Criminal Clean-Up Act

[EmeraldGuuy]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT​

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A BILL TO
CLEAN UP THE CRIMINAL CODE AFTER THE JARON WAVE


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 ‘Criminal Clean-Up Act’

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

(3) This Act has been authored by _GreyMC

(4) This Act has been sponsored by EmeraldGuuy and co-sponsored by antonfr

(5) This Act amends the following:

(a) The Criminal Code Act

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) With the Jaron Wave, many new players are finding ways around the criminal code. This includes times where people fishing rod players up and cause them hearts lost, but don’t “hit” the player. This act will change assault and attempted murder to causing the loss of hearts, instead of just hitting the player.
(2) Also, many criminals repeat small offenses, like NPC or ATM Robbery, and barely get any jail time for it. This act will scale small acts that only result in fines.
(3) This act also revives the Summary Offenses Addition Act without the ex-post facto, leaves it up to the DHS officers jurisdiction depending on how much was sold for buffing offenses.
(4) This also stops lazy policing by requiring police to actually catch bank robbers instead of just using the /map feature.
(5) This also fixes some errors with Buffing offenses as the title was said twice.

PART II - AMENDMENTS

1. Amendments to the Criminal Code Act

(1) Part IV, Section §1-2 of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:
1 - Assault
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 1 Penalty Unit; 5 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) intentionally hits another player, causing a loss of no more than 3 hearts; or
(a) intentionally causes another player to lose no more than 3 hearts; or
(b) places another player in a position of danger, including but not limited to pointing a weapon at them.

2 - Attempted Murder

Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 1 Penalty Unit; 10 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) intentionally hits another player, causing a loss of more than 3 hearts.; or
(a) intentionally causes another player to lose more than 3 hearts; or
(b) verbally threatens another player's life and attacks them.

(2) Part IV, Section §8 of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

8 - Assault of Protected Entity

Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 1 Penalty Unit; 5 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) intentionally hits damages an animal owned by another player without consent; or
(b) intentionally hits damages an animal in the care of a shelter.

(3) Part IV, Section §12 of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

12 - Unauthorized Firearms Sales

Offence Type: Indictable Summary
Penalty: Confiscation of unlicensed firearms; Additionally:
(a) First offence: Up to 50 Penalty Units; Up to 30 minutes imprisonment
(b) Subsequent offences: Up to 100 Penalty Units; Up to 60 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) sells, distributes, or traffics a firearm:
(i) for which the recipient of the item lacks the proper licensure to handle; or
(ii) for which the offender lacks the proper licensure to handle.
Relevant law: Act of Congress - Firearms Licensing Act

(4) Part V, Section §4 of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

4 - Threats

Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 1 Penalty Unit
(a) First offense - 1 Penalty Unit
(b) Second offense - 2 Penalty Units
(c) Subsequent offenses - 3 Penalty Units; 5 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) verbally threatens another player with communication to cause fear or force action.

(5) Part V, Section §7 of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

7 - Careless Operation of Vehicles

Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 1 Penalty Unit
(a) First offense - 1 Penalty Unit
(b) Subsequent offense - 3 Penalty Units; 5 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) operates a vehicle off-road, on sidewalks, or otherwise improperly; or
(b) blocks traffic, operates a vehicle on the wrong side, or endangers others; or
(c) while under the influence (≥25% BAC):
(i) operates a vehicle; or
(ii) operates an aircraft.

(6) Part VI, Section §3-4 of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

3 - Illicit Substance Trafficking

Offence Type: Indictable Summary
Penalty:
(a) Class 1 Buff - Up to 250 Penalty Units; up to 60 minutes imprisonment; Seizure of illicit items.
(b) Class 2 Buff - Up to 100 Penalty Units; up to 60 minutes imprisonment; Seizure of illicit items.
(c) Buff Components - Up to 100 Penalty Units; up to 60 minutes imprisonment; Seizure of illicit items.
(d) Buff Seeds - Up to 100 Penalty Units; up to 60 minutes imprisonment; Seizure of illicit items.
(e) Weaponized Buffs - Up to 250 Penalty Units; up to 60 minutes imprisonment; Seizure of illicit items.
(f) Shine Elixir - Up to 100 Penalty Units; up to 60 minutes imprisonment; Seizure of illicit items.
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) sells, distributes, or traffics any quantity of an illicit substance.
(b) brings illicit substances into Redmont with the intention of selling.
Relevant Law: Bill: Vote - Criminal Terminology Act
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) sells, distributes, or traffics any quantity of an illicit substance.
Relevant Law: Criminal Terminology Act

4 - Buffing

Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 10 Penalty Units; 10 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) uses Weaponized Buffs on another person without their consent or on an animal (pet, livestock, etc.) without the owner’s consent.
Relevant Law: Bill: Vote - Criminal Terminology Act
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) uses on another person without their consent or on an animal (pet, livestock, etc.) without the owner’s consent.

(7) Part VI, Section §7 of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

7 - Weapon of Mass Destruction Trafficking

Offence Type: Indictable Summary
Penalty: Up to 100 Penalty Units; Up to 60 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) sells or traffics a weapon of mass destruction; or
(b) distributes a Weapon of Mass Destruction.
Instance (b) of this offence shall not occur where:
(a) the person holds a valid Enhanced firearms license; and
(b) the possession is done with the permission of the DHS Secretary; and
(c) the possession is done in the course of the person’s official duties as a member of the DHS.
Relevant Law: Act of Congress - Firearms Licensing Act

(7) Part VIII, Section §5-6 of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

5 - ATM Robbery

Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 2 Penalty Units; 5 minutes imprisonment
(a) First offence - 2 Penalty Units; 5 minutes imprisonment
(b) Second offence - 3 Penalty Units; 5 minutes imprisonment
(c) Subsequent offences - 5 Penalty Units; 10 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) steals, attempts to steal, or attempts to hack money from an Automated Teller Machine (ATM).

6 - Bank Robbery

Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 40 Penalty Units; 20 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) trespasses specifically within the bank’s vault.
(i) this offence overrides Bank Trespass.
(ii) to have this offence be proven, the person must be caught inside of the bank vault by a screenshot or clip, not with the /map feature

(8) Part VIII, Section §8 of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

8 - NPC Robbery

Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 1 Penalty Unit
(a) First offence - 1 Penalty Unit
(b) Second offence - 2 Penalty Units
(c) Subsequent offences - 3 Penalty Units; 5 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) steals or attempts to steal money from a Non-Player Character (NPC).

5 - Government Impersonation

Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 50 Penalty Units; Up to 15 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) impersonates a government official or employee for personal gain.

(9) Part X, Section §7 of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

7 - Illegal Advertising
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty:
First Offence - 5 Penalty Units.
Second Offence - 10 Penalty Units.
Subsequent Offences - 25 Penalty Units.
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) advertises a business, goods, service, or a political campaign in: a public chat not designated for advertising; or
(i) a public chat not designated for advertising; or
(b) advertises an illicit service, item, or other form of transaction that is deemed criminal by this act.
(i) This offence shall not occur when it is advertising specifically for a BM's (Black Market's) services in a proper channel.

(10) Part X, Section §13 of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

13 - Operating Without A License
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 1 Penalty Unit
(a) First offence - 1 Penalty Unit;
(b) Second offence - 3 Penalty Units; 5 minutes imprisonment
(c) Subsequent offence - 5 Penalty Units; 10 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) drives a car without a Drivers License, or
(b) pilots a plane or helicopter without a Pilots License.