Act of Congress Detective Misconduct Act

[ToadKing]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO

AMEND THE CRIMINAL CODE ACT




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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 'Detective Misconduct 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 Speaker Kaiserin.

(5) This Act amends the following acts:

(a) Criminal Code Act

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) To prevent detectives from abusing their investigative powers by taking cases in which they are directly involved.

(2) To remove the redundant Detective Corruption Act that has been dormant for over a year.

(3) To properly create the offence by amending the Criminal Code Act.

3. Repealed Acts

(1) The Detective Corruption Act shall be repealed.

PART II — AMENDMENTS​

4. Amendments

(1) PART III of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended by adding the following new offence:

"17 - Detective Misconduct
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 100 Penalty Units; Up to 60 minutes imprisonment; Suspension from the Department of Homeland Security for up to 2 months
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) being a detective:
(i) takes a case in which they were directly involved as the murderer; or
(ii) takes a case with the intent to conceal or destroy evidence.
Relevant Law:"

 

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Presidential Assent

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

Reason: This Bill creates a new offence for detectives abusing their position to destroy evidence of murders, or engage in a conflict of interest by taking cases they are a party to, which could be used to destroy evidence or avoid murderers being caught.

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