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Bill: Justice reform Bill 2
Details
Submitted by[?]: One Nation Socialist 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: September 2315
Description[?]:
| Article 1 ensures the legislation currently in effect stays the same for those qualifying as low-income and those who pay into the top tax bracket. However for everyone else the state will provide the citizen with legal expenses worth 50% of their tax contribution to cover some of the cost to ensure everyone can afford equal representation in court. If a trial takes longer than 3 months and individual may re-apply to the LEC (Legal expenses comitee) which will be set up upon the acceptance of the bill by the GTC. of this bill. |
Proposals
Article 1
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:45:59, November 15, 2006 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Justice reform Bill 2 |
| Message | Opposed. |
| Date | 16:04:03, November 17, 2006 CET | From | Patriot Party | To | Debating the Justice reform Bill 2 |
| Message | EEK! We would have third the opposition. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 495 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "The main problem of the left is that it has been traditionally divided and unable to reach agreements between different leftist views, whilst the right has almost always moved in the same direction by giving concessions to different rightist points of view." - Aelius Celer, former Selucian politician |