Rescinded Detective Clue Theft Act

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CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO PUNISH THE THEFT OF DETECTIVE CLUES

BAN THE RESALE OF RENTAL RIGHTS AND PROTECT NEW PLAYERS

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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 ‘Detective Clue Theft Act’

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

(3) This Act has been authored by Lieutenant sonofalancer and Vice President _GreyMC.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by [Co-Sponsor Name].

(5) This Act amends the following acts:

(a) Criminal Code Act



2. Reasons and Intent

(1) Stealing clues from a detective is currently not a specific crime. It can be seen as obstruction of an emergency service, but that is a hefty charge while it is not that bad of a crime.

(2) The theft of clues is a big problem for the detectives, since people often pick the clues up and do not drop them back to the detective.

3. Definitions

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) Detective clue. A clue that gets dropped on the ground when a detective is solving a murder case.

PART II — AMENDMENTS

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

3 - Detective Clue Theft
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 4 Penalty Units; 5 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) is not the detective solving a case;
(b) picks up a detective clue; and
(c) fails to give the detective clue back to the detective.
This offense shall not occur when:
(d) the individual has been charged with Obstruction of Government Department.
Relevant Law:
(2) Subsequent sections shall be renumbered appropriately.​

 

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