Bill: Draft Summary Crime Amendment Act

[pricelessAgrari]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO

Amend the Criminal Code Act to account for a rapidly growing society.




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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 "Summary Crime Amendment Act".

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

(3) This Act has been authored by DaanBanaan5673 and co-authored by pricelessAgrari.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by MrCheesGuy.

(5) This Act amends the following acts:

(a) Criminal Code Act

2 - Reasons and Intent

(1) To alter the definitions of violations of the Criminal Code Act.

(2) To increase the punishment for repeated trespassers.

(3) To further illegalize trespass in the bank outside the vault.

3 — Amendments

(1) Part VII of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended by altering the following violation:
12 - Trespass
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty:
(a) First offence - 3 Penalty Units
(b) Second offence - 5 Penalty Units; + 5 minutes imprisonment
(c) Subsequent offences - 7 Penalty Units; + 10 minutes imprisonment
(c) Third offence - 7 Penalty Units; + 10 minutes imprisonment
(d) Subsequent offences - 10 Penalty Units; + 10 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) enters or remains in a non-public or restricted area against instructions.
(a) enters an area that has been restricted to public access via a no trespassing sign, book, or another form of communication visible from every entrance.
(i) to have this offence be proven, a government employee must use the /inspect command to ensure no edits had occurred afterwards.
Relevant Law:

(2) Part IV of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended by altering the following violations:
2 - Attempted Murder
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 1 Penalty Unit; 10 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) intentionally hits another player, causing a loss of more than 3 hearts; or
(b) verbally threatens another player's life and attacks them.
Relevant Law:

4 - Mass Murder
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 6 Penalty Units per murder; 20 minutes imprisonment per murder; Additionally, if a firearm was used:
(a) 9 or fewer unlawful killings: 1 firearms license strike
(b) 10+ unlawful killings: 1 firearms license strike, plus an additional license strike for every 10 unlawful killings.
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) unlawfully kills four five or more players before being apprehended.
Relevant Law: Act of Congress - Firearms Licensing Act

10 - Unauthorised Firearms Possession
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 10 Penalty Units; 10 minutes imprisonment; Confiscation of unlicensed firearms
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) possesses a firearm without holding a valid and active firearms license.
Relevant law: Act of Congress - Firearms Licensing Act

(3) Part VII of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended to change the following violation:
6 - Bank Robbery
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 40 Penalty Units; 20 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) trespasses specifically within the bank’s vault.
(i) this offence overrides Bank Trespass.
Relevant Law:

(4) Part VIII of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended by adding the following violation, and the offences shall be renumerated accordingly:
7 - Bank Trespass
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 15 Penalty Units; 5 minutes imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) trespasses behind the 'No Trespassing' sign in the bank
Relevant Law:

(5) Part X of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended to change the following violation:
7 - Illegal Advertising
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty:
First Offence: 5 Penalty Units.
Second Offence: 10 Penalty Units.
Subsequent Offences: 25 15 Penalty Units.
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) advertises a business or political campaign in a public chat not designated for advertising.
(b) advertises a gaming institution or gambling in a public chat designated for advertising.
(c) advertises an illicit service, item, or other form of transaction that is deemed criminal by this act.
(i) This offence shall not occur when it is advertising specifically for a BM's (Black Market's) services.
Relevant Law: