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Criminal Code of 2020
Full Name:Criminal Code of 2020
Abbreviation: RL-014
Date: 07/04/2020
Brief Purpose:To provide for the protection and safety of the Regional community with the implementation and utilization of a criminal code. The Code covers multiple sections of criminal acts.
Crim
Code 2020., Criminal Code of 2020
Preamble:
ACKNOWLEDGING: the need promulgate a set of laws for the safety and protection of nations within FNR.
UNDERSTANDING: that no current law exists and that this should be addressed immediately for the benefit of regions.
COGNIZANT: that a regional court will review law violations laid herein.
This piece of legislation hereby establishes the following:
High Crimes:
1) Anyone who:
(i) levies, attempts to levy, incites others to levy, or attempts to incite others to levy war against FNR;
(ii) seizes, attempts to seize, incites others to seize, or attempts to incite others to seize a position unlawfully; or
(iii) uses, attempts to use, incites others to use, or attempts to incite others to use the powers of any position gained unlawfully
is guilty of the offense of Treason under this law and liable to punishment up to a maximum sentence of an indefinite ban.
(2) Anyone who:
(i) aids, attempts to aid, incites others to aid, or attempts to incite others to aid enemies of FNR in a time of war; or
(ii) rebels, incites or attempts to incite rebellion against the FNR civilian government or the chain of command of the FNDA from within FNR or outside of it
is guilty of the offense of Sedition under this law and liable to punishment up to a maximum sentence of an indefinite ban.
(3) Any citizen, resident, or member of FNR who, with the intent to damage or destroy the relevant communication platform:
(i) undertakes any action which could cause a communication platform to go out of service or lose information, including but not limited to: the deletion of posts, the deletion of forums, a denial of service attack, or any other act of this kind;
(ii) undertakes, or attempts to undertake, any action in a region in which they are not a resident to waste space on forums or to cause forums to crash, including any attempts to force a denial of service error on any communication platform;
(iii) undertakes, or attempts to undertake, any attempt to flood the RMB of a region which is not their normal abode;
(iv) gains, or attempts to gain, controls or obtains passwords to communication platforms by deception, especially by posing as administrators or moderators;
where communication platform includes but is not limited to any forum, website, Wiki pages, or instant messaging platforms owned or maintained by FNR or attempts to do so, is guilty of the offense of Off-site Terrorism and is liable to punishment up to a maximum sentence of an indefinite ban.
(4)Anyone who:
(i) conceals previous regional affiliation(s) on their citizenship application;
(ii) conceals previous alias(es) used in other regions or in FNR when applying for citizenship; or
(iii) provides misleading or deceitful information in an attempt to obtain through deceit or deliberate silence or omission citizenship in FNR, or more than one account with citizenship,
is guilty of the offense of Lying on a Citizenship Application under this law and liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding an six (6) month ban.
Felonies:
(5) (a) Anyone who attempts to force someone to provide favors of material or substantive value or undertake actions with a threat to release incriminating, compromising, or injurious information, which is not widely known in FNR, is guilty of the offense Blackmail under this law and liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding an eight (8) month ban.
(6) (b) Anyone who attempts to force someone to provide favors of material or substantive value or undertake actions with a threat to release untrue information, is guilty of the offense Extortion under this law and liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding an eight (8) month ban.
(7) Anyone who represents, attempts to represent, or purports to represent FNR in an official capacity in a domestic or foreign environment without proper legal authorization is guilty of the offense of Unlawful Representation under this law and liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding an eight (8) month ban.
(8) Any Moderator or Administrator who:
(i) deletes or edits any message without authorization from the Court or just cause;
(ii) deletes or edits a user account, or the information contained within, without authorization from the Court or just cause;
(iii) alters or attempts to alter moderator or administrator logs;
(iv) uses or attempts to use administrator or moderator powers to assist a criminal act; or
(v) commits other actions unbecoming of an administrator or moderator
is guilty of the offense of Abuse of Administrative Powers under this law and liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding an eight (8) month ban.
(9) Anyone who alters FNR law in a manner not allowed for in other Legislation, alters historical documents without authorization from the Court and the appropriate documentation, or deletes either of those historical properties, is guilty of Damage to Historical Property under this law and is liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding an eight (8) month ban.
(10) Anyone who accesses another members account without the express permission of the member is guilty of Profile Trespassing under this law and liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding an eight (8) month ban.
(11) Anyone holding a gameside delegate position who exercises gameside functions, such as the delegate’s vote, obtained due to their position as gameside delegate in contradiction of lawful FNR legislation is guilty of the offense of Unauthorized Use of Gameside Delegate Functions and liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding an eight (8) month ban.
(12) Anyone who impersonates or attempts to impersonate another individual, or falsely represents or attempts to represent an organization or entity is guilty of the offense of Identity Fraud under this law, and liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding an eight (8) month ban.
(13) Anyone who:
(i) sends unauthorized recruitment or welcoming telegrams, or authorized telegrams with unauthorized edits;
(ii) recruits from a region other than a Game-Created Region without authorization;
(iii) recruits from any region contrary to treaty law;
(iv) falsely reports, or causes software tools to falsely report, a telegram count to be included in official government records or processes; or
(v) otherwise interferes with recruiting or welcoming efforts
except in pursuit of a legitimate government interest, is guilty of the offense of Unlawful Interference with Recruitment or Welcoming under this law, and liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding an eight (8) month ban.
(14) Anyone who communicates an untrue and potentially injurious statement about another person or entity with the intent to injure that person or entity to a third party shall be guilty of the offense of Defamation, and is liable to punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding an eight (8) month ban.
(15) Anyone who:
(i) shows repeated disregard for the proper procedures of the Court;
(ii) purposefully disrupts, derails, or otherwise disturbs the order within the Court;
(iii) fails to follow the orders of the Presiding Judge within the Court;
(iv) provides false information to the Court; or
(v) fails to follow a court order or sentence
is guilty of the offense of Contempt of Court and is liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding an eight (8) month ban.
(16) Anyone who commits multiple or frequent misdemeanors is guilty of the offense of Repeated Misdemeanors under this law and is liable to having their offenses upgraded to a Felony by the Justice presiding over such a case and punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding an eight (8) month ban.
(17) Anyone who provides or offers anything of monetary value to an individual or group in an attempt to influence an election or appointment is guilty of the offense of Bribery under this law and is liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding an indefinite ban.
(18) Anyone who posts, sends, or uses pictures or text that a reasonable person would consider vulgar, profane, lewd, or unacceptably graphic in nature on the FNR Forum, RMB, or other areas regularly considered as territory of FNR, or directed towards another FNR member without express consent, is guilty of the offense of Breach of Community Standards and is liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding an eight (8) month ban.
(19) Except as otherwise provided by law or by this Act, anyone who attempts to deceive the government of FNR by making a materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement, or by omitting, concealing, or hiding a material fact in an interaction with the government, including in official election filings or confirmation hearings, is guilty of Making False Statements, and liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding a ban of 8 months.
Misdemeanors:
(20) Anyone who commits multiple or frequent infractions is guilty of the offense of Repeated Infractions under this law and is liable to having their offenses upgraded to a Misdemeanor by the Attorney General or Justice presiding over such a case and punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding a one (1) month ban.
(21) Anyone who publicly advertises membership, directly or through prolonged conversation, of a foreign region or areas not operated by the administration or government of FNR, to FNR citizens, unless in furtherance of a legitimate governmental interest, is guilty of the offense of External Recruitment, and liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding a ban of seven (7) days.
Infractions:
(22) Anyone who, in any other area not designated to allow spamming, undertakes any action that:
(i) wastes space, including through repetitive posting or messaging, in a way that a reasonable person would conclude does not add even a minimum of value to the discussion, whether by advancing the discussion, expressing an idea, or through some other way; or
(ii) makes repeated posts or messages in a thread, channel, or equivalent area with a publicly posted and explicit purpose in a manner disruptive to normal administrative or governmental function
is guilty of the offense of Unlawful Spamming and is liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding Community Service.
(23) Anyone who engages in frequent, prolonged, or ongoing behavior that a reasonable person would consider unacceptable to the community including offensive language, insinuations of threat, or directing unnecessarily hostile language at an individual is guilty of the offense of Fostering a Hostile Environment under this law and is liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding Community Service.
Statute of Limitations:
(24) For High Crimes, there is no Statute of Limitations.
(25) If a charge of a Felony is not submitted to the Court within 180 days of the date that the alleged crime occurred, the charge may not be pursued.
(26) If a charge of a Misdemeanor is not submitted to the Court within 30 days of the date that the alleged crime occurred, the charge may not be pursued.
(27) The Statute of Limitations for Aiding and Abetting a Crime shall correspond with the class of crime that was aided and/or abetted.
(28) The Statute of Limitations may be waived by the Court if it believes that the Case could not have feasibly been brought earlier.
Jurisdiction:
(29) The Courts of FNR will also have Jurisdiction over all actions on the region page of FNR, the forum of FNR, and any other venues maintained or provided by the government of FNR, as well as any actions of an individual outside of these venues if those actions cause injury to a Citizen or the Government of FNR.
Mens Rea:
(30) A person shall be considered guilty if they have fulfilled the objective element of a crime. A defendant may exculpate themselves by proving they did not intend to commit the prohibited act.
Aiding Criminal Acts:
(31) Anybody who willfully aids, counsels, commands, induces or procures the commission of a crime is guilty of Aiding and Abetting a Crime and is liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding the maximum punishment for that crime.
Additional Penalties:
(32) Any conviction of a high crime, felony, or misdemeanor may result in the removal of the convicted defendant's Citizenship at the Court's discretion via a unanimous decision.
Rule of Lenity:
(33) The Court shall follow the judicial doctrine of the Rule of Lenity which holds that a court is required to apply a criminal law that it finds unclear or unambiguous in the manner most favorable to the defendant.
Administrative Permissions:
(34) Whenever the safety and security of the FNR and its members is under threat the moderators and administrators may respond with moderation efforts against a nation when high crimes, the violation of terms of service, or other strongly disruptive behavior is ongoing at discretion of the moderators. The banned nation upon which action was taken, may appeal their ban to the Court and upon doing so they shall be subject to the same constitutional and statutory rights as any other offender.
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