Amendment to the Penalties and Tickets Act 2025
Amendment to the Penalties and Tickets Act 2025
Passed by the Senate on 22nd September 2025(UTC)<ref>Senate Passing Announcement</ref>, signed by the President on 22nd September 2025(UTC)<ref>President Signing Announcement</ref>.
Whereas: SimDemocracy needs more fees for minor crimes as a source of revenue.
Article 8: Tickets
§1. Any criminal offense may be summarily punished with a Ticket, which provides for the muting of any person for no more than 48 hours on the first offense, and up to 96 hours for subsequent offences under the same Article;
Shall be amended to:
Article 8: Tickets
§1. Any criminal offense may be summarily punished with a Ticket, which provides for the muting of any person for no more than 48 hours on the first offense (or, at the offender’s election, a fine equal to 10% of the funds in their account, with a minimum of 40 Tau to the Department of the Treasury), and up to 96 hours for subsequent offences under the same Article (reducible to 48 hours upon payment of a fine equal to 20% of the funds in their account, with a minimum of 120 Tau to the Department of the Treasury).