Repository [A.J. 3] Criminal Code Act (September 2018)

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Title: [A.J. 3] [Passed] Criminal Code Act (September 2018)
Description: In order to maintain public law and order, this act codifies criminal actions in Lazarus.
Passed on: 09-17-2018
Vote Margin: 75% (PASSED) / 25%
- 9 Ayes, 3 Nays, 4 Abstains
[Citizens Only] Discussion thread: Link
[Citizens Only] Voting Thread: Link

Criminal Code Act (September 2018)

Proposed by: @Amerion ​

Preamble

In order to maintain public law and order, this act codifies criminal actions in Lazarus.

Section 1. Procedures for a Criminal Review

(1) Upon a citizen petitioning the Court of Lazarus to conduct a Criminal Review, the following procedures shall be followed:
a. A two-thirds majority of the Court must decide on whether to accept the petition that has been published in the public area of the Court by a citizen.
b. If the Court accepts the petition, they may alter the charges to align with what is permitted by Lazarene law.
c. The Court shall then advise the plaintiffs and defendants that the Criminal Review has been lodged by the Court.
d. The Plaintiffs and Defendants shall then be given adequate time to prepare for the trial, on the dates set by the Court of Lazarus. Either party may petition to the Court prior to the trial for a rescheduled start and end date.
e. If the Criminal Review is requested to be withdrawn by the Plaintiff once a Criminal Review is in process, the Court shall dismiss or continue the Criminal Review by two-thirds vote.

Petitions to the Court

(2) Petitions to the Court to conduct a Criminal Review must include this format:

Petition to Conduct a Criminal Review
Plaintiff/s:
Defendant/s:
Charge/s:
Evidence:

(3) The Court of Lazarus may add further formatting requirements for any citizen lodging a petition by two-thirds vote of their number.

Jurisdiction of the Court

(4) The Court of Lazarus shall have jurisdiction over residents and citizens of Lazarus. The Court of Lazarus may limit or expand its jurisdiction in regard to territories, colonies, and protectorates of Lazarus by two-thirds vote.

(5) The Court of Lazarus may not charge in-absentia, unless the petition has been lodged by any citizen prior to or within 28 days of the defendants no longer being resident in Lazarus. The Court of Lazarus may by two-thirds vote place the petition or Criminal Review on file, for charges to be laid should the defendants reside in Lazarus in the future.

(6) The Court of Lazarus may only find a citizen or resident guilty of a crime listed in the Criminal Code, unless permitted to charge in-absentia in regard to a former citizen or resident by this act or Lazarus law. If found guilty of a crime the Court may impose upon the resident or citizen any punishment proportional to the offense.

Section 2. Criminal Offenses

(1) Criminal Offenses shall include Treason, Espionage, Blackmail, Misconduct, Seditious Conspiracy, Voter Fraud, engaging in an inter-regionally prohibited act, and violation of the line of succession.

(2) Treason is any citizen or resident who takes up arms against Lazarus and its colonies and protectorates, or treaty partners, which shall include conspiring to or taking actions towards:
a. the illegal removal or alteration of the mandate,
b. the illegal removal of the Head of State, Secretary General, Councilors of Lazarene Security, Court Justices, and Government Officials or Officers,
c. taking up arms against defending operations of the Regional Guard, where it relates to treaty partners or their protectorates,
d. taking up arms against offensive operations of the Regional Guard conducted within allies or protectorates of regions or organizations with which we are at war and have been sanctioned by Assembly resolution.

(3) Misconduct is any resident or citizen violating a citizenship oath knowingly or unknowingly and violating the laws of Lazarus to obtain or maintain citizenship.

(4) Espionage is any citizen communicating private information not sanctioned for release from private areas of Lazarus infrastructure to entities or individuals not approved to have access to that private information.

(5) Blackmail is any citizen using damaging private information to threaten a citizen to pursue or not pursue a course of action, which is to the benefit of those engaging in the blackmail.

(6) Seditious conspiracy is to establish an unauthorized infrastructure or a communication network for the purpose of illegally removing or altering the mandate, or the illegal removal of government officers or officials, or regional officers, whether in public or private, and organizing citizens or residents to participate in the seditious conspiracy.

(7) Voter Fraud is an attempt to manipulate the vote of Lazarus, in whole or in part of a seditious conspiracy, or for a candidate in an election to abuse their in-game communications powers or make use of stamps to elevate their electoral campaign at the expense of other candidates.

(8) Engaging in an inter-regionally prohibited act is to engage in an act that is prohibited in a treaty or convention that Lazarus is party to.

(9) Violation of the line of succession is a citizen willingly violating the line of succession set by the Head of State and the Council on Lazarene Security.

Section 3. Civil Offenses

(1) Civil Offenses shall include Contempt of Court, Fraud, Vexatious Behavior, Conspiracy, and the Obstruction of Justice.

(2) Contempt of Court is to intimidate or insult parties involved in Criminal Review or a Court Justice, during the sitting of the Court, or to attempt to disrupt proceedings of the Court. Disobeying a direction of the Court shall also make a resident or citizen guilty of contempt of court.

(3) Fraud is knowingly or recklessly falsifying a material fact during a Criminal Review.

(4) Vexatious Behavior is instigating or pursuing charges without clear legal basis, for the purposes of harassment or abuse of judicial proceedings.

(5) Obstruction of Justice is to exercise government powers or privileges to delay or prevent a criminal review, or to otherwise attempt to destroy or obscure necessary information or evidence for the Criminal Review.

(6) Conspiracy is an attempt by resident or citizen to prepare, plan, incite another to commit an offense that is listed within the Criminal Code, the mandate, or constitutional laws.

Section 4. Sentencing Guidelines

(1) The Court of Lazarus is encouraged to follow the sentencing guidelines below when sentencing those found guilty of charges. The Court by two-thirds vote may decide to increase or reduce the sentence allowed within the guidelines, in accordance with its procedural rules.

(2) If a resident or citizen is found guilty of a crime, the Head of State may impose upon the citizen or resident any punishment proportional to the offence.

Criminal Offenses Guidelines

(3) The Court of Lazarus for Criminal Offenses is encouraged to sentence a citizen to any or all of the following:
a. Ban from public office for a specified period of time in line with the severity of the offense,
b. Ban from regional infrastructure or a specified period of time in line with the severity of the offense,
c. Ban from the Lazarus region, as well as the territories, colonies, and protectorates of Lazarus, and removal of citizenship.

Civil Offenses Guidelines

(4) The Court of Lazarus for Civil Offenses is encouraged to sentence a citizen to any or all of the following:
a. Ban from public office for a specified period of time in line with the severity of the offense,
b. Immediate barring from further participation in the office or institution for a specified period of time in line with the severity of the offense.

 

[McChimp]

In accordance with Article I, Section 3 of The Twelfth Mandate of Lazarus, the Criminal Code Act (September 2018) was amended at 4:42 PM EST on the 19th of February, 2019 by the [url=https://nslazarus.com/showthread.php?tid=647]Criminal Code Amendment (February 2019)[/url].

Prior to that, it read:

[align=center][size=medium]Criminal Code Act (September 2018)[/size][/align]
[align=center][size=small]Proposed by:[/size][size=small] Amerion [/size][/align]
Preamble

In order to maintain public law and order, this act codifies criminal actions in Lazarus.

Section 1. Treason

(1) Any person who engages in conduct with the intention of illegally removing or altering, the Mandate, the Government or the Delegate, or levies war, or does any act preparatory to levying war, against Lazarus, shall be guilty of treason.

Section 2. Sabotage

(1) Any person who engages in conduct with the intention of significantly disrupting, destroying, or rendering a public infrastructure unusable, shall be guilty of sabotage.

(2) Legitimate actions taken by off-site property administration of the public infrastructure shall not be considered sabotage. The root administrator of the infrastructure in question has the ultimate authority on what constitutes a legitimate action.

Section 3. Espionage

(1) Any person who knowingly communicates information contained in a restricted area of Lazarus, in part or in whole, to a person or entity which does not have access to that restricted area, shall be guilty of espionage.

(2) The individual or government body responsible for a restricted area may sanction the distribution of information to another person or entity. Sharing information whose release has been sanctioned shall not be considered espionage.

Section 4. Bribery

(1) Any person who offers, provides, or agrees to provide a benefit of any kind with the intention of influencing a person in the exercise of that person’s governmental duties, shall be guilty of bribery.

(2) Any person who asks, receives, or agrees to receive a benefit of any kind with the promise that receiving that benefit will influence the exercise of that person’s governmental duties, shall be guilty of bribery.

Section 5. Blackmail

(1) Any person who threatens to, attempts, or uses damaging information against a person in an effort to force them to take, or to refrain from, certain actions, shall be guilty of blackmail.

(2) Any person who threatens to, attempts, or uses real-life information against a person, shall be addressed as an out-of-character administrative matter.

Section 6. Fraud

(1) Any person who knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement of material fact, shall be guilty of fraud.

Section 7. Inter-regionally Prohibited Act

(1) Any person who engages in conduct expressly prohibited in a treaty or convention of which Lazarus is party to, shall be guilty of an inter-regionally prohibited act.

Section 8. Contempt of Court

(1) Any person who intimidates or insults a person during a sitting of the Court, intentionally interrupts the proceedings of the Court, or disobeys a direction of the Court shall be guilty of contempt of court.

Section 9. Vexatious Behaviour

(1) Any person who instigates or pursues judicial proceedings without reasonable ground, or engages in conduct which is an abuse of judicial proceedings, shall be guilty of vexatious behaviour.

Section 10. Misconduct

(1) Any person who engages in conduct which knowingly or recklessly violates the person’s citizenship oath, oath taken before the Court, or any of the laws of Lazarus, shall be guilty of misconduct.

Section 11. Conspiracy

(1) Any person who prepares or plans to commit an offence enumerated herein, shall be guilty of conspiracy to commit that offence.

Section 12. Guilt and Sentencing

(1) No person may be found guilty of a crime not listed in this act.

(2) If found guilty of a crime, the Delegate may impose upon the person any punishment proportionate to the offence.

Section 13. Definitions

In this Act:

‘Associated authorities’ is defined as off-site property administration including, but not limited to, the forum or Discord.

‘Banishment’ is defined as removal by the relevant authorities of a person from Lazarus.

‘Discord’ is defined as a public infrastructure located at ‘https://discord.gg/dahpMU2'.

‘Governmental duties’ is defined as an action or task required by a person’s position.

‘Material fact’ is defined as one which can reasonably and plausibly be expected to affect a person's future actions.

‘Off-site property administration’ is defined as a person or group who has the authority to administer public infrastructure, including, but not limited to, the Delegate, root administrator, administrators, global moderators, and moderators.

‘Opinion’ is defined as a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

‘Public infrastructure’ is defined as an area operated by the government or its associated authorities for use of the public, including, but not limited to, the NationStates region of Lazarus, the forum, or Discord.

‘Regional Forum’ is defined as a public infrastructure located at ‘https://nslazarus.com/index.php'.

‘Restricted area’ is defined as an area of the Regional Forum or Discord to which the general public is withheld access.

‘Root administrator’ is defined as a person who has the authority to empower and delegate administrator responsibility including, but not limited to, adding administrators, defining administrator groupings, and shutting down the public infrastructure.

‘Sitting of the Court’ is defined as an area administered by the Court.

‘Third party’ is defined as a person or group besides the two primarily involved in a situation.  

 

[Feux]

In accordance with Article I, Section 3 of The Twelfth Mandate of Lazarus, the Criminal Code Act (September 2018) was amended at 7:10 PM EST on the 19th of May 2020 by the Criminal Code Act Amendment (May 2020)

Prior to that, it read:

Criminal Code Act (September 2018)​

Proposed by: Amerion ​

Preamble

In order to maintain public law and order, this act codifies criminal actions in Lazarus.

Section 1. Treason

(1) Any person who engages in conduct with the intention of:

a. illegally removing or altering the Mandate, the Government or the Delegate,
b. levying war or preparing to levy war against Lazarus,
c. taking up arms against Lazarene operations conducted in the defence of allied regions
d. taking up arms against Lazarene operations conducted within regions with which we are at war
e. taking up arms against Lazarene operations conducted within allies or protectorates of regions with which we are at war that have been sanctioned by a resolution of the Assembly in accordance with Section 2 Subsection 4 of the Charter of the Lazarene Regional Guard (December 2018)

shall be guilty of treason.

Section 2. Sabotage

(1) Any person who engages in conduct with the intention of significantly disrupting, destroying, or rendering a public infrastructure unusable, shall be guilty of sabotage.

(2) Legitimate actions taken by off-site property administration of the public infrastructure shall not be considered sabotage. The root administrator of the infrastructure in question has the ultimate authority on what constitutes a legitimate action.

Section 3. Espionage

(1) Any person who knowingly communicates information contained in a restricted area of Lazarus, in part or in whole, to a person or entity which does not have access to that restricted area, shall be guilty of espionage.

(2) The individual or government body responsible for a restricted area may sanction the distribution of information to another person or entity. Sharing information whose release has been sanctioned shall not be considered espionage.

Section 4. BriberySection 5. Blackmail

(1) Any person who threatens to, attempts, or uses damaging information against a person in an effort to force them to take, or to refrain from, certain actions, shall be guilty of blackmail.

(2) Any person who threatens to, attempts, or uses real-life information against a person, shall be addressed as an out-of-character administrative matter.

Section 6. Fraud

(1) Any person who knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement of material fact, shall be guilty of fraud.

Section 7. Inter-regionally Prohibited Act

(1) Any person who engages in conduct expressly prohibited in a treaty or convention of which Lazarus is party to, shall be guilty of an inter-regionally prohibited act.

Section 8. Contempt of Court

(1) Any person who intimidates or insults a person during a sitting of the Court, intentionally interrupts the proceedings of the Court, or disobeys a direction of the Court shall be guilty of contempt of court.

Section 9. Vexatious Behaviour

(1) Any person who instigates or pursues judicial proceedings without reasonable ground, or engages in conduct which is an abuse of judicial proceedings, shall be guilty of vexatious behaviour.

Section 10. MisconductSection 11. Conspiracy

(1) Any person who prepares, incites another or plans to commit an offence enumerated herein, shall be guilty of conspiracy to commit that offence.

Section 12. Guilt and Sentencing

(1) No person may be found guilty of a crime not listed in this act.

(2) If found guilty of a crime, the Delegate may impose upon the person any punishment proportionate to the offence.

Section 13. Definitions

 

[Feux]

the Amendments to the Criminal Code (July 2020).

Prior to that, it read:

Criminal Code Act (September 2018)​

Proposed by: Amerion ​

Preamble

In order to maintain public law and order, this act codifies criminal actions in Lazarus.

Section 1. Treason

(1) Any person who engages in conduct with the intention of:

a. illegally removing or altering the Mandate, the Government or the Delegate,
b. levying war or preparing to levy war against Lazarus,
c. taking up arms against Lazarene operations conducted in the defence of allied regions
d. taking up arms against Lazarene operations conducted within regions with which we are at war
e. taking up arms against Lazarene operations conducted within allies or protectorates of regions with which we are at war that have been sanctioned by a resolution of the Assembly in accordance with Section 2 Subsection 4 of the Charter of the Lazarene Regional Guard (December 2018)

shall be guilty of treason.

Section 2. Sabotage

(1) Any person who engages in conduct with the intention of significantly disrupting, destroying, or rendering a public infrastructure unusable, shall be guilty of sabotage.

(2) Legitimate actions taken by off-site property administration of the public infrastructure shall not be considered sabotage. The root administrator of the infrastructure in question has the ultimate authority on what constitutes a legitimate action.

Section 3. Espionage

(1) Any person who knowingly communicates information contained in a restricted area of Lazarus, in part or in whole, to a person or entity which does not have access to that restricted area, shall be guilty of espionage.

(2) The individual or government body responsible for a restricted area may sanction the distribution of information to another person or entity. Sharing information whose release has been sanctioned shall not be considered espionage.

Section 4. BriberySection 5. Blackmail

(1) Any person who threatens to, attempts, or uses damaging information against a person in an effort to force them to take, or to refrain from, certain actions, shall be guilty of blackmail.

(2) Any person who threatens to, attempts, or uses real-life information against a person, shall be addressed as an out-of-character administrative matter.

Section 6. Fraud

(1) Any person who knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement of material fact, shall be guilty of fraud.

Section 7. Inter-regionally Prohibited Act

(1) Any person who engages in conduct expressly prohibited in a treaty or convention of which Lazarus is party to, shall be guilty of an inter-regionally prohibited act.

Section 8. Contempt of Court

(1) Any person who intimidates or insults a person during a sitting of the Court, intentionally interrupts the proceedings of the Court, or disobeys a direction of the Court shall be guilty of contempt of court.

Section 9. Vexatious Behaviour

(1) Any person who instigates or pursues judicial proceedings without reasonable ground, or engages in conduct which is an abuse of judicial proceedings, shall be guilty of vexatious behaviour.

Section 10. MisconductSection 11. Electoral Fraud

(1) Any person who, during the course of an election, uses the communications powers granted to regional officers in an attempt to influence, promote, or damage an electoral campaign shall have committed electoral fraud.

(2) Any person who, during the course of an election, uses any monetary method including stamps to promote themselves, their campaign, damage the campaign of another or likewise shall have committed electoral fraud.

Section 12. Conspiracy

(1) Any person who prepares, incites another or plans to commit an offence enumerated herein, shall be guilty of conspiracy to commit that offence.

Section 13. Guilt and Sentencing

(1) No person may be found guilty of a crime not listed in this act.

(2) If found guilty of a crime, the Delegate may impose upon the person any punishment proportionate to the offence.

Section 14. Definitions

 

[Feux]

In accordance with Article I, Section 3 of The Twelfth Mandate of Lazarus, the Criminal Code Act (September 2018) was amended at 2:56 PM EST on the 15th of September, 2020, by the Amendment to the Criminal Code (September 2020).

Prior to that, it read:

Criminal Code Act (September 2018)​

Proposed by: Amerion ​

Preamble

In order to maintain public law and order, this act codifies criminal actions in Lazarus.

Section 1. Treason

(1) Any person who engages in conduct with the intention of:

a. illegally removing or altering the Mandate, the Government or the Delegate,
b. levying war or preparing to levy war against Lazarus,
c. taking up arms against Lazarene operations conducted in the defence of allied regions
d. taking up arms against Lazarene operations conducted within regions with which we are at war
e. taking up arms against Lazarene operations conducted within allies or protectorates of regions with which we are at war that have been sanctioned by a resolution of the Assembly in accordance with Section 2 Subsection 4 of the Charter of the Lazarene Regional Guard (December 2018)

shall be guilty of treason.

Section 2. Sabotage

(1) Any person who engages in conduct with the intention of significantly disrupting, destroying, or rendering a public infrastructure unusable, shall be guilty of sabotage.

(2) Legitimate actions taken by off-site property administration of the public infrastructure shall not be considered sabotage. The root administrator of the infrastructure in question has the ultimate authority on what constitutes a legitimate action.

Section 3. Espionage

(1) Any person who knowingly communicates information contained in a restricted area of Lazarus, in part or in whole, to a person or entity which does not have access to that restricted area, shall be guilty of espionage.

(2) The individual or government body responsible for a restricted area may sanction the distribution of information to another person or entity. The Court may, during the course of a criminal review or legal question, sanction the distribution of information by majority vote. Sharing information whose release has been sanctioned shall not be considered espionage.

Section 4. BriberySection 5. Blackmail

(1) Any person who threatens to, attempts, or uses damaging information against a person in an effort to force them to take, or to refrain from, certain actions, shall be guilty of blackmail.

(2) Any person who threatens to, attempts, or uses real-life information against a person, shall be addressed as an out-of-character administrative matter.

Section 6. Fraud

(1) Any person who knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement of material fact, shall be guilty of fraud.

Section 7. Inter-regionally Prohibited Act

(1) Any person who engages in conduct expressly prohibited in a treaty or convention of which Lazarus is party to, shall be guilty of an inter-regionally prohibited act.

Section 8. Contempt of Court

(1) Any person who intimidates or insults a person during a sitting of the Court, intentionally interrupts the proceedings of the Court, or disobeys a direction of the Court shall be guilty of contempt of court.

Section 9. Vexatious Behaviour

(1) Any person who instigates or pursues judicial proceedings without reasonable ground, or engages in conduct which is an abuse of judicial proceedings, shall be guilty of vexatious behaviour.

Section 10. MisconductSection 11. Electoral Fraud

(1) Any person who, during the course of an election, uses the communications powers granted to regional officers in an attempt to influence, promote, or damage an electoral campaign shall have committed electoral fraud.

(2) Any person who, during the course of an election, uses any monetary method including stamps to promote themselves, their campaign, damage the campaign of another or likewise shall have committed electoral fraud.

Section 12. Obstruction of Justice

(1) Any person who exercises their governmental powers or privileges to influence, prevent or delay a criminal review shall be guilty of Obstruction of Justice

(2) Any person who destroys or obscures information or evidence with the purpose of influencing, preventing or delaying a criminal review shall be guilty of Obstruction of Justice.

Section 13. Conspiracy

(1) Any person who prepares, incites another or plans to commit an offence enumerated herein, shall be guilty of conspiracy to commit that offence.

Section 14. Guilt and Sentencing

(1) No person may be found guilty of a crime not listed in this act.

(2) If found guilty of a crime, the Delegate may impose upon the person any punishment proportionate to the offence.

Section 15. Definitions

 

[Eldarion]

In accordance with The Twelfth Mandate of Lazarus, the Criminal Code Act (September 2018) was amended at 4:07 AM EST on the 25th of February 2025, by the Criminal Code Act Amendment (2025).

Prior to that, it read:

Criminal Code Act (September 2018)

Proposed by: @Amerion ​

Preamble

In order to maintain public law and order, this act codifies criminal actions in Lazarus.

Section 1. Treason

(1) Any person who engages in conduct with the intention of:

a. illegally removing or altering the Mandate, the Government or the Delegate,
b. levying war or preparing to levy war against Lazarus,
c. taking up arms against Lazarene operations conducted in the defence of allied regions
d. taking up arms against Lazarene operations conducted within regions with which we are at war
e. taking up arms against Lazarene operations conducted within allies or protectorates of regions with which we are at war that have been sanctioned by a resolution of the Assembly in accordance with Section 2 Subsection 4 of the Charter of the Lazarene Regional Guard (December 2018)

shall be guilty of treason.

Section 2. Sabotage

(1) Any person who engages in conduct with the intention of significantly disrupting, destroying, or rendering a public infrastructure unusable, shall be guilty of sabotage.

(2) Legitimate actions taken by off-site property administration of the public infrastructure shall not be considered sabotage. The root administrator of the infrastructure in question has the ultimate authority on what constitutes a legitimate action.

Section 3. Espionage

(1) Any person who knowingly communicates information contained in a restricted area of Lazarus, in part or in whole, to a person or entity which does not have access to that restricted area, shall be guilty of espionage.

(2) The individual or government body responsible for a restricted area may sanction the distribution of information to another person or entity. The Court may, during the course of a criminal review or legal question, sanction the distribution of information by majority vote. Sharing information whose release has been sanctioned shall not be considered espionage.

Section 4. Bribery

(1) Any person who offers, provides, or agrees to provide a benefit of any kind with the intention of influencing a person in the exercise of that person’s governmental duties, shall be guilty of bribery.

(2) Any person who asks, receives, or agrees to receive a benefit of any kind with the promise that receiving that benefit will influence the exercise of that person’s governmental duties, shall be guilty of bribery.

Section 5. Blackmail

(1) Any person who threatens to, attempts, or uses damaging information against a person in an effort to force them to take, or to refrain from, certain actions, shall be guilty of blackmail.

(2) Any person who threatens to, attempts, or uses real-life information against a person, shall be addressed as an out-of-character administrative matter.

Section 6. Fraud

(1) Any person who, knowingly or recklessly, falsifies a material fact in any matter regarding a citizenship application shall be guilty of fraud.

(2) Any person who, knowingly or recklessly, falsifies a material fact in any matter regarding a criminal review shall be guilty of fraud.

Section 7. Inter-regionally Prohibited Act

(1) Any person who engages in conduct expressly prohibited in a treaty or convention of which Lazarus is party to, shall be guilty of an inter-regionally prohibited act.

Section 8. Contempt of Court

(1) Any person who intimidates or insults a person during a sitting of the Court, intentionally interrupts the proceedings of the Court, or disobeys a direction of the Court shall be guilty of contempt of court.

Section 9. Vexatious Behaviour

(1) Any person who instigates or pursues judicial proceedings without reasonable ground, or engages in conduct which is an abuse of judicial proceedings, shall be guilty of vexatious behaviour.

Section 10. Misconduct

(1) Any person who engages in conduct which knowingly or recklessly violates the person’s citizenship oath, oath taken before the Court, or any of the laws of Lazarus, shall be guilty of misconduct.

Section 11. Electoral Fraud

(1) Any person who, during the course of an election, uses the communications powers granted to regional officers in an attempt to influence, promote, or damage an electoral campaign shall have committed electoral fraud.

(2) Any person who, during the course of an election, uses any monetary method including stamps to promote themselves, their campaign, damage the campaign of another or likewise shall have committed electoral fraud.

Section 12. Obstruction of Justice

(1) Any person who exercises their governmental powers or privileges to influence, prevent or delay a criminal review shall be guilty of Obstruction of Justice

(2) Any person who destroys or obscures information or evidence with the purpose of influencing, preventing or delaying a criminal review shall be guilty of Obstruction of Justice.

Section 13. Conspiracy

(1) Any person who prepares, incites another or plans to commit an offence enumerated herein, shall be guilty of conspiracy to commit that offence.

Section 14. Guilt and Sentencing

(1) No person may be found guilty of a crime not listed in this act.

(2) If found guilty of a crime, the Delegate may impose upon the person any punishment proportionate to the offence.

Section 15. Definitions

In this Act:

‘Associated authorities’ is defined as off-site property administration including, but not limited to, the forum or Discord.

‘Banishment’ is defined as removal by the relevant authorities of a person from Lazarus.

‘Discord’ is defined as a public infrastructure located at ‘https://discord.gg/dahpMU2'.

‘Governmental duties’ is defined as an action or task required by a person’s position.

‘Material fact’ is defined as one which can reasonably and plausibly be expected to affect a person's future actions.

‘Off-site property administration’ is defined as a person or group who has the authority to administer public infrastructure, including, but not limited to, the Delegate, root administrator, administrators, global moderators, and moderators.

‘Opinion’ is defined as a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

‘Public infrastructure’ is defined as an area operated by the government or its associated authorities for use of the public, including, but not limited to, the NationStates region of Lazarus, the forum, or Discord.

‘Regional Forum’ is defined as a public infrastructure located at ‘https://nslazarus.com/index.php'.

‘Restricted area’ is defined as an area of the Regional Forum or Discord to which the general public is withheld access.

‘Root administrator’ is defined as a person who has the authority to empower and delegate administrator responsibility including, but not limited to, adding administrators, defining administrator groupings, and shutting down the public infrastructure.

‘Sitting of the Court’ is defined as an area administered by the Court.

‘Third party’ is defined as a person or group besides the two primarily involved in a situation.