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Author: Dogan Karaca (DK3458), Member of Parliament; Iturgen Bolir (jotoho), Citizen
Sponsor: N/A
Type: Act of Parliament
A
BILL
TO
DETER MPS FROM COMMITTING CRIMES
Preamble: This bill intends to deter MPs from committing crimes and impose reasonable sanctions if they do.
1. Naming and Author
(a) This bill shall be named the Upstanding MPs Act
(b) This bill was authored by Dogan Karaca and Iturgen Bolir.
2. Sanctions
(a) If a Member of Parliament, through the performance of criminal activities, meets the requirements for a sanction as defined in this Act, the Speaker of Parliament shall be informed by the Ministry of Justice about the recent criminal behaviour.
(b) Sanctions on MPs may be imposed by Parliament in the form of Suspension.
(c) Suspension under this Act may not exceed one week per sanction.
(d) For a crime to be countable for sanctions under this Act, the perpetrator must have admitted to the deed or been found guilty by the Judiciary.
(e) Crimes committed while Parliament is dissolved or in a previous term cannot be cause for sanctions.
(f) If a Member of Parliament ceases to be a Member of Parliament for any reason, all pending sanctions against them are invalidated.
(g) For the purposes of this Act, a calendar week shall be defined as an interval from one Monday to the next Monday, starting and ending at 00:00 UTC.
(h) For each offense category in section 3, crimes shall count towards a shared pool. For example, a sanction will still be incurred if, in a category requiring two violations, one violation each for two listed types of crime are committed.
3. Offenses
(a) The following Crimes shall always be sanctionable:
(i) Corruption
(ii) Bribery
(iii) Obstruction of Justice
(iv) Criminal Fraud
(v) Both Types of Electoral Fraud
(vi) Undermining Democracy
(b) The following Crimes shall be sanctionable on every third violation in a calendar week:
(i) Bank Robbery
(ii) Trafficking of Prohibited Items
(iii) Selling of Prohibited Items
(c) The following Crimes shall be sanctionable on every fifth violation in a calendar week:
(i) Murder
(d) The following Crimes shall be sanctionable on every fifteenth violation in a calendar week:
(i) Theft
(ii) Trespassing
(iii) Assault
4. Enforcement
(a) The Speaker will review the notice from the Ministry of Justice and if they detect no obvious error, will then begin a vote on the sanction of the MP. In case multiple sanctions for the same MP have accumulated, the Speaker may choose to bundle them in a combined vote.
(b) Parliament shall vote on how long to suspend the Member of Parliament. Among those durations, the longest length that has a simple majority of votes voting in favor of it or a longer suspension, shall be the one enforced. If no length has the support of a simple majority of votes or if no votes have been submitted, the vote to sanction shall be considered failed.
(c) Suspensions issued pursuant to this Act can be ended prematurely via a motion in Parliament. Suspended members may not make this motion on their own behalf. If a motion to end suspension fails, it may not be made again for that MP in the next 48 hours.
(d) Parliamentary Procedure Act subsection 15.vii does not apply to Suspensions issued under this Act.
(c) Suspensions issued for multiple sanctions shall directly follow one another.
Enactment: This Act shall come into Force immediately upon passage and ratification.
Sponsor: N/A
Type: Act of Parliament
A
BILL
TO
DETER MPS FROM COMMITTING CRIMES
Preamble: This bill intends to deter MPs from committing crimes and impose reasonable sanctions if they do.
1. Naming and Author
(a) This bill shall be named the Upstanding MPs Act
(b) This bill was authored by Dogan Karaca and Iturgen Bolir.
2. Sanctions
(a) If a Member of Parliament, through the performance of criminal activities, meets the requirements for a sanction as defined in this Act, the Speaker of Parliament shall be informed by the Ministry of Justice about the recent criminal behaviour.
(b) Sanctions on MPs may be imposed by Parliament in the form of Suspension.
(c) Suspension under this Act may not exceed one week per sanction.
(d) For a crime to be countable for sanctions under this Act, the perpetrator must have admitted to the deed or been found guilty by the Judiciary.
(e) Crimes committed while Parliament is dissolved or in a previous term cannot be cause for sanctions.
(f) If a Member of Parliament ceases to be a Member of Parliament for any reason, all pending sanctions against them are invalidated.
(g) For the purposes of this Act, a calendar week shall be defined as an interval from one Monday to the next Monday, starting and ending at 00:00 UTC.
(h) For each offense category in section 3, crimes shall count towards a shared pool. For example, a sanction will still be incurred if, in a category requiring two violations, one violation each for two listed types of crime are committed.
3. Offenses
(a) The following Crimes shall always be sanctionable:
(i) Corruption
(ii) Bribery
(iii) Obstruction of Justice
(iv) Criminal Fraud
(v) Both Types of Electoral Fraud
(vi) Undermining Democracy
(b) The following Crimes shall be sanctionable on every third violation in a calendar week:
(i) Bank Robbery
(ii) Trafficking of Prohibited Items
(iii) Selling of Prohibited Items
(c) The following Crimes shall be sanctionable on every fifth violation in a calendar week:
(i) Murder
(d) The following Crimes shall be sanctionable on every fifteenth violation in a calendar week:
(i) Theft
(ii) Trespassing
(iii) Assault
4. Enforcement
(a) The Speaker will review the notice from the Ministry of Justice and if they detect no obvious error, will then begin a vote on the sanction of the MP. In case multiple sanctions for the same MP have accumulated, the Speaker may choose to bundle them in a combined vote.
(b) Parliament shall vote on how long to suspend the Member of Parliament. Among those durations, the longest length that has a simple majority of votes voting in favor of it or a longer suspension, shall be the one enforced. If no length has the support of a simple majority of votes or if no votes have been submitted, the vote to sanction shall be considered failed.
(c) Suspensions issued pursuant to this Act can be ended prematurely via a motion in Parliament. Suspended members may not make this motion on their own behalf. If a motion to end suspension fails, it may not be made again for that MP in the next 48 hours.
(d) Parliamentary Procedure Act subsection 15.vii does not apply to Suspensions issued under this Act.
(c) Suspensions issued for multiple sanctions shall directly follow one another.
Enactment: This Act shall come into Force immediately upon passage and ratification.