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Bill: Moral Punishment Act
Details
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes the withdrawal from a treaty. It will require half of the legislature to vote in favor[?]. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 4146
Description[?]:
| We seek to increase the severity of punishment given to criminals who deserve such harsh treatment, not the light treatment of a degenerate, liberal state. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Voting rights of criminals.
Old value:: Criminals are always allowed to vote, regardless of whether they are in jail or not.
Current: Criminals released from jail are allowed to vote after a certain period of time.
Proposed: Criminals released from jail are not allowed to vote.
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 not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Article 3
Withdraw from the Abolition of Death Penalty.
Article 4
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.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Legality of judicial physical punishment
Old value:: All forms of physical punishment are illegal.
Current: All forms of physical punishment are illegal.
Proposed: Judicial corporal punishment (eg. caning or flogging) is legal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:04:46, January 03, 2017 CET | From | Liberal Party (Plaid Ryddfrydol) | To | Debating the Moral Punishment Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker We agree with a few of the articles listed, primarily the application of the death penalty and torture, but we can't support judicial corporal punishment or taking the right to vote away from people. Nikolaus Forst, AIP Leader |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 451 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 249 |
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