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- This Act may be cited as the Revised Endorsement Restriction Act, 2007.
Endorsement Cap
- (1) The Delegate shall have the power to set an endorsement cap, which shall not at any time be lower than 50.
(2) The Delegate, at any time when lowering the cap, must submit the new cap to Magisterial Assembly within 24 hours of lowering the cap, and the Magisterial Assembly must approve it by a majority of votes cast, failing which the cap will revert to the previous cap.
(3) Until such time as the Magisterial Assembly votes against the new cap as provided for in subsection 2(2), the cap as set by the Delegate will be effective.
(4) The Delegate may raise the cap at any time without restriction.
- (1) Any nation found to have a number of endorsements greater than the endorsement cap may either be temporarily ejected from the East Pacific or be allowed a 48 hour grace period in which to reduce the number of endorsements to below 60% of the endorsement cap, at the Delegate’s discretion, dependent on whether or not endo-spamming has occurred. It shall be the responsibility of the Delegate to ensure that the nation has not endorsed the last five nations to endorse it. If it has not, the 48 hour grace period shall be allowed.
(2) Any nation which is found to be unlawfully attempting to gain the position of Delegate, or is found to be aiding and abetting an attempt to unlawfully gain the position of Delegate, is guilty of an indictable offence, may be charged under this clause and is liable to be banned from the East Pacific for life.
- (1) Any nation found to have a number of endorsements in excess of 50 per cent of the endorsement cap shall be contacted by the Delegate or his/her designate by in-game telegram. The telegram shall
a) inform the nation of this Act
b) refer the nation to this Act in the Statute Books
c) indicate very clearly the consequences of violating the provisions of the Act.
(2) Any nation found to have a number of endorsements above 80 per cent of the endorsement cap shall, by in-game telegram,
a) be informed of its current endorsement count
b) referred to this Act in the Statute Books
c) be formally requested for a response as to the nation’s intent in accumulating endorsements.
(3) If, within 24 hours, there is no response to the warning provided for in subsection 4(2), and provided the nation has logged in and may therefore be presumed to have read the telegram, the nation may be charged with unlawfully attempting to gain the position of Delegate under clause 3(2).
(4) Should the Delegate, or his/her designate be satisfied that there was no intent to gain the position of Delegate in the reply received under clause 4 subsection 2c), the nation will be asked to lower its endorsement level by 10% as a sign of good faith. The nation will be allowed 48 hours to comply with this request. Provided the endo count has dropped within the 48 hours, but not by the required 10%, the nation will have another 24 hours to comply. Should the nation’s endorsement count rise during any portion of this time frame, it will be regarded as if no response to the in-game telegram in clause 4 subsection 2c) had been received, and clause 4 subsection 3 will come into effect.
- (1) The Delegate, or his/her designate, is required, within 24 hours of the Delegate’s ejecting or banning a nation from the East Pacific pursuant to the provisions of this act, to inform the judiciary of the East Pacific of:
a) The nation against whom action has been taken
b) The nature of the action taken against the nation
c) The date and time that the action against the nation took place
d) The number of endorsements the nation held at the time of the action against it.
- (1) Any nation refusing to comply with a request described under subsection 4(2) and going over the endorsement cap may be ejected and banned from the East Pacific for 48 hours, after which their ban shall be rescinded if their endorsements in The East Pacific have reached zero.
(2) Any nation committing a second offence under subsection 6(1) is guilty of an indictable offence, may be charged under this clause and is liable to be banned from The East Pacific for life.
Endorsement Swapping
- (1) Offering to endorse another nation on the proviso of their reciprocating that endorsement upon you shall be considered endorsement swapping.
(2) Any person found to be endorsement swapping is guilty of an indictable offence,may be charged under this clause and is liable to be banned from the East Pacific for life.
(3) Where a prosecution occurs under this section, the court shall in sentencing accept as a mitigating factor ignorance of the unlawful status of endorsement swapping should it be satisfied that the defendant had no intention of unlawfully gaining the position of Delegate, or aiding or abetting an attempt to unlawfully gain the position of Delegate, and shall moderate its sentence at the court’s discretion.
Exceptions
- The lawful delegate and any nations appointed under clause 1.1.9 of the Charter shall be held exempt from this Act and may not be prosecuted for any offences under this Act.
General
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The Revised Endorsement Restriction Act is hereby repealed.
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This act shall come into effect upon the Delegate’s assent.
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Magisters, I would ask that you register your vote as aye, nay or abstain.