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Bill: Legal Aid Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jakania Union 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: January 2252
Description[?]:
This legislation would allow the government to pay the legal costs of poor and indigent defendants. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government provision of legal aid to the accused.
Old value:: Legal representation is never paid for by the state.
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 for defendants with low incomes.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 11:47:15, July 04, 2006 CET | From | Jakania Republican Party | To | Debating the Legal Aid Act |
Message | No we cannot support it,it is a form of welfare. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes |
Total Seats: 35 | |||
no | Total Seats: 124 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 91 |
Random fact: Real-life religions should not be referenced in Particracy. Terra has its own religions, many of which mirror real-life ones. See: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Illustrated_Catalogue_of_Religion |
Random quote: "Religion, like capitalism, will perish in the end. We estimate the complete Terra-wide extinction of Hosianism as a religious belief by the year 4409, and in Dorvik by 4398." - Friedrich Pfeiffer, former Dorvish politician |