Repealed Criminal Jurisdiction Act

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House Vote: 8-1-0
Senate Vote: 4-1-0

A
BILL
To

Expand the jurisdiction of the Court within DemocracyCraft​

The people of Democracy Craft, 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 ”Criminal Jurisdiction Act''.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
Written by the DemocracyCraft Bar Association

2 - Purpose
To codify expansion of the Court’s jurisdiction to more criminal matters.

3 - Criminal Jurisdiction
(1) The standard of proof for criminal cases is beyond reasonable doubt.
(2) The Court shall have jurisdiction over all summary and indictable offences, alongside all DEC offences, whereby a fine of over $500, or jail time of over 30 minutes is imposed, subjection to subsection 3.

(a) In cases where a fine of over $100 or jail time of 10 minutes would be imposed, it is required that the prosecuting authority lodges a case with the Court to commence a trial and no punishment is imposed other than that by the Court.​

(i) This includes situations whereby multiple offences are charged at one time, resulting in a total fine over $100 or 10 minutes imprisonment.​

(3) The court will not have jurisdiction over murder, assault, or bank robbery charges regardless of the amount, with the exception of the accused player appealing such criminal charges in the court.

(a) The above requirement of 5 murders does not apply should the victim be the President.​

(4) Where there is a continued threat to player safety or enjoyment due to the commission of crime, the prosecuting authority can impose punishment prior to a trial.

(a) Where s.3(2) or s.3(3) applies and the individual is found guilty at trial, their punishment will be deemed spent.​

(b) Where s.3(2) or s.3(3) applies and the individual is found innocent at trial, they shall be compensated $50 per minute spent in jail for offences found unproven, alongside a reimbursement of any fine paid for unproven offences.​

(5) The Court may hear appeals pertaining to offences prosecuted which fall below the qualifying amounts stated in s.3(1), or hear appeals pertaining to offences of civil nature.

(a) The Court is obliged to hear a preliminary argument by the appellant.​

(b) It is the Court’s discretion as to whether they preside over an appeal.​

(i) If the Court does preside over an appeal, the remedies outlined in s.3(4)(a) and s.3(4)(b) will apply.​

(6) The Court may hear cases at their discretion whereby the prosecuting authority has reasonable grounds to believe that a crime has been committed but due to an exploit or bug, concrete evidence is not available.

4 - Criminal Trials
For a criminal trial to take place -
(1) The prosecuting authority must be represented by a prosecutor.

(a) The defendant may have representation or have declared they are representing themselves.​

(b) If the defendant is eligible for a Public Defender, the Court must allow reasonable time for the defendant to source legal counsel.​

(i) The process for criminal trials shall be the same as that for civil trials.​

(3) The burden of proof is on the prosecuting authority.

 

[Westray]

This amendment has received presidential assent and is hereby signed into law.​

 

[Westray]

House Vote: 6-1-1
Senate Vote: 4-0-0

A
BILL
To

Amend the Criminal Jurisdiction 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 “Murder Studio Act".
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.

2 - Purpose
(1) This bill updates and revises the Criminal Jurisdiction Act.
(2) As it stands, players are able to commit more than 5 murders and cannot be charged for any more due to the provision of the Criminal Jurisidiction Act.
(3) The Attorney General's office has failed to work with the Department of Justice to prosecute mass murderers, additionally, it is quite difficult to prove whether 5 or more murders happened within 15 minutes.
(4) The following amendments were requested in part by the Secretary of Justice, JoanM999.

3 - General Amendments
(1) Hereby amends the "Criminal Jurisdiction Act" with the following provisions:
(2) Under Section 3 "Criminal Jurisdiction" changes "The Court shall have jurisdiction over all summary and indictable offences, alongside all DEC offences allocated per the Jurisdiction Act Sept 2020, whereby a fine of over $100, or jail time of over 10 minutes is imposed, subject to subsection 3." to "The Court shall have jurisdiction over all summary and indictable offences, alongside all DEC offences, whereby a fine of over $500, or jail time of over 30 minutes is imposed, subjection to subsection 3."

4 - Murder Prosecution Amendments
(1) Hereby additionally amends the "Criminal Jurisdiction Act" with the following provisions:
(2) Under Section 3 "Criminal Jurisdiction" changes "The court will only have jurisdiction over murders whereby one player commits 5 murders within fifteen minutes, with this timer reducing only when the player is not imprisoned." to "The court will not have jurisdiction over murder or assault charges regardless of the amount, with the exception of the accused player appealing such criminal charges in the court."
(3) Under Section 3 "Criminal Jurisdiction" removes "The above requirement of 5 murders does not apply should the victim be the President."

 

[HugeBob]

This bill is hereby granted assent and is signed into law.​

 

[bubbarc]

A
BILL
To

Protect the Bank​

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 “Criminal Jurisdiction Amendment act”
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Bill was penned by Representative Bubbarc at the request of President Hugeboob

2 - Amendments
(1) The following shall be removed due to not applying anymore
"(a) The above requirement of 5 murders does not apply should the victim be the President."
(2) The following shall be amended from the red to the green
"(3) The court will not have jurisdiction over murder or assault charges regardless of the amount, with the exception of the accused player appealing such criminal charges in the court."
"(3) The court will not have jurisdiction over murder, assault, or bank robbery charges regardless of the amount, with the exception of the accused player appealing such criminal charges in the court."

 

[Ansgardd]

Aye - No need to flood the courts with lawsuits made due to people comitting 12 murders.

 

[HugeBob]

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