Bill: Pending Hero of the Village Act

[EmeraldGuuy]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO

LET THERE BE A HERO OF THE VILLAGE




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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 ‘Hero of the Village Act’.

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

(3) This Act has been authored by Vice president & Homeland Security Deputy Secretary _GreyMC, and named by Homeland Security Deputy Secretary SonOfALancer.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Rep. rhein_FM and Senate President HatManMC.

(5) This Act amends the following acts:

(a) Criminal Code Act

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) Upon updates to Homeland v2, two new features have become available. These being jail, and the ability to defend other people.

(2) Congress needs to pass a law to enable these two features, and that is what this act does.

(3) Bail will be set at $150 per minute spent.

(4) To stop possible abuse, clarification has been added to the Detective Misconduct crime, including preventing people from taking cases where it may be self-defense.

PART II — AMENDMENTS

3. CCA

(1) Part I, §6(13-14) shall be added into the Criminal Code Act as follows:

(13) Bail
(a) When a criminal has been jailed, they may choose to pay bail to be released early.
(b) The price of bail shall be set at the minutes the criminal has remaining in prison, rounded up to the nearest minute, times the bail multiplier.
(c) The bail multiplier shall be set at $150.

(14) Third-Party Defense
(a) When an individual is attacked, another player may reasonably assist in defending against the attacker legally, including killing the attacker.
(b) The attack must have occurred within 25 blocks of the player for them to assist in the defense.
(c) Crimes committed can be appealed under a claim of Third-Party Defense, at which point all punishments are to be delayed until after the appeal.

(2) Part III, §17 shall be added into the Criminal Code Act as follows:

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, including cases where the murder was legal through self-defense or third-party defense; or
(ii) takes a case with the intent to conceal or destroy evidence.; or
(iii) works with another, or multiple, detective(s) to illicitly create self-defense or third-party defense cases for gain.

(3) Part V, §3 shall be added into the Criminal Code Act as follows:

3 - Falsely Claiming Self Defense
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: Double the punishment for the associated crimes
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) falsely claims self-defense or third-party defense in relation to committing another offence.

(4) Section 10(1)(b)(i) of the Criminal Terminology Act shall be amended as follows:

(i) lawful self-defence or third-party defense as defined in Section 6(11) or Section 6(13) of Part I of the Criminal Code Act;