Summary Offence Addition Act

[Stanley582]

CONGRESS OF THE

COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT

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A BILL TO

Help the Department Of Justice

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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 Offence Addition Act’

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

(3) This Act has been authored by Stanley582 and co-authored by TheSnowGuardian.

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

(5) This Act amends the following:

(a) The Criminal Code Act

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) In recent weeks, due to the Jaron wave, the DOJ has been overwhelmed with cases involving illegal firearms and illicit substances.

(2) It is unnecessary for distribution charges to be indictable.

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PART II — Contents

1. Amendments
(1) Part IV section 12 of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:
12 - Unauthorised Firearms Sales
Offence Type: Indictable Summary
Penalty: Confiscation of unlicensed firearms; Additionally:
(a) First offence: Up to 50 30 Penalty Units; Up to 30 20 minutes imprisonment; 2 firearms license strikes
(b) Subsequent offences: Up to 100 60 Penalty Units; Up to 60 40 minutes imprisonment; 3 firearms license strikes
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) sells, distributes, or traffics a firearm:
(i) for which the recipient of the item lacks the proper licensure to handle; or
(ii) for which the offender lacks the proper licensure to handle.
Relevant law: Act of Congress - Firearms Licensing Act

(2) Part VI section 3 of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:
3 - Illicit Substance Trafficking
Offence Type: Indictable
3 - Illicit Substance Trafficking
Offence Type: Indictable Summary
Penalty:
(a) Class 1 Buff - Up to .250 Penalty Units; up to 60 minutes 5 seconds imprisonment; Seizure of illicit items.
(b) Class 2 Buff - Up to .100 Penalty Units; up to 60 minutes 5 seconds imprisonment; Seizure of illicit items.
(c) Buff Components - Up to .100 Penalty Units; up to 60 minutes 5 seconds imprisonment; Seizure of illicit items.
(d) Buff Seeds - Up to .100 Penalty Units; up to 60 minutes 5 seconds imprisonment; Seizure of illicit items.
(e) Weaponized Buffs - Up to .250 Penalty Units; up to 60 minutes 5 seconds imprisonment; Seizure of illicit items.
(f) Shine Elixir - Up to .100 Penalty Units; up to 60 minutes 5 seconds imprisonment; Seizure of illicit items.
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) sells, distributes, or traffics any quantity of an illicit substance.; or
(b) brings an illicit substances into Redmont with the intention of selling.
Relevant Law: Bill: Vote - Criminal Terminology Act
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) sells, distributes, or traffics any quantity of an illicit substance.
Relevant Law: Bill: Vote - Criminal Terminology Act

2 . Ex-Post Facto
The provisions in this bill shall override ex-post facto

 

[Talion77]

Far too low fines for Buffs imo, Nay

 

[Talion77]

@Just_Jada VP tiebreak required!

 

[Just_Jada]

I, Vice-President Just_Jada, tiebreak in favor of this bill. AYE.

@Talion77

 

[Talion77]

Apparently the CCA requires a Supermajority for overriding ex-post-facto, so this bill fails. My apologies.