Bill: Draft Murder Offences Clarification Act

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A
BILL
To

Amend the Criminal Terminology 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 Offences Clarification Act'.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by ToadKing and PoS Multiman155.
(4) This Act has been sponsored by Representative zLost.
(5) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senator Omegabiebel.

2 - Reasons
(1) To clarify what constitutes an unlawful killing under the Criminal Code Act.
(2) To address ambiguity in the definitions of murder-related offences.
(3) To ensure that consensual player combat and lawful defensive actions are not criminalised.

3 - Amendments
(1) The Criminal Terminology Act shall be amended by adding the following new section:

"10 - Unlawful Killing

(1) For purposes of Part IV of the Criminal Code Act, "unlawful killing" means causing the death of another player when:
(a) the killed player did not have /police consent enabled at the time of death; and
(b) the killing was not justified under any of the following:
(i) lawful self-defence as defined in Section 6(11) of Part I of the Criminal Code Act;
(ii) defence of property under Castle Law as defined in Section 6(10) of Part I of the Criminal Code Act; or
(iii) the killing occurred during a DPA-sanctioned or government-sanctioned event where combat is an intended component of the event.

(2) A killing that does not meet the definition in subsection (1) is a lawful killing and does not constitute an offence under the Criminal Code Act.”