Act of Congress Criminal Code Act

A
BILL
To
Strengthen Existing Privacy Laws​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Privacy Act for Lawful Access, Notice, Transparency, Information & Rights' or "PALANTIR Act"
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by ToadKing.
(4) This Act has been proposed by Representative zLost.
(5) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senator Omegabiebel.

2 - Reasons
(1) To strengthen privacy protections for all citizens across all platforms.
(2) To clarify privacy principles and rights afforded to citizens.
(3) To establish Breach of Confidence as a proper offence in the Criminal Code Act.
(4) To align this Act's Freedom of Information provisions with the existing FOI framework.
(5) To clarify the status of permanently deported players under privacy law.

3 - Amendments
(1) The Privacy Act shall be amended as follows:

"4 - Definitions
(1) For the purposes of this Act, "personal information" and "private information" shall have the same meaning and refer to any information relating to an identifiable individual, including but not limited to:
(a) Employment details, discipline records, termination details, and administrative actions
(b) Financial records with private organisations, including but not limited to:
(i) Account balances
(ii) Transaction history
(iii) Debts and other assets
(2) Personal information and Private information do not include:
(a) Information that is freely and publicly available
(b) Information that has been anonymised or aggregated such that it cannot reasonably identify any individual
(c) Information displayed on public leaderboards, statistics pages, or BlueMap
(d) Information voluntarily posted by the individual in a public area, except for real-life personal information as protected under Section 8
(3) For the purposes of this Act, "Permanently deported" means any ban issued by server staff with no defined expiration date, or any ban issued as a final enforcement action."

"5 - Privacy Principles
(1) Accessibility to your own private information
(2) Access to how your private information is collected and stored
(3) Ability to object to incorrect personal information and to have it corrected
(4) Ability to seek damages for breaching the privacy act where you have suffered a loss
(5) Access to private information is on a need-to-know and a need-to-access basis.
(1) The following Privacy Principles govern the collection, use, storage, and disclosure of personal information:
(a) Lawful and Fair Collection - Personal information must be collected by lawful and fair means, with the knowledge and consent of the individual where appropriate.
(b) Purpose Specification - The purpose for which personal information is collected must be specified at or before the time of collection.
(c) Use Limitation - Personal information shall not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those specified, except with the consent of the individual or as authorised by law.
(d) Data Quality - Personal information must be accurate, complete, and kept up-to-date as necessary for the purposes for which it is used.
(e) Security Safeguards - Reasonable security safeguards must protect personal information against loss, theft, unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.
(f) Openness - Organisations must be transparent about their practices relating to the management of personal information.
(g) Individual Access - Individuals have the right to access their own personal information and request corrections where appropriate.
(h) Accountability - Organisations are accountable for personal information under their control and must designate responsibility for compliance with these principles.
(i) Need-to-Know Basis - Access to personal information is restricted to those with a legitimate need to access such information in the course of their duties."

"6 - Privacy Rights
(1) The following Privacy Rights are afforded to all individuals and organisations:
(a) know be informed of why your personal information is being collected, how it will be used, how it will be stored, and who it will be disclosed to, before or at the time of collection
(b) have the option of not identifying yourself, or of using a pseudonym in certain circumstances where it is lawful and practicable to do so
(c) ask for request and receive access to your personal information held by any organisation or government entity within a reasonable timeframe
(d) ask for request that your personal information that is incorrect or incomplete to be corrected or updated, and have such requests processed in a timely manner
(e) make a complaint about an organisation or agency, if you think they've mishandled your personal information, and have such complaints investigated and addressed
(f) request deletion of your personal information where it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected, subject to legal retention requirements
(g) withdraw consent for the use or disclosure of your personal information at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions
(h) seek damages through civil proceedings for any breach of this Act where you have suffered quantifiable loss or harm"

"7 - Employees & Contractors
(1) Private entities and Government organisations must: ensure confidentiality when handling a current or past employee's or contractor's private information.
(a) Private information includes administrative action taken against the employee (nature of dismissal and or punishment) and or anything beyond these examples which may be considered of a personal nature, that if released, would be adverse to the individual.
(a) Limit access to employee private information to those with a legitimate need-to-know basis
(b) Ensure confidentiality when handling a current or past employee's or contractor's private information
(c) Not disclose employee private information to third parties without the employee's written consent, except where required by law or court order
(d) Maintain reasonable security measures to protect employee private information from unauthorised access or disclosure"

"7 - Breach of Confidence
(1) An individual/entity is guilty of breaching confidence when they share private information in the public domain unlawfully, punishable for up to $10,000 in fines as decided by the court."

"8 - Real Life Protection of Real-Life Information
(1) Citizens will never be required to provide any real life information, such as age, when making any post or application on the forums. No individual shall be required to disclose real-life personal information, including but not limited to: full legal name, age, address, phone number, email address, personal images, financial information, educational institutions, employment details, social media accounts, or any other information that could identify them in real life, in any context within the Commonwealth of Redmont.
(2) This protection applies across all platforms and services, including but not limited to:
(a) In-game
(b) Forum posts, applications, and private messages
(c) Discord, including text and voice channels, private and group direct messages
(d) Any other official or affiliated platform or service
(3) No government entity, private organisation, or individual may condition access to services, positions, benefits, or opportunities on the disclosure of real-life personal information, except:
(a) Timezone information may be requested on employment applications where such information is reasonably necessary for scheduling and coordination purposes
(4) Voluntary disclosure of real-life information by an individual does not constitute consent for that information to be shared, republished, or used by others without explicit permission."

"9 - Disclosure
(1) An organisation or agency can’t use or disclose personal information unless an exception applies.
(2) Exceptions include:
(a) the subject consented to an organisation or agency using or disclosing their personal information
(b) the disclosure is permitted by law or court order
(c) Any information shared as part of official Congressional or Court proceedings; or that is general in nature, is exempt from breach of confidence
(d) Criminal Records of citizens will be exempt from the Privacy Act and can be requested from or released by the Department of Homeland Security.
(a) The subject has provided informed consent to the organisation or agency using or disclosing their personal information
(b) The disclosure is required or permitted by law or court order
(c) The information is shared as part of official Congressional or Court proceedings
(d) The information is general in nature and does not identify or could not reasonably identify any specific individual
(e) The disclosure is necessary for law enforcement purposes or the investigation of suspected criminal activity
(f) Criminal records, which may be requested from or released by the Department of Homeland Security
(3) Any disclosure permitted under subsection (2) must be limited to the minimum information necessary to achieve the authorised purpose."

"10 - Freedom of Information
(1) Private information (i.e. Records that the Government hold about you) is not subject to freedom of information requests Any individual may submit a Freedom of Information request to access their own personal information held by any government entity, in accordance with relevant FOI laws.
(2) Personal information about other individuals is not subject to FOI requests, except where:
(a) The requesting party has written authorisation from the individual whose information is being requested, explicitly permitting the requester to act as their proxy; or
(b) The disclosure is otherwise authorised by law or court order
(3) Written authorisation under subsection (2)(a) must:
(a) Be signed or otherwise authenticated by the individual whose information is being requested
(b) Clearly identify what specific information may be requested
(c) Specify the time period for which the authorisation is valid, not exceeding 60 days
(d) Be submitted alongside the FOI request
(4) FOI requests for personal information shall be processed in accordance with relevant FOI laws.
(5) Where an FOI request seeks access to personal information that is intermingled with information about other individuals, the responding entity may:
(a) Provide the information with appropriate redactions to protect third-party privacy; or
(b) Request clarification from the requester to narrow the scope of the request."

"11 - Exemption for Deported Players
(1) Individuals who have been permanently deported are not entitled to the protections afforded by this Act.
(3) This exemption applies to the provisions under Section 6 and Section 7 and protections against disclosure under Section 9.
(4) Government entities and private organisations are not obligated to maintain the confidentiality of information relating to individuals covered by this exemption.
(5) This exemption does not authorise the disclosure of any real-life personal information in accordance with Section 7."

(2) The Criminal Code Act shall be amended by adding the following new section to PART III: PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE:

"11 - Breach of Confidence
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 200 Penalty Units; up to 60 min imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) knowingly or recklessly discloses private information of another individual or entity to the public domain or to unauthorised third parties without lawful authority or consent; or
(b) uses private information obtained in confidence for an unauthorised purpose that causes or is likely to cause harm to the individual or entity to whom the information relates.
Exceptions:
(c) This offence shall not occur where:
(i) the disclosure is required or permitted by law or court order;
(ii) the disclosure is made as part of official Congressional or Court proceedings;
(iii) the subject has provided explicit consent to the disclosure;
(iv) the information is already in the public domain through lawful means;
(v) the information is general in nature and does not identify or could not reasonably identify any individual or entity.
Relevant Law: Act of Congress - Privacy Act"

"12 - Legal Qualification Fraud

13 - Legal Malpractice

14 - Conflict of Interest

15 - Duty to Disclose

16 - Ex Parte Communication"

5 - Transitional Provisions
(1) Government entities shall have 30 days from the enactment of this Act to update their privacy policies and procedures to comply with the amended Privacy Act.
(2) All FOI request procedures must be updated to reflect the new Section 10 of the Privacy Act within 14 days of enactment.
 
A
BILL
To
Amend the Criminal Code Act​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Tax Evasion Clarification Act'.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Senator Omegabiebel, ToadKing
(4) This Act has been sponsored by zLost
(5) This Act has been co-sponsored by Omegabiebel

2 - Reasons
(1) To clarify the language used in the Tax Evasion offence within the Criminal Code Act.

3 - Amendments
(1) Section 14 of PART VII: CORPORATE OFFENCES of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

"14 - Tax Evasion
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 100 Penalty Units; Up to 10 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) intentionally or maliciously transfers in-game funds to one or more personal in-game balances or company bank accounts in game balances without legitimate purpose, resulting in the evasion of personal tax liability.
(b) transfers property to one or more individuals without legal ownership or a legitimate purpose, with the intent to evade property tax liability.
Relevant Law: Act of Congress - Commercial Standards Act"
 
A
BILL
To
Protect the Confidentiality of Judicial Deliberations​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'If You Ask About the Verdict Group Chat, You're Cooked. Act':
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by ToadKing.
(4) This Act has been sponsored by Representative zLost
(5) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senators Omegabiebel and EATB.

2 - Reasons
(1) To protect the integrity and independence of the judicial deliberation process.
(2) To ensure judges can freely discuss cases without fear of public disclosure.
(3) To maintain public confidence in the impartiality of judicial decision-making.
(4) To prevent the chilling effect that disclosure of deliberations would have on candid judicial discussion.

3 - Amendments
(1) Section 8 of the Classified Materials Act shall be amended by adding the following new subsection:

"8 - Freedom of Information

(1) Where National Security and the proper functioning of Government outweigh the legitimate interests of the Public, classified materials will, within reason as determined by the Judiciary, not be released.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law, judicial deliberations are exempt from Freedom of Information requests.

(2) Any individual or entity may submit a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for access to material held by any government entity. FOI requests must receive a response within seven (7) days indicating:

(a) Approval and eventual release of the material; or

(b) Denial on the grounds of an unreasonable request.

(3) An FOI request will be deemed unreasonable if:

(a) It seeks information clearly beyond the jurisdiction or knowledge of the office addressed;

(b) It seeks access to material whose disclosure to the requesting individual or entity would clearly pose a risk to National Security or to the lawful operation of Government such that it outweighs public interest; or

(c) It is so vague or broad as to be unfulfillable in practical terms;

(d) It seeks access to judicial deliberations as defined in subsection (1)(a).

(5) FOI requests will be handled by the following parties:

(a) The Attorney General for Executive and General FOI requests;

(b) The Speaker of the House for Congressional FOI requests;

(c) The Chief Justice for Judicial FOI requests;

(d) The FRB Governor for requests made to the FRB.

(6) The Government is obligated to comply with all reasonable FOI requests to the fullest extent possible, including through partial releases, redactions, or summaries where full disclosure would be unlawful or harmful.

(7) Where an FOI request is denied or has failed to receive a response within seven (7) days, the requester may appeal this as follows:

(a) If the request was made to the Executive or Congress, the appeal shall be lodged in the Federal Court in the first instance. The Judiciary shall order the full or partial release of the material if it determines that the request was reasonable. The Court may impose redactions or conditions on any such disclosure.

(b) If the request was made to the Judiciary, the appeal shall be lodged in Congress. A joint closed and classified congressional hearing shall review the request and order the release of material where it finds that the request was reasonable by simple majority vote. Congress may impose redactions or conditions on any such disclosure by simple majority vote.

(8) An individual who discloses classified material without authorisation may claim protection as a whistleblower under the Whistleblowers Act (or subsequent similar Act) where all of the following apply:

(a) The disclosure served a clear and compelling public interest;

(b) No effective or reasonable internal route existed for raising the concern or when this route was used no significant action was taken; and

(c) The individual acted in good faith and not for personal or political gain.

(9) Classification may strictly not be applied for any of the following reasons:

(a) To cover up breaches of laws, rules or regulations;

(b) To prevent or reduce reputational damage, negative publicity or public backlash;

(9) A Court may issue a subpoena to order the disclosure of classified material to a closed or open court as determined by the Judicial Officer.

(a) No court may issue a subpoena to compel disclosure of judicial deliberations from another court or judicial proceeding, except in cases of alleged criminal judicial misconduct.

(10) A Chamber of Congress may issue a subpoena to order the disclosure of any classified material of any branch by a Motion to Subpoena with a simple majority vote. The motion must mention if the disclosure is public or limited to a certain group.

(11) A Congressional Member, acting in their official capacity to provide oversight of government, may issue an FOI request which shall be considered as having a significantly higher public interest. Such requests must:

(a) Clearly indicate that the member is acting in their official capacity and not as a private citizen;

(b) Ensure that any released materials remain appropriately classified within Congress, and not subsequently disclosed;

(c) Avoid creating a significant conflict of interest, which shall be considered additional grounds to deem the request as unreasonable."

4 - Amendments to the Criminal Code Act

(1) Part I, Section 6(3)(c) of the Criminal Code Act is amended as follows:

(c) Judicial Officers may impose punishments for any Summary Offense committed during proceedings,; when imposing such punishments, a Judicial Officer must offer their reasoning for issuing the punishment in an order or verdict. Such punishment may not be upheld on appeal except for reasons listed in such order or verdict.​
 
Aye - There are no downsides to this bill, protecting the privacy of judicial rulings defends the privacy of all individuals involved.
 
Aye - Greatly improves and clears up privacy laws in many ways to address past incidents.
 
Abstain for now, as I’d like the house to consider S-38/34 in order to better protect the rights of the accused.

Edit: Seeing as the House probably won’t have enough time to pass the motion before this senate vote ends, changing to Nay to avoid a quorum fail on this bill (2 ayes, 2 abstentions) while maintaining the concerns I brought up in S-37/34 and S-38/34.

Switching to AYE following the passage of S-38/34.
 
Aye.

There have been concerns that this legalizes a sort of tax evasion involving moving money from in-game balance to a bank balance right before logging in, and then immediately withdrawing once one logs back in. I disagree. When one moves funds from a personal balance to a bank account, they do so by moving money from their personal in-game balance to a company in-game balance.

As such I think this actually makes it pretty clear that we are explicitly prohibiting that where before it was unclear that we did so.
 
Before re-vote:
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A
BILL
To
Amend the Criminal Code Act​


The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Whistleblower Advanced Protection Act'.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Budgiebud.
(4) This Act has been sponsored by Budgiebud
(5) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senator Anthony_org

2 - Reasons
(1) To ensure that the identity of a whistleblower remains protected.
(2) To address the lack of proper punishment regarding the exposure of whistleblowers.

3 - Amendments
(1) Section 8 of PART III: PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

8 - Whistleblower Anonymity Violation
Offence Type: Summary Indictable
Penalty: Up to 20 500 Penalty Units; up to 60 min imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) discloses or attempts to disclose the identity of a whistleblower without their consent.
Relevant Law:
 

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted Presidential assent and is hereby signed into law.

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Presidential Assent

I am largely not a fan of acts being named after private businesses. I think that is improper and unprofessional at best. However, I have been given assurances that there is an Act of Congress in the works that will prohibit Acts named after private entities, and have no issue with the contents of this Act. I pray for all of your souls that such an act passes.

This bill has been granted Presidential assent and is hereby signed into law.

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Presidential Assent

This bill has received Presidential assent and is hereby signed into law.

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Presidential Assent

This bill has received Presidential assent and is hereby signed into law.

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CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO

Establish and Clarify the State Provision of Healthcare in Redmont




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The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:


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PART I — PRELIMINARIES

1. Short Title and Enactment

(1) This Act may be cited as the ‘Redmontian Health Service Act’

(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.

(3) This Act has been authored by Health Secretary gwiis and Speaker Kaiserin_.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Deputy Senate President EATB.

(5) This Act amends the following acts:
(a) National Health Service Act
(b) Criminal Code Act

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) The current legislation around the provision of healthcare, who is legally permitted to do so and via which means is ineffectual.
(a) There is no solid legal definition of what qualifies as a health treatment, despite reliance on this term in law.
(b) There is no solid legal basis that provides for Medicare, and statutes dictating DOH policy are easily avoided.
(c) There is no solid legal basis for who can provide healthcare in Redmont, and no legally defined powers of regulation of these individuals.

(2) Redmont deserves clear laws when it comes to the provision of healthcare.

(3) Healthcare should be free for all at the point of service where practical

3. Definitions

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Health Condition. Any disease, injury, illness, or negative status effect recognised as such under DOH policy.
(b) Administration. The use of an item on a player by clicking.
(c) Dispensation. The sale, distribution or administration of an item.

PART II — PROVISIONS

4. The Department
(1) The Department of Health, henceforth the ‘DOH’, as charged by the Executive Standards Act, shall be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the national health system in Redmont.

(2) The DOH shall be the sole regulatory authority for healthcare and health-related services and items in Redmont and may, subject to this Act:
(a) regulate the pricing, sale, crafting, distribution, and provision of healthcare-related items and services;
(b) regulate the training and conduct standards of healthcare professionals; and
(c) issue, regulate, suspend, and revoke licences for the legal provision of healthcare.

(3) In exercising its powers under this Act, the DOH shall act only in ways that promote the safety, accessibility and affordability of healthcare in Redmont.

5. Medicare
(1) The DOH shall maintain a state-funded, public health insurance scheme, henceforth called ‘Medicare’.

(2) All citizens shall be entitled to coverage under Medicare, unless expressly limited by statute.

(3) The DOH shall establish and maintain a public Medicare policy which shall set out a Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) specifying:
(a) the healthcare services covered by Medicare;
(b) the extent and type of coverage for each service;
(c) any conditions or limitations to that coverage; and
(d) any co-payment applicable to a covered service.

(4) Medicare shall provide coverage in two types, either:-
(a) in-full, under which the patient makes no contribution towards the covered amount specified in the MBS; or
(b) in-part, under which the patient makes the co-payment specified in the MBS as a contribution towards the covered amount.

(5) The DOH shall not impose any additional costs beyond those covered by the MBS, excluding any required co-payment, for any provided service when:-
(a) a player is entitled to coverage;
(b) the service is listed as covered on the MBS;
(c) the service is provided in a DOH facility; and
(d) the service is provided by a DOH employee in the course of their official duties.

6. Health Treatments
(1) Health treatments shall qualify as healthcare-related items and be defined under law as any item that, when used on a player, alleviates, cures or prevents a health condition.

(2) The DOH shall, through policy, assign each health treatment to one of three classes:
(a) Class A for treatments that are restricted to administration by the properly licensed individuals.
(b) Class B for treatments that may be dispensed by the properly licensed individuals.
(c) Class C for treatments that may be freely dispensed.

(3) Players may self-administer any Class B or Class C treatment item that is in their possession without need for a licence.

(4) Until otherwise specified in policy, all treatments shall be automatically assigned to class A.

7. Licences
(1) The following licences are recognised under this Act:
(a) Licence to Practise, which authorises the holder to, in the course of their official duties as an employee of the Department of Health, possess and administer treatments of any class.
(b) Pharmacist Licence, which authorises the holder to:
(i) dispense treatments of Class B and Class C, including through a business registered as a pharmacy under DOH policy; and
(ii) serve as the licensed pharmacist for a registered pharmacy.

PART III - AMENDMENTS

8. Repeals
(1) The National Health Service Act is hereby repealed.

(2) No act repealed by the National Health Service Act shall be brought back into force by § 3(1).

9. Criminal Code Act Amendments
(1) The following offences shall be struck from the Criminal Code Act:
(a) Part VI §§ 5-6:

5 - Unauthorised Health Treatment Possession
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 20 Penalty Units; 15 minutes imprisonment; Notify Secretary of Health
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) possesses a health treatment—specifically, one that can only be crafted by Doctors but not Pharmacists—outside of designated areas.
Relevant Law:

6 - Unauthorised Medical Sales
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 200 Penalty Units; up to 60 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) distributes, sells, or traffics any health treatment item restricted to Doctors or Pharmacists, or sells in a pharmacy not approved.
Relevant Law:

(b) Part IX §§ 16-19:

16 - Medical Supply Misconduct
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty:
First offence - 10 Penalty Units; 10 min imprisonment; notify Health Secretary;
Subsequent offences - 20 Penalty Units; 20 min imprisonment; notify Health Secretary
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) oversupplies treatment items meant to treat an illness.
Relevant Law:

17 - Malingering
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty:
(a) First offence - 1 Penalty Units;
(b) Second offence - 5 Penalty Units; 5 min imprisonment;
(c) Subsequent offences - 10 Penalty Units; 10 min imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) fakes having a disease in bad faith.
Relevant Law:

18 - Reckless Transmission of a Contagious Disease
Offence Type: Summary
(a) First offence - 10 Penalty Units; 20 mins imprisonment;
(b) Second offence - 20 Penalty Units; 40 min imprisonment;
(c) Subsequent offences - 40 Penalty Units; 60 min imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) Intentionally or recklessly infects another player with a disease, fails to contain it, or causes a non-consensual diagnosis or injury.
(b) Publicly conspires to infect other players with a disease.
(c) Instances of §IX.198.b override Conspiracy to commit a crime.
Relevant Law:

19 - Unauthorized Pharmacy Rental
Offence Type: Summary
(a) First offence - 1 Penalty Units; eviction;
(b) Second offence - 5 Penalty Units; 5 min imprisonment; eviction;
(c) Subsequent offences - 10 Penalty Units; 10 min imprisonment; eviction
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) rents pharmacy-designated space without Department of Health approval.
Relevant Law:

(2) Part IX of the Criminal Code Act shall be renumerated as Part X.

(3) The following shall be amended into the Criminal Code Act as a new Part IX (read as though the following text is green):

PART IX: HEALTH OFFENCES
This Part provides for offences that undermine public health, the lawful regulation of healthcare, or the proper operation of Medicare and the Department of Health.

1 - Providing Treatment without a Licence
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: Up to 50 Penalty Units; up to 15 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) administers a Class A health treatment without holding a valid licence to practise.
Relevant Law: (Link to the Redmontian Health Service Act)


2 - Illicit Trafficking of a Health Treatment
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 200 Penalty Units; up to 60 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) sells or distributes a Class A health treatment; or
(b) dispenses a Class B health treatment without holding the required licence.
Relevant Law: (Link to the Redmontian Health Service Act)


3 - Illicit Possession of a Class A Health Treatment
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 20 Penalty Units
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) has wittingly in their possession, or within a container used by them for storage or commerce, a Class A health treatment, and one of the following conditions are met:
(i) the person is not properly licensed to possess the treatment; or
(ii) the possession is not within the course of the person's official duties as an employee of the Department of Health.
Relevant Law: (Link to the Redmontian Health Service Act)


4 - Reckless Transmission of a Disease
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty:
(a) First offence - 10 Penalty Units; 20 minutes imprisonment
(b) Second offence - 20 Penalty Units; 40 minutes imprisonment
(c) Subsequent offences - 40 Penalty Units; 60 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) recklessly exposes another player to a contagious disease by failing to take or adhere to reasonable containment measures.
Relevant Law:


5 - Intentional Transmission of a Disease
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty:
(a) First offence - 20 Penalty Units; 20 minutes imprisonment
(b) Second offence - 40 Penalty Units; 40 minutes imprisonment
(c) Subsequent offences - 80 Penalty Units; 60 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) intentionally infects, or threatens to infect, another player with a contagious disease. This offence overrides Reckless Transmission of a Disease.
Relevant Law:


6 - Malingering
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 50 Penalty Units; Up to 60 minutes imprisonment; Revoked entitlement to Medicare
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) intentionally and repeatedly contracts a health condition in a manner that substantially disrupts the regular operation or provision of public health services.
Relevant Law:


7 - Medicare Fraud
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 100 Penalty Units; Up to 60 minutes imprisonment; Revoked entitlement to Medicare; Revoked licence-to-practice
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) claims a Medicare payment for a treatment that they administer to themself; or
(b) intentionally contracts a health condition for monetary benefit through the Medicare system; or
(c) knowingly collects Medicare payment for the treatment of a health condition that was contracted for monetary benefit; or
(d) knowingly collects Medicare payment for the treatment of a health condition that has already been paid for without the use of Medicare.
Relevant Law: (Link to the Redmontian Health Service Act)
 
A
BILL
To

Amend the Criminal Code Act​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Public Authority Offences and Defences Amendment Act'.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Rep. ToadKing.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senator Omegabiebel.

2 - Reasons
(1) To allow offences in the Criminal Code to specify affirmative defences, clear exceptions, and amend current offences with the new language.
(2) To close a loophole that allowed bribing police officers to escape prosecution and ensure the bribery offence covers all exercises of public authority, not just those involving "legal capacity."
(3) To replace the vague definition of corruption with a clearer offence of abuse of power.
(4) To create accountability for public officials who follow manifestly illegal orders, with a new indictable offence.

3 - Amendments
(1) Section 4 of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

"4 - Additions to the Code
(1) Additions are to be formatted in accordance with the code standard formatting.

(#) Offence Name

Offence Type: Indictable/Summary

Penalty: Various options.
(a) Up to x amount of imprisonment or penalty units
(b) x amount of imprisonment or penalty units or disqualification period
(c) First, Second, Subsequent offence list
(d) All separated by a semi-colon.

A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) establish the legal test for your offence

It is a defence to a charge under this section if the person:
(a) establish the legal test for your defence

This offence shall not occur where:
(a) establish the legal test where it is not an offence

Relevant Law:
(a) This section consists of links to relevant laws to provide linkage between offences and the acts they derive from (if applicable). Clerks can add or remove relevant laws as required.
(b) Clerks can add or remove significant common law verdict links to the relevant law section.
(c) Changes to this section are informative and are actionable without legislative authority for cases/laws which are relevant."

(2) Section 6(8) of PART I: INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

"(b) High Crimes excepted from the time constraints of the Statute of Limitations include:
(i) Corruption Abuse of Power
(ii) Whistleblower Anonymity Violation
(iii) Electoral Fraud
(iv) Treason
(v) Political Espionage
(vi) Breach of Integrity
(vii) Bribery
(viii) Whistleblower Suppression"

(3) Section 1 of PART II: PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

"1 - Corruption
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 250 Penalty Units; Up to 2 months disqualification from public office
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) uses a government position to gain an unfair advantage for oneself or another, inconsistent with official duty.
Relevant Law:

1 - Abuse of Power
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 250 Penalty Units; Up to 2 months disqualification from public office
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) exercises any power, function, or duty vested in them by virtue of their position as members of the Executive, Legislative, or Judicial branches, or employee of a government agency, in contravention of the law; and
(b) either:
(i) knows that the exercise of power is unlawful; or
(ii) acts with reckless disregard as to whether the exercise of power is lawful.
It is a defence to a charge under this section if the person:
(c) made a good faith mistake as to the lawfulness of their conduct; or
(d) sought legal advice in good faith from a competent legal practitioner prior to exercising the power and reasonably relied on that advice.
Relevant Law:

(4) PART II: PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended by adding the following new section:

"9 - Following a Manifestly Illegal Directive
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 100 Penalty Units; Up to 1 month disqualification from public office
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) acts in an official capacity; and
(b) follows a directive or order that is clearly and obviously contrary to law, such that a reasonable person in that official capacity would recognise it as unlawful.
Relevant Law:"

(5) Section 5 of PART II: PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

"5 - Bribery
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 250 Penalty Units; 30 minutes imprisonment; Up to 2 months disqualification from office
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) offers, gives, solicits, or receives an item or service of value to influence an individual holding public office or serving in a legal capacity.
(a) offers, gives, solicits, or receives an item or service of value to influence:
(i) an individual employed by, appointed to, or elected to serve in any capacity within the government of the Commonwealth of Redmont;
(ii) an individual serving in a legal capacity;
(iii) a public official in the exercise of their official duties; or
(iv) a law enforcement officer in the performance of their law enforcement functions.
Relevant Law: Act of Congress - Commercial Standards Act"

(6) The following sections of PART VIII: PROPERTY OFFENCES of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

"25 – Theft
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 10 Penalty Units; and 10 minutes imprisonment; Restitution of the property or its value.
A person or legal entity commits an offence if that person or legal entity:
(a) takes property belonging to another without consent; and
(b) intends to:
(i) permanently deprive the owner of it; or
(ii) use it without authorization.
Exceptions:
(c) This offence shall not occur in cases where:
(c) The taker reasonably believed they had the owner’s consent; or
(d) The property was abandoned; or
(e) The taking of property was otherwise authorized by law.
Relevant Law: Theft Criminalization Act

26 – Theft from Containers
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty:
(a) First offence - 10 Penalty Units; 10 minutes’ imprisonment; Restitution of the property or its value;
(b) Second offence - 15 Penalty Units; 15 minutes’ imprisonment; Restitution of the property or its value;
(c) Subsequent offences - 20 Penalty Units; 20 minutes’ imprisonment; Restitution of the property or its value.
A person commits an offence if the person:
(d) takes an item directly from a container they do not own or control, without the owner’s consent.
Exceptions:
(e) This offence shall not occur in cases where:
(e) The taker reasonably believed they had the owner’s consent, or
(f) The taking of property was otherwise authorized by law.
Relevant Law: Theft Criminalization Act

27 – Interference with a Private Chestshop
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 50 Penalty Units; Up to 30 minutes imprisonment, in addition to mandatory restitution of the item(s) or their value.; Restitution of the property or its value
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) obtains, attempts to obtain, or enables another to obtain items or money from a private chestshop without the owner’s consent by lockpicking (as defined in the Criminal Terminology Act); or
(b) accesses an employee-only chestshop or a chestshop configured with non-public pricing or access (e.g., $0 purchase price or whitelist/employee access) by:
(i) Entering through a locked door or restricted area without permission; or
(ii) Circumventing access controls and/or lockpicking; or
(c) directly obtaining items from a private chestshop’s backing container without the use of legitimate chestshop transactions and without consent of that chestshop’s owner.
Exceptions:
(d) This offence shall not occur in cases where:
(d) The taker reasonably believed they had the owner’s consent, or
(e) The taking of property was otherwise authorized by law.
Relevant Law: Theft Criminalization Act

29 – Extortion
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 500 Penalty Units; and 120 minutes imprisonment, in addition to mandatory restitution of the item(s) or their value.; Restitution of the property or its value
A person or legal entity commits an offence if that person or legal entity (the “actor”):
(a) compels or induces another individual or entity to deliver funds or other property to the actor’s self or to a third person by means of instilling in that individual or entity a fear that, if the property is not so delivered, the actor or another will:
(i) Cause physical injury to some person in the future; or
(ii) Cause damage to property; or
(iii) Engage in other conduct constituting an offense under the Criminal Code Act; or
(iv) Accuse some person of a crime or cause criminal charges to be instituted against that person; or
(v) Expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or false, tending to subject some person to hatred, contempt or ridicule; or
(vi) Cause a collective labor action, such as a strike, that is injurious to some person’s business or some government agency; except that such a threat shall not be deemed extortion when the property is demanded or received for the benefit of the group in whose interest the actor purports to act; or
(vii) Testify or provide information, or withhold testimony or information, with respect to another's legal claim or defense; or
(viii) Use or abuse actor’s position as a public servant by performing some act within or related to the actor's official duties, or by failing or refusing to perform an official duty, in such manner as to affect some person adversely; or
(ix) Perform any other act which would not in itself materially benefit the actor but which is calculated to harm another person materially with respect to such other person's health, safety, business, calling, career, financial condition, reputation, or personal relationships.
Exceptions:
(b) This offence shall not occur in cases where:
(b) The funds or property sought by the actor are the lawful funds or property of the actor, and the offense would otherwise occur under clause (a)(iv-vii); or
(c) The actor is a lawyer representing an individual or legal entity seeking funds or property lawfully owed to that individual or legal entity, and the offense would otherwise occur under clause (a)(iv-vii).
Relevant Law: Theft Criminalization Act"

(7) The following sections of PART IX: MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

"6 - Involuntary Servitude
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 250 Penalty Units; Up to 120 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) coerces another individual, organisation, or entity into performing labour or services against their will, through manipulation, threats (explicit or implicit), violence, or blackmail; or
(b) or the individual justifiably feels compelled to perform such services due to such coercion.
(c) except where the labour or service is part of a lawful criminal penalty.
This offence shall not occur where:
(c) The labour or service is part of a lawful criminal penalty.
Relevant Law:"
 
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CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT​





A BILL TO

Make Assaults on Animals Illegal



​



The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:


PART I — PRELIMINARIES

1. Short Title and Enactment

(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Animal Assault Act'

(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.

(3) This Act has been authored by Angryhamdog, on request of Eenza.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by EmilyPancakes22.

(5) This Act amends the following acts:

(a) Criminal Code Act

(b) Pet Roaming Act

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) While it is illegal to kill pets, it is not illegal to attack them. This should be rectified.

(2) This bill additionally bundled a change to the Pet Roaming Act, which shall fix a typo incorrectly stating the Act repeals itself. While the original link was correctly linked to the correct act, The Pet Limitations Act, our Congressional Clerks were unable to legally change this.


PART II — Amendments

3. Criminal Code Act Amendments

(1) Part IV of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

8 - Assault of Protected Entity
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 1 Penalty Units; 5 min imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) intentionally hits an animal owned by another player without consent; or
(b) intentionally hits an animal in the care of a shelter.
Relevant Law:

Part IV shall be renumbered as appropriate.

3. Pet Roaming Act Amendments

(1) Section I of the Pet Roaming Act shall be amended as follows:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Pet Roaming Act’
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Angryhamdog.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Representative .Savannah212467.
(5) This Act repeals the following acts:
(a) Pet Limitation Act

[The link in Part (a) shall not be changed, as the link is correct, but the text is incorrect.]
 
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Veto


It has been raised to my attention that this bill would prohibit the hospital's traditional self-serve chestshops, which have been removed in anticipation of this bill's signing. I do not support this. For people who play when there are not doctors online, these chestshops are essential.

Prohibiting people from self-administering class A treatments is detrimental in times of low activity. We must have some way to ensure that players get healthcare in the overnight U.S./morning EU hours. And we just don't have enough doctors to consistently ensure that. Nobody should be condemned to hours of ticking damage.

If a bill like this is to be passed, it must account for the fact that doctors might not always be online, and that people need some way to get medical treatment at those times. This bill fails to do so, and indeed criminalizes it.

Therefore, I veto this bill.

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Presidential Veto Override

Both chambers of congress, with H-36/35 (8 ayes, 1 nay, 0 abstentions) and S-39/35 (4 aye, 1 nay, 0 abstentions), have voted in supermajority to override the Presidential Veto on this act.
 

Presidential Assent


In general, I approve of most changes in this bill.

I have some lingering concerns regarding the charges of Abuse of Power, as the charge of Corruption it replaces was fundamentally about preventing self-dealing (or, as the law put it, using government to gain "an unfair advantage for oneself or another"). This change will certainly burden the executive, but the presence of the good-faith mistake defense is enough to get me to not veto, despite the law being broader than I'd like.

That being said, the recognition of defenses and general improvements, plus the strong signal that the Congress wants to ensure more strictly that the executive acts lawfully and respects individual rights, are worthy enough ot overcome my displeasure with implementation of a part of this.

As such, this bill is granted Presidential Assent and is signed into law.

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