the population of each country can be found on the Population Information thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8663 |
| Random quote: "I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it." - Niccolo Machiavelli |