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3rd Assembly, Bill MA-1
An Act to provide for the internal security of the region
[Signed 26 April 2006]
Citation
- This Act may be cited as the Revised Endorsement Restrictions Act.
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 Magisteral Assembly within 24 hours of lowering the cap, and the Magisteral 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 Magisteral 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 24 hour grace period in which to reduce the number of endorsements to below 60% of the endorsement cap, at the Delegate’s discretion.
(2) Any nation which is found to be breaking the endorsement cap in order to unlawfully gain the position of Delegate, or in order to aid or abett an attempt to unlawfully gain the position of Delegate, is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to be banned from the East Pacific for life.
- (1) Any nation which, at the time of detection by the Delegate or an agent of the delegate appointed to aid in the enforcement of the laws of the East Pacific, has a number of endorsements amounting to 60% of the endorsement cap, may be held under suspicion of intending to break the endorsement cap, and may be approached by the delegate or an appointed agent by in-game telegram with a request to desist in collecting endorsements, an explanation of why it is prohibited, and the avenues by which they might defend themselves under the laws of the East Pacific. The nation shall also be advised that it is possible to reduce their number of endorsements to zero by resigning from and re-entering the United Nations.
(2) Where a nation, at the time of detection by the Delegate or an agent of the delegate appointed to aid in the enforcement of the laws of the East Pacific, has a number of endorsements in excess of 75 per cent but not exceeding 90 per cent of the endorsement cap, the prosecutor of the region may be instructed to draw up charges against the nation and a public defender will be assigned to the nation. Such a nation shall be granted a hearing of their case by a fair and impartial tribunal with all practicable speed.
- (1) The Delegate, or an appointed agent of the Delegate, 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,
b) The date and time that the action against the nation took place, and;
c) 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(1) and reaching the endorsement cap may be kicked 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 offense under subsection 6(1) is guilty of an indictable offence 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 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 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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