Bill: Draft Government Employee Protections Act

[emilypancakes22]

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 ‘Government Employee Protections Act’

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

(3) This Act has been authored by Rep. Emily Pancakes.

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

(5) This Act amends the following acts:

(a) Act of Congress - Criminal Code Act

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) Currently, only DHS employees are protected during the course of their duties.

(2) Employees of other government departments can face retaliation during the course of their duties.

PART II — AMENDMENTS

3. Amendments

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

"9 - Obstruction of Government Department
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: Up to 60 minutes imprisonment; 3 Penalty Units
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) willfully threatens, harms, or impedes an employee of a government department during the course of that employee’s official and lawful duty.
Relevant Law:"

(2) PART III of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended by altering the following offence:
“3 - Obstruction of Justice
Offence Type: Indictable
Penalty: 60 minutes imprisonment; 3 Penalty Units
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) willfully interferes with the process of justice by influencing, threatening, harming, or impeding a witness or potential witness, or law enforcement officer; or
(b) willfully interferes with the process of justice by influencing a witness, potential witness, or law enforcement officer; or
(c) knowingly provides false information to a law enforcement officer in the course of their duties.
Relevant Law:”