Notice of Amendment
OB-2023-55 | Formatting Amendments Omnibus Passed
The Treason Act was amended by the 59th Magisterium on 2023-12-16T07:36:00Z following Delegate sign-off.
Reformatted Act
Treason Act
SECTION I. CITATION
…1.1. This Act shall be known and cited as the “Treason Act”.
SECTION II. DEFINITIONS
…2.1. For the purposes of this Act, “legitimate” means the government or delegate so recognized and lawfully holding the position in accordance with the Concordat of The East Pacific.
SECTION III. HIGH TREASON
…3.1. Every one commits high treason who overthrows or attempts to overthrow the legitimate Delegate or the legitimate government of the East Pacific; within the East Pacific, levies war against the East Pacific or does any act preparatory thereto; or assists an enemy at war with the East Pacific or any forces against whom the East Pacific is engaged in hostilities, whether or not a state of war exists between the East Pacific and the entity to which the forces belong to.
SECTION IV. TREASON AND TREASON-ESPIONAGE
…4.1. Every one commits treason who
…4.1.1. does any unlawful act for the purpose of overthrowing the legitimate Delegate or the legitimate government of the East Pacific;
…4.1.2. conspires with any person to commit high treason or to do any unlawful act for the purpose of overthrowing the legitimate Delegate or the legitimate government of the East Pacific;
…4.1.3. forms an intention to do anything that is high treason, or to do any unlawful act for the purpose of overthrowing the legitimate Delegate or the legitimate government of the East Pacific, and manifests that intention by an overt act
…4.2. Every one commits treason-espionage who
…4.2.1. without lawful authority, communicates or makes available to an unauthorized person or entity any government-related information which they knew or should have known was not to be shared;
…4.2.2. conspires to, without lawful authority, communicate or make available to an unauthorized person or entity any government-related information which they knew or should have known was not to be shared;
…4.2.3. without lawful authority and with intent, acquires or discovers any government-related information which they knew or should have known was to be unavailable to them;
…4.2.4. conspires to, without lawful authority, acquire or discover any government-related information which they knew or should have known was to be unavailable to them;
…4.3. Where it is treason to conspire with any person, the act of conspiring is an overt act of treason.
…4.4. Anyone who publicly asks for classified information from the relevant authorities in the interests of transparency or clarification of government policy shall not be considered to be committing treason-espionage.
SECTION V. PUNISHMENT FOR HIGH TREASON
…5.1. Every one who commits high treason is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to be banned from the East Pacific for life.
SECTION VI. PUNISHMENT FOR TREASON AND TREASON-ESPIONAGE
…6.1. Every one who commits treason is guilty of an indictable offence and liable
…6.1.1. to be banned from the East Pacific for life if he or she is guilty of an offence under section 4.1.1 or 4.1.2;
…6.1.2. to be banned from the East Pacific for not more than five years if he or she is guilty of an offence under section 4.1.3.
…6.2. Every one who commits treason-espionage is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to be banned from the East Pacific for not more than five years if he or she is guilty of said offense.
SECTION VII. OMITTING TO PREVENT TREASON
…7.1. Every one commits an offence who, knowing that a person is about to commit high treason or treason, does not, with all reasonable dispatch, inform the legitimate government of the East Pacific or make other reasonable efforts to prevent that person from committing high treason or treason.
…7.2. Every one who commits an offence under subsection 7.1 is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to be banned from the East Pacific for not more than five years.
SECTION VII. SEDITION
…8.1. Every one commits sedition who teaches or advocates, or publishes or circulates any writing that advocates action to produce an unlawful governmental change within the East Pacific.
…8.2. Notwithstanding subsection 7.1, no person shall be deemed to have committed sedition by reason only that he or she intends, in good faith,
…8.2.1. to show that the government has been misled or mistaken in its measures;
…8.2.2. to point out errors or defects in the government or constitution of the East Pacific, the legislature of the East Pacific, or the administration of justice in the East Pacific;
…8.2.3. to procure, by lawful means, the alteration of any matter of government in the East Pacific; or
…8.2.4. to point out, for the purpose of removal, matters that produce or tend to produce feelings of hostility and ill-will between different groups of persons in the East Pacific.
SECTION IX. PUNISHMENT FOR SEDITION
…9.1. Every one who commits sedition is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to be banned from the East Pacific for not more than five years.