1st Assembly, Bill MA-4
An Act to establish restrictions on the gaining of endorsements.
[Passed March 30, 2009]
Citation
- This Act may be cited as the Endorsement Cap Act.
Definitions
- In this Act,
“East Pacific nation” means any nation within The East Pacific region, in particular, regardless of whether it has the status of citizen or has ratified the Concordat.
“Lawful authorisation” means an authorisation granted by the Delegate or under the laws of the East Pacific.
Endorsement cap
- (1) The Delegate shall have the power to determine and set a limit on the number of endorsements that an East Pacific nation may accumulate, which shall be referred to as the endorsement cap.
(2) Any lowering of the endorsement cap must be approved by the Magisterium, but shall be effective from the time the Delegate has announced the new cap unless the Magisterium votes against it.
(3) The Delegate must display the current numerical value of the cap on the region’s world factbook entry, which shall be considered to be the endorsement cap in effect for the purposes of the enforcement of this Act.
(4) The Delegate may not set an endorsement cap lower than fifteen.
Exceeding the endorsement cap
- (1) Every one who has a number of endorsements in excess of the endorsement cap and without lawful authorisation to do so may be advised by the Delegate or a person authorised by the Delegate for this purpose to reduce its number of endorsements.
(2) Every one who, having been advised as provided in section 4(1) that they are above the endorsement cap, does not act within a reasonable time to reduce its number of endorsements to below the cap, may be requested to resign from the World Assembly, or be summarily ejected from the East Pacific for a period of not more than 48 hours.
Solicitation of endorsements
- (1) Every one who solicits endorsements from other nations while having a number of endorsements in excess of the endorsement cap, and without lawful authorisation to do so, commits an unlawful act.
(2) Every one who commits the offence described in section 5(1) is guilty of an offence and may be banned from the East Pacific for a period not exceeding one year.
(3) A nation found to be in violation of this section may also be deemed to be attempting to overthrow the Delegate for the purposes of a prosecution under the Treason Act.