Shareholders of Lazarus,

A motion and a second have been received for the Discretionary Powers Act (October 2020). This is a vote on a law bearing the same legal weight as the  Mandate. As such, it requires a three-quarters supermajority to pass. The discussion thread can be found here.

As per Assembly Procedure Act 1.5, this vote will last for 5 days, ending on October 15th, 3:51 PM EST. Citizens may vote "Aye" or "For," "Nay" or "Against," or "Abstain" or "Present".

Quote:

Discretionary Powers Act (October 2020)

Proposed by: @Domais

Section 1. Constitutional Status

(1) This act will bear Constitutional Status and will be subject to the voting thresholds thereof.

Section 2. Application

(1) The powers enumerated herein will not apply to any law holding Constitutional Status nor the Mandate of Lazarus.

Section 3. Discretionary Powers

(1) The Speaker may rectify any formatting inconsistencies of passed legislation, including:

a. Legislation which is not in compliance with any of the rules for the formatting thereof,
b. Numbering inconsistencies within any legislation,
c. Inconsistencies with BBcode of any legislation,
d. Any other change that may be reasonably deemed to be categorized as an issue with the formatting of any legislation.

(2) The Speaker may rectify any minor grammatical and spelling inconsistencies of passed legislation.

(3) The Speaker may substitute any terms that may be reasonably deemed outdated in terms of the Laws of Lazarus with an updated term.

Section 4. Promulgation and the right of Veto

(1) The Speaker must publicly promulgate any use of powers enumerated herein within 24 hours thereof.

(2) If any Citizen tables a motion to Overturn the decision of the Speaker and another Citizen seconds the relevant motion, then the relevant use of the powers enumerated herein will be rendered unenforceable pending a vote in the Assembly;

a. The relevant vote can be held after a minimum discussion period of 3 days, but will be held after a period of 7 days,
b. The vote will last for 5 days and if the nays outnumber the yeas then the relevant use of the powers enumerated herein will be repealed.

Section 5. Delegation of powers

(1) The Speaker may not delegate the use of the powers enumerated herein to their deputies or any other person.

Section 6. Definitions

(1) "Outdated term" - Any word or phrase that has been rendered obsolete by new legislation.

Shareholders of Lazarus,

A motion and a second have been received for the Court Reform Amendment (October 2020). This is a vote on a constitutional amendment. As such, it requires a three-quarters supermajority to pass. The discussion thread can be found here.

As per Assembly Procedure Act 1.5, this vote will last for 5 days, ending on October 15th, 3:40 PM EST. Citizens may vote "Aye" or "For," "Nay" or "Against," or "Abstain" or "Present".

Quote:

Court Reform Amendment (October 2020)
 
Proposed by: @Debussy

Section 1. Amendment of the Twelfth Mandate of Lazarus

(1) The relevant section of Article V. of the Twelfth Mandate of Lazarus as currently written, reads:

[Table][cell]

(2) Justices will serve until resignation, removal from office by the Assembly, or automatic removal from office. Justices may not serve in any other office while serving as Justices.

[/cell][/table]

(2) The amended section of Article V. of the Twelfth Mandate of Lazarus shall read:

[Table][cell]

(2) Justices will serve until resignation, removal from office by the Assembly, or automatic removal from office. While serving, Justices may not serve in any other office but Councillor for the Council on Lazarene Security.

[/cell][/table]

Quote:

Amendment to the Assembly Procedure Act (September 2020)

Proposed by @Domais

Section 1. Amendment to the Assembly Procedure Act

The relevant section of the Assembly Procedure Act, as currently written reads:

[table][cell]

Section 4. Legislative Formatting

(1) Unless otherwise noted, legislation brought to vote in the Assembly will be formatted as follows:

Quote:

Example Title

Proposed by:

Additional credit to:

This is an example of an additional credit section. It should not exceed 5 people. Credit sections are optional.

Preamble

This is an example of a preamble. It should not exceed 50 words. Preambles are optional.

Section 1. Example Section Title

(1) This is an example of a subsection.

(2) This is an example of another subsection.

a. This is an example of a subparagraph.
b. This is an example of another subparagraph.

(2) The forum name of the author will be provided in the "Proposed by:" section of a proposal. In the event that the author's forum name changes, the Assembly Speaker may amend a law to reflect the author's new forum name.

(3) Following enactment of a proposal, the Assembly Speaker will append the month and year of enactment to the proposal's title.

(4) An optional preamble for a proposal will not exceed fifty words.

(5) An optional credit section for a proposal will not exceed five people.

(6) Unless otherwise noted, all amendments brought to vote in the Assembly will be formatted as legislation, and the amendments therein will be marked up so as to clearly delineate the changes being made.

(7) Only general laws and constitutional laws will be subject to formatting for legislation, but all amendments will be subject to mark-up.

(8) The Assembly Speaker will not open a vote on a proposal that has not been properly formatted and/or marked up in the judgment of the Assembly Speaker, and no motion to vote on such an unconforming bill will be recognized, until the proposal has been properly formatted and/or marked up.

[/cell][/table]

The relevant section of the Assembly Procedure Act, as amended will read:

[table][cell]

Section 4. Legislative Formatting

(1) Unless otherwise noted, legislation brought to vote in the Assembly will be formatted as follows:

Code:

[quote]
[align=center][size=large]Example Title[/size]

[size=small]Proposed by:[/size][/align]

[align=left][b]Additional credit to:[/b]

This is an example of an additional credit section. It should not exceed 5 people. Credit sections are optional.

[b]Preamble[/b]

This is an example of a preamble. It should not exceed 50 words. Preambles are optional.

[b]Section 1. Example Section Title[/b]

(1) This is an example of a subsection.

(2) This is an example of another subsection.

a. This is an example of a subparagraph.
b. This is an example of another subparagraph.[/quote][/align]

Quote:

Example Title

Proposed by:

Additional credit to:

This is an example of an additional credit section. It should not exceed 5 people. Credit sections are optional.

Preamble

This is an example of a preamble. It should not exceed 50 words. Preambles are optional.

Section 1. Example Section Title

(1) This is an example of a subsection.

(2) This is an example of another subsection.

a. This is an example of a subparagraph.
b. This is an example of another subparagraph.

The code block is only presented as an aid and the quote below it will be considered the official formatting.

(2) The forum name of the author will be provided in the "Proposed by:" section of a proposal. In the event that the author's forum name changes, the Assembly Speaker may amend a law to reflect the author's new forum name.

(3) Following the enactment of a proposal, the Assembly Speaker will append the month and year of enactment to the proposal's title.

(4) An optional preamble for a proposal will not exceed fifty words.

(5) An optional credit section for a proposal will not exceed five people.

(6) Unless otherwise noted, all amendments brought to vote in the Assembly will be formatted as legislation, and the amendments therein will be marked up so as to clearly delineate the changes being made.

(7) Only general laws and constitutional laws will be subject to formatting for legislation, but all amendments will be subject to mark-up.

(8) The Assembly Speaker will not open a vote on a proposal that has not been properly formatted and/or marked up in the judgment of the Assembly Speaker, and no motion to vote on such a nonconforming bill will be recognized until the proposal has been properly formatted and/or marked up.[/cell][/table]

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Criminal Procedure Act Amendment (October 2020)

Proposed By: @"New Rogernomics"

Preamble

This act defines the procedure by which the Court shall conduct Criminal Reviews in accordance with Article V Section 7 of the Twelfth Mandate.

Section 1. Petitioning the Court

(1) Petitions to conduct a Criminal Review shall:

a. be submitted to the Court in a public area,
b. identify a Defendant,
c. identify the crimes the Defendant is alleged to have committed and
d. include evidence and commentary thereof in support of the allegations.

(2) The Court shall consider the petition for three days before deciding whether to conduct a Criminal Review by two-thirds vote.

(3) Upon two or more justices deciding to conduct a Criminal Review, the Court shall immediately serve notice upon both the Plaintiff and the Defendant that a Criminal Review has begun and refer them to this document.

Section 2. Criminal Reviews

(1) Criminal Reviews shall be conducted in a public area.

(2) Once the Criminal Review has begun:

a. the Defendant shall be granted seven days to present evidence in their defence and commentary on all evidence submitted to the Court thus far
b. then the Plaintiff shall be granted four days to present further evidence and commentary on all evidence submitted to the Court thus far. After this, the Criminal Review will conclude.

(3) The Plaintiff and the Defendant may each be represented by another person who they may identify at any time. Each of them may be represented by only one person at any given time.

(4) Criminal reviews shall only require two justices to hear a case, except in the case of a criminal review appeal.

Section 3. Criminal Review Appeals

(1) Criminal Review appeals shall be conducted in a public area, with the same procedure as a Criminal Review.

(2) Criminal Review appeals shall be conducted with all three justices, and shall be the final court judgement on a case.

(3) Criminal Review appeals may be dismissed by all three justices if they hold there are no grounds for a criminal review appeal.

First off I would like to state that I know the court is sort a member so if they cannot come to a decision on this question I am fine with them deferring to a latter date. I just ask that they inform me about that.

The criminal code uses "Any person" when defining crimes, so does this language include people who are non-residents of Lazarus at the time the crime was committed, and therefore not under the jurisdiction Lazarus? That is to say, can non-residents be charged with crimes in Lazarus?

Thanks,
-Dom.

Quote:

Court Reform Amendment (October 2020)
 
Proposed by: @Debussy

Section 1. Amendment of the Twelfth Mandate of Lazarus

(1) The relevant section of Article V. of the Twelfth Mandate of Lazarus as currently written, reads:

[Table][cell]

(2) Justices will serve until resignation, removal from office by the Assembly, or automatic removal from office. Justices may not serve in any other office while serving as Justices.

[/cell][/table]

(2) The amended section of Article V. of the Twelfth Mandate of Lazarus shall read:

[Table][cell]

(2) Justices will serve until resignation, removal from office by the Assembly, or automatic removal from office. While serving, Justices may not serve in any other office but Councillor for the Council on Lazarene Security.

[/cell][/table]

Quote:

Criminal Procedure Act Amendment (October 2020)

Proposed By: @"New Rogernomics"

Preamble

This act defines the procedure by which the Court shall conduct Criminal Reviews in accordance with Article V Section 7 of the Twelfth Mandate.

Section 1. Petitioning the Court

(1) Petitions to conduct a Criminal Review shall:

a. be submitted to the Court in a public area,
b. identify a Defendant,
c. identify the crimes the Defendant is alleged to have committed and
d. include evidence and commentary thereof in support of the allegations.

(2) The Court shall consider the petition for three days before deciding whether to conduct a Criminal Review by two-thirds vote.

(3) Upon two or more justices deciding to conduct a Criminal Review, the Court shall immediately serve notice upon both the Plaintiff and the Defendant that a Criminal Review has begun and refer them to this document.

Section 2. Criminal Reviews

(1) Criminal Reviews shall be conducted in a public area.

(2) Once the Criminal Review has begun:

a. the Defendant shall be granted seven days to present evidence in their defence and commentary on all evidence submitted to the Court thus far
b. then the Plaintiff shall be granted four days to present further evidence and commentary on all evidence submitted to the Court thus far. After this, the Criminal Review will conclude.

(3) The Plaintiff and the Defendant may each be represented by another person who they may identify at any time. Each of them may be represented by only one person at any given time.

(4) Criminal reviews shall only require two justices to hear a case, except in the case of a criminal review appeal.

Section 3. Criminal Review Appeals

(1) Criminal Review appeals shall be conducted in a public area, with the same procedure as a Criminal Review.

(2) Criminal Review appeals shall be conducted with all three justices, and shall be the final court judgement on a case.

(3) Criminal Review appeals may be dismissed by all three justices if they hold there are no grounds for a criminal review appeal.

Shareholders of Lazarus,

The bill "Amendment to the Assembly Procedure Act (September 2020)", reprinted below, has been motioned to vote and seconded. The discussion thread can be found here.

As per Assembly Procedure Act 1.5, this vote will last for 5 days, ending on October 6th, 2020 at 3:40 PM EST. Citizens may vote "Aye" or "For," "Nay" or "Against," or "Abstain" or "Present".

Quote:

Amendment to the Assembly Procedure Act (September 2020)

Proposed by @Domais

Section 1. Amendment to the Assembly Procedure Act

The relevant section of the Assembly Procedure Act, as currently written reads:

[table][cell]

Section 4. Legislative Formatting

(1) Unless otherwise noted, legislation brought to vote in the Assembly will be formatted as follows:

Quote:

Example Title

Proposed by:

Additional credit to:

This is an example of an additional credit section. It should not exceed 5 people. Credit sections are optional.

Preamble

This is an example of a preamble. It should not exceed 50 words. Preambles are optional.

Section 1. Example Section Title

(1) This is an example of a subsection.

(2) This is an example of another subsection.

a. This is an example of a subparagraph.
b. This is an example of another subparagraph.

(2) The forum name of the author will be provided in the "Proposed by:" section of a proposal. In the event that the author's forum name changes, the Assembly Speaker may amend a law to reflect the author's new forum name.

(3) Following enactment of a proposal, the Assembly Speaker will append the month and year of enactment to the proposal's title.

(4) An optional preamble for a proposal will not exceed fifty words.

(5) An optional credit section for a proposal will not exceed five people.

(6) Unless otherwise noted, all amendments brought to vote in the Assembly will be formatted as legislation, and the amendments therein will be marked up so as to clearly delineate the changes being made.

(7) Only general laws and constitutional laws will be subject to formatting for legislation, but all amendments will be subject to mark-up.

(8) The Assembly Speaker will not open a vote on a proposal that has not been properly formatted and/or marked up in the judgment of the Assembly Speaker, and no motion to vote on such an unconforming bill will be recognized, until the proposal has been properly formatted and/or marked up.

[/cell][/table]

The relevant section of the Assembly Procedure Act, as amended will read:

[table][cell]

Section 4. Legislative Formatting

(1) Unless otherwise noted, legislation brought to vote in the Assembly will be formatted as follows:

Code:

[quote]
[align=center][size=large]Example Title[/size]

[size=small]Proposed by:[/size][/align]

[align=left][b]Additional credit to:[/b]

This is an example of an additional credit section. It should not exceed 5 people. Credit sections are optional.

[b]Preamble[/b]

This is an example of a preamble. It should not exceed 50 words. Preambles are optional.

[b]Section 1. Example Section Title[/b]

(1) This is an example of a subsection.

(2) This is an example of another subsection.

a. This is an example of a subparagraph.
b. This is an example of another subparagraph.[/quote][/align]

Quote:

Example Title

Proposed by:

Additional credit to:

This is an example of an additional credit section. It should not exceed 5 people. Credit sections are optional.

Preamble

This is an example of a preamble. It should not exceed 50 words. Preambles are optional.

Section 1. Example Section Title

(1) This is an example of a subsection.

(2) This is an example of another subsection.

a. This is an example of a subparagraph.
b. This is an example of another subparagraph.

The code block is only presented as an aid and the quote below it will be considered the official formatting.

(2) The forum name of the author will be provided in the "Proposed by:" section of a proposal. In the event that the author's forum name changes, the Assembly Speaker may amend a law to reflect the author's new forum name.

(3) Following the enactment of a proposal, the Assembly Speaker will append the month and year of enactment to the proposal's title.

(4) An optional preamble for a proposal will not exceed fifty words.

(5) An optional credit section for a proposal will not exceed five people.

(6) Unless otherwise noted, all amendments brought to vote in the Assembly will be formatted as legislation, and the amendments therein will be marked up so as to clearly delineate the changes being made.

(7) Only general laws and constitutional laws will be subject to formatting for legislation, but all amendments will be subject to mark-up.

(8) The Assembly Speaker will not open a vote on a proposal that has not been properly formatted and/or marked up in the judgment of the Assembly Speaker, and no motion to vote on such a nonconforming bill will be recognized until the proposal has been properly formatted and/or marked up.[/cell][/table]

Quote:

Discretionary Powers Act (October 2020)

Proposed by: @Domais

Section 1. Constitutional Status

(1) This act will bear Constitutional Status and will be subject to the voting thresholds thereof.

Section 2. Application

(1) The powers enumerated herein will not apply to any law holding Constitutional Status nor the Mandate of Lazarus.

Section 3. Discretionary Powers

(1) The Speaker may rectify any formatting inconsistencies of passed legislation, including:

a. Legislation which is not in compliance with any of the rules for the formatting thereof,
b. Numbering inconsistencies within any legislation,
c. Inconsistencies with BBcode of any legislation,
d. Any other change that may be reasonably deemed to be categorized as an issue with the formatting of any legislation.

(2) The Speaker may rectify any minor grammatical and spelling inconsistencies of passed legislation.

(3) The Speaker may substitute any terms that may be reasonably deemed outdated in terms of the Laws of Lazarus with an updated term.

Section 4. Promulgation and the right of Veto

(1) The Speaker must publicly promulgate any use of powers enumerated herein within 24 hours thereof.

(2) If any Citizen tables a motion to Overturn the decision of the Speaker and another Citizen seconds the relevant motion, then the relevant use of the powers enumerated herein will be rendered unenforceable pending a vote in the Assembly;

a. The relevant vote can be held after a minimum discussion period of 3 days, but will be held after a period of 7 days,
b. The vote will last for 5 days and if the nays outnumber the yeas then the relevant use of the powers enumerated herein will be repealed.

Section 5. Delegation of powers

(1) The Speaker may not delegate the use of the powers enumerated herein to their deputies or any other person.

Section 6. Definitions

(1) "Outdated term" - Any word or phrase that has been rendered obsolete by new legislation.

Quote:

Amendment to the Assembly Procedure Act (September 2020)

Proposed by @Domais

Section 1. Amendment to the Assembly Procedure Act

The relevant section of the Assembly Procedure Act, as currently written reads:

[table][cell]

Section 4. Legislative Formatting

(1) Unless otherwise noted, legislation brought to vote in the Assembly will be formatted as follows:

Quote:

Example Title

Proposed by:

Additional credit to:

This is an example of an additional credit section. It should not exceed 5 people. Credit sections are optional.

Preamble

This is an example of a preamble. It should not exceed 50 words. Preambles are optional.

Section 1. Example Section Title

(1) This is an example of a subsection.

(2) This is an example of another subsection.

a. This is an example of a subparagraph.
b. This is an example of another subparagraph.

(2) The forum name of the author will be provided in the "Proposed by:" section of a proposal. In the event that the author's forum name changes, the Assembly Speaker may amend a law to reflect the author's new forum name.

(3) Following enactment of a proposal, the Assembly Speaker will append the month and year of enactment to the proposal's title.

(4) An optional preamble for a proposal will not exceed fifty words.

(5) An optional credit section for a proposal will not exceed five people.

(6) Unless otherwise noted, all amendments brought to vote in the Assembly will be formatted as legislation, and the amendments therein will be marked up so as to clearly delineate the changes being made.

(7) Only general laws and constitutional laws will be subject to formatting for legislation, but all amendments will be subject to mark-up.

(8) The Assembly Speaker will not open a vote on a proposal that has not been properly formatted and/or marked up in the judgment of the Assembly Speaker, and no motion to vote on such an unconforming bill will be recognized, until the proposal has been properly formatted and/or marked up.

[/cell][/table]

The relevant section of the Assembly Procedure Act, as amended will read:

[table][cell]

Section 4. Legislative Formatting

(1) Unless otherwise noted, legislation brought to vote in the Assembly will be formatted as follows:

Code:

[quote]
[align=center][size=large]Example Title[/size]

[size=small]Proposed by:[/size][/align]

[align=left][b]Additional credit to:[/b]

This is an example of an additional credit section. It should not exceed 5 people. Credit sections are optional.

[b]Preamble[/b]

This is an example of a preamble. It should not exceed 50 words. Preambles are optional.

[b]Section 1. Example Section Title[/b]

(1) This is an example of a subsection.

(2) This is an example of another subsection.

a. This is an example of a subparagraph.
b. This is an example of another subparagraph.[/quote][/align]

Quote:

Example Title

Proposed by:

Additional credit to:

This is an example of an additional credit section. It should not exceed 5 people. Credit sections are optional.

Preamble

This is an example of a preamble. It should not exceed 50 words. Preambles are optional.

Section 1. Example Section Title

(1) This is an example of a subsection.

(2) This is an example of another subsection.

a. This is an example of a subparagraph.
b. This is an example of another subparagraph.

The code block is only presented as an aid and the quote below it will be considered the official formatting.

(2) The forum name of the author will be provided in the "Proposed by:" section of a proposal. In the event that the author's forum name changes, the Assembly Speaker may amend a law to reflect the author's new forum name.

(3) Following the enactment of a proposal, the Assembly Speaker will append the month and year of enactment to the proposal's title.

(4) An optional preamble for a proposal will not exceed fifty words.

(5) An optional credit section for a proposal will not exceed five people.

(6) Unless otherwise noted, all amendments brought to vote in the Assembly will be formatted as legislation, and the amendments therein will be marked up so as to clearly delineate the changes being made.

(7) Only general laws and constitutional laws will be subject to formatting for legislation, but all amendments will be subject to mark-up.

(8) The Assembly Speaker will not open a vote on a proposal that has not been properly formatted and/or marked up in the judgment of the Assembly Speaker, and no motion to vote on such a nonconforming bill will be recognized until the proposal has been properly formatted and/or marked up.[/cell][/table]