New Camel Crimes Act
New Camel Crimes Act
Be it enacted, with the grace and wisdom of the Great Bisexual Camels, and with the Advice and Consent of the House of Camels assembled, as follows:
Section 1: Justice System Procedures
Article 1: Repeal
§1. The Camel Crimes Act shall be repealed in its entirety.
Article 2: Detainment
§1. Any law enforcement or legal authority provided so by the law may choose to detain an individual for any criminal offenses committed against the law with approval from a member of the judiciary if the individual could pose any present threat.
§2. Detainment shall include muting, kicking, banning, or arresting someone within the server.
§3. Someone’s detainment shall end if they appeal the detainment to the judiciary and the appeal is approved, or if criminal charges aren’t brought upon them to a competent court within a period of 72 hours.
Article 3: Charges
§1. Any individual or organization may bring criminal charges against another individual in or previously within the Bicamel Republic by presenting the charges to the judiciary in an official capacity, who must hear the case in a competent court.
§2. The defendant shall have the legal right to a free public attorney by law if they cannot provide one for themselves or choose not to represent themselves.
§3. The judiciary shall be able to set procedure, as legally allowed, for the running of the criminal trial for any charges presented to them. Both the prosecution and defense shall be given a fair and reasonable amount of time to represent their interests in court, present evidence, and rebut the other.
Article 4: Sentencing
§1. When determining the sentencing of a crime, a member of the judiciary shall take into consideration:
- (a) The intention behind the actions of the individual who committed the crime.
- (b) The level of disruption or apprehension the crime caused.
- (c) The criminal history, or lack thereof, of the individual who committed the crime.
- (d) The request by the prosecution for sentencing.
- (e) Any level of genuine remorse shown.
§2. Someone convicted of a crime may appeal their case to the camel courts once, or if new and relevant evidence, which could not previously be accessed, and is highly likely to change the outcome of the case comes to light. They may additionally appeal their case to the SimDemocracy Supreme Court.
Article 5: Definitions
§1. Imprisonment, or a prison sentence, shall be defined as being given a “prisoner” role and only having access to speak and react in specifically designated channels, which cannot be viewed by the general public.
§2. Being arrested shall be defined as being given an “arrested” role and only having access to speak and react in specifically designated channels, which cannot be viewed by the general public.
Article 6: Alternative Sentencing
§1. Instead of the sentences listed in this Act, a court may sentence a person to any of the following sentences:
- §1.1. Public Shaming
- §1.1.1. The person will have to change their nickname to “SHAME THIS PERSON”
- §1.1.2. The public is encouraged to shame the person
- §1.1.3. The person will also have to change their profile picture to this:
https://servimg.com/view/20574852/11
- §1.1.4. If they do not they must be subject to dunking
- §1.2. Egging
- §1.2.1. The person will be forced to change their profile picture to this egg:
- File:Free-egg.png
- https://servimg.com/view/20574852/10
- §1.2.2. If they do not they must be arrested for the remainder of their sentence
- §1.3. Dunking
- §1.3.1. The person will be given an ugly green name color
- §1.4. Re-education
- §1.4.1. The person must put the camel emoji in any message on the bicamel republic that they send
- §1.4.2. They will be fined 50 tau every time they forget
- §1.4.3. If they have no bicamel dollars they will be arrested for the remainder of their sentence
§2. When using these alternative sentences the Judge must provide a time at which the sentences will end which shall not exceed the maximum ban time allowed for that crime or 5 days, whichever is higher.
§3. The Judge can only use these alternative sentences when there is low social harm caused by the actions.
§4. When the Judge uses an alternative sentence the normal sentence cannot be used.
§5. Only one alternative sentence may be used per offence.
Section 2: Crimes
Article 1: Treason
§1. Someone shall have committed the crime of high treason if they:
- §1.1. Levy war against the Bicamel Republic, or adhere to the Bicamel Republic’s Enemies, giving them aid, comfort, or assistance, or conspire to do so; or
- §1.2. Conspire to overthrow the democratic order of the Bicamel Republic, take control of or remove the current government through illegal means, or intentionally and illegally disrupt the Republic in a way to inhibit a government institution from doing its job.
§2. The sentence available for committing High Treason shall be a minimum of a one week prison sentence, or a three day ban.
§3. Someone shall have committed the crime of low treason if they:
- §3.1. Utilize the powers of their government position, or the powers of another’s government position through incitement, to their personal advantage in a way that does not benefit the state, or for malicious purposes; or
- §3.2. Muting, banning, kicking, imprisoning, editing the permissions of, or changing the nickname of any individual in a way not specified within the law and not involving official work shall rebuttably be considered low treason.
§4. The minimum sentence available for committing Low Treason shall be a minimum of a four day prison sentence.
Article 2: Abuse of Alternative Accounts
§1. The use of an alternative account to gain any advantage for oneself or another that wouldn’t be provided to them without the alternative account shall be considered Abuse of Alternative Accounts.
§2. The possession of an Alternative Account within the Bicamel Republic at any point while not being made publicly clear it’s an alternative account, shall rebuttably be considered Abuse of Alternative Accounts.
§3. The minimum sentence available for committing Abuse of Alternative Accounts shall be a permanent ban of the alternative account, and a prison sentence of two weeks, or a one week ban.
Article 3: Terms of Service Violation
§1. Whoever breaches the Discord Community Guidelines, in a way that can reasonably be enforced by the Bicamel Republic, shall commit the crime of a Terms of Service Violation.
§2. The minimum sentence available for a Terms of Service Violation shall be a one week mute, a one week prison sentence, or a one week ban.
Article 4: Mass pinging
§1. Whoever pings many individuals, whether via a role or separate pings, with no official government purpose and with no apparent reason other than one which can reasonably be assumed to be malicious or careless, shall commit the crime of Mass Pinging.
§2. The minimum sentence available for Mass Pinging shall be a one day mute or one day prison sentence.
Article 5: Impersonation
§1. Whoever attempts to present themselves as another individual for the purpose of negatively impacting the reputation of that individual or making it seem as if they committed a crime shall have committed the crime of impersonation.
§2. The minimum sentence available for Impersonation shall be a one day mute or one day prison sentence.
Article 6: Conspiracy
§1. A person shall be considered to engage in a conspiracy if they do any of the following:
- §1.1. Order, request, or incite a person to commit a criminal offense.
- §1.2. Assist or offer material assistance in committing a criminal offense.
- §1.3. Attempt to commit a criminal offense.
§2. The sentence for conspiracy shall be the same as for the crime that was conspired.
Article 7: Hoax
§1. A person who seriously and intentionally makes it appear as if they had committed a crime under this act when they did not shall commit the crime of hoax.
§2. The minimum sentence for hoax shall be a mute or prison sentence of one day.
Article 8: Brigading
§1. A person who attempts to get individuals in the Bicamel Republic Discord server to go join a different Discord Server unrelated to the Bicamel Republic without an official partnership, or approval from the governor, shall be charged with the crime of brigading.
§2. The maximum sentence for brigading shall be a twelve hour prison sentence.
§3. Someone who joins the server for the intention of brigading and commits the crime of brigading shall commit the crime of major brigading. Someone who brigades shall rebuttably be presumed to join the server for the intention of brigading.
§4. The minimum sentence for major brigading shall be a one day prison sentence or mute.
Article 9: Fake News
§1. Whoever attempts to spread what they know to be misinformation to the detriment of an individual or the public shall have committed the crime of Fake News.
§2. The minimum sentence for Fake News shall be a ten minute prison sentence, and the maximum sentence for Fake News shall be a one week prison sentence.
Article 10: Dereliction of Duty
§1. Whoever intentionally and maliciously does not complete the duties of a government job they have shall commit the crime of dereliction of duty.
§2. The sentence for dereliction of duty shall be the removal from their job and a minimum of a two day prison sentence.
Article 11: Bribery
§1. Whoever directly or indirectly, corruptly gives, offers, or promises anything of value to a public official to influence an official action or inaction related to the duties of that public official commits the crime of Bribery.
§2. The minimum sentence for bribery shall be a four day prison sentence.
Article 12: Corruption
§1. A public official who accepts a bribe, either implicitly or explicitly, make an offer to do something in exchange for a bribe, or seriously implies they would accept bribes, commits the crime of corruption.
- §1.1. A public official may not be charged with corruption if they, upon receiving something of value for a bribe, return or refuse (if returning is not possible) the bribe and inform relevant policing authorities the details of this in a timely manner and cooperate with them fully.
- §1.2. The government shall have the authority to seize any assets proven to have been used for bribery in a court of law, and the court may place an injunction preventing the usage of assets suspected to have been used as a bribe until a case is resolved.
§2. The minimum sentence for corruption shall be a four day prison sentence.
Article 13: Contempt
§1. Someone who violates a court order or causes a serious disruption of court proceedings shall commit contempt of court.
§2. The minimum sentence for contempt of court shall be a one hour prison sentence and a fine of 100t.
Article 14: Obstruction of Justice
§1. The crime of obstruction of justice shall be knowingly engaging in actions with the intent to impede or disrupt the prosecution or investigation of a potential criminal act, intentionally prejudicing the administering of justice, or attempting to hide, destroy, or tamper with evidence of a criminal act.
§2. The sentences available for obstruction of justice shall be an unlimited fine and a minimum of one week in prison.
Article 15: Unlawful Interference
§1. The crime of unlawful interference shall be the act of intentionally, and unlawfully, disrupting and impeding the lawful duties of a public official in a way which leaves them no possible way to complete a duty required of them.
§2. The minimum sentence for unlawful interference shall be a 50t fine and one day in prison.