Bill: Proposed Frisk & Bail Act

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Author: Phoenix Flamesong, Citizen
Sponsor: Siege Stormbringer, MP
Type: Act of Parliament

A
BILL
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Establish Frisking & Bail​

Preamble: With the increase of crime in Azalea, the ability to search criminals and the ability to post bail becomes more and more necessary. This act will establish frisking and bail guidelines.

1. Short Title
(a) This bill shall be referred to as “The Frisk & Bail Act”.
(b) This bill was authored by Phoenix Flamesong.

2. Definitions
(a) “Frisking” shall be defined as the act of searching a potential criminal with a search warrant in order to attempt to find prohibited items.
(b) “Accused Citizen” shall be defined as any citizen accused of but not convicted of a crime whether its through summary judgement or a court of law.
(c) “Criminal” shall be defined as any citizen convicted of a crime, whether it’s through summary judgement or a court of law.
(d) “Prohibited Items” shall be defined as any object that is illegal for a citizen to possess, unless they have the proper certification or reason.

3. Frisk Warrants
(a) Frisk warrant requests shall be submitted by police officers to Ministry leadership (the Deputy Minister or Minister), with evidence attached. These requests should be reviewed within a 48 hour time span.
(b) Frisk warrants shall allow police officers to frisk the individual(s) named by the warrant, if authorized.
(c) Warrants should not be approved based solely on one individual’s eyewitness testimony alone. Multiple corroborating reports, however, may be utilized.
(d) Warrants only authorize one frisk per individual named in the warrant. If illegal substances are discovered, the officer may immediately arrest the individual for Trafficking of Prohibited Items, with the punishment enacted accordingly without requiring a trial.

4. Prohibited Items
(a) Prohibited items are to be set by the Minister of Justice, posted publicly.
(b) When a new prohibited item added to the list, it must be announced publicly and parliament must be alerted.
There is a 72 hour grace period that must be given to allow for citizens to dispose of/turn in any prohibited items that they may possess.
(c) If sometime during the 72 hour period a member of parliament find that the minister of justice is overstepping and/or an item that was proposed shouldn’t be on the list, a vote to veto can be called. If a veto vote is called, the grace period is considered paused. Should the veto pass, then the item is no longer able to be considered for the prohibited item list for the next 4 months. If the item fails the veto, then the grace period is resumed for another 48 hours, after which the item will be considered prohibited.
(d) The MoJ can grant exemptions to prohibited items (ex. police items are prohibited to all but police officers).
(e) Parliament can hold a vote to remove an item from the prohibited item list at any time.
(f) Should parliament not be in session, the MOJ still has the right to propose an item to the prohibited item list, and the cabinet is allowed to host a veto vote, following the same rules as parliament.

5. Bail
(a) If a criminal is arrested, they are allowed to post bail at the cost of $1 per second they have remaining on their sentence.
(b) Should a criminal post bail, their sentence is considered served in full.
(c) Should a citizen found formally to be a criminal but later it was determined they were falsely convicted, they shall be granted reparations $1 per second served on the false charge.

6. Enactment: This Act comes into force immediately upon passage.