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Bill: Justice Act of 4247
Details
Submitted by[?]: Pontesian Progressive 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: June 4248
Description[?]:
| This bill seeks to create the difference between a National Police Force and Local Police Forces as well as to change current laws on physical punishment, the powers of search, the powers of arrest. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the organization of police/law enforcement
Old value:: The government competitively subcontracts security management to private security firms.
Current: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Proposed: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government's policy towards the powers of the police.
Old value:: The police may arrest citizens for any reason.
Current: The police may arrest citizens for any reason.
Proposed: The police may arrest crime suspects.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Police searches.
Old value:: The police can search a person or their property without restrictions.
Current: The police cannot search a person or their property without their consent unless the police have obtained a warrant from a court or have reasonable grounds to suspect that a crime was committed.
Proposed: The police cannot search a person or their property without their consent unless the police have obtained a warrant from a court or have reasonable grounds to suspect that a crime was committed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Legality of judicial physical punishment
Old value:: All forms of physical punishment are illegal.
Current: Judicial corporal punishment that causes permanent injury (eg. mutilation) is legal.
Proposed: Judicial corporal punishment (eg. caning or flogging) is legal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:32:38, July 27, 2017 CET | From | Optimates / Lav Tghamardik | To | Debating the Justice Act of 4247 |
| Message | No |
| Date | 17:29:31, July 27, 2017 CET | From | Pontesian Progressive Party | To | Debating the Justice Act of 4247 |
| Message | Care to elaborate? This is an open debate forum where parties debate one another. A simple no doesn't seem very fitting in such a hall such as the Capital debate floor. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |
| no | Total Seats: 100 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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