Bill: Draft Animal Assault Crime Act

[Angryhamdog]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT​

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A BILL TO

Make Assaults on Animals Illegal



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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:


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 [A co-sponsor? No. I do not bow to the whims of congress. My peers have no influence over me. (Pls cosponsor my bill)].

(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.]