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Bill: SP - 11 Judiciary Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Party
Status[?]: passed
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 4728
Description[?]:
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY PREAMBLE: Whereas the judicial laws are unfair, and since it harms democracy to not allow the criminals to vote, and since it is barbaric and unethical to practice death penalty, and since legal representations aren't paid by the state, and since physical punishment harms the rights of the detained, and since it is unfair to grant police unlimited powers, and since torture is an inhumane method to apply, and since it is unjust and partial to exempt the members of the legislature from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions related with the performance of their duties during their term of office, SECTION 1: This bill is the SP - 11 Judiciary Reform Act. SECTION 2: Criminals shall be always allowed to vote, regardless of whether they are in jail or not. SECTION 3: The death penalty shall be considered illegal and should never be applied. SECTION 4: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials shall be paid for by the state. SECTION 5: All forms of physical punishment shall be illegal. SECTION 6: The police may only arrest crime suspects. SECTION 7: Torture shall never be allowed. SECTION 8: Members of the legislature shall not be exempted from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions during their term of office. SECTION 9: This bill passes as soon as the National Consultative Assembly passes this with a majority. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Voting rights of criminals.
Old value:: Criminals released from jail are not allowed to vote.
Current: Criminals released from jail are allowed to vote.
Proposed: Criminals are always allowed to vote, regardless of whether they are in jail or not.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government provision of legal aid to the accused.
Old value:: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state for defendants with low incomes.
Current: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state for defendants with low incomes.
Proposed: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Legality of judicial physical punishment
Old value:: Judicial corporal punishment (eg. caning or flogging) is legal.
Current: All forms of physical punishment are illegal.
Proposed: All forms of physical punishment are illegal.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government's policy towards the powers of the police.
Old value:: The powers of the police are not restricted.
Current: The police may arrest crime suspects.
Proposed: The police may arrest crime suspects.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: It is at the discretion of the police officer to torture suspects for information.
Current: Torture is never allowed.
Proposed: Torture is never allowed.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Parliamentary privilege.
Old value:: Members of the legislature are exempted from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions related with the performance of their duties during their term of office.
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.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 100 | |
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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