Civil Code Act 2021

[b][u]Article I – Definitions[/u][/b]
[list=1][*]Banishment shall be defined as being banned from the region and Discord.
[*]Confidential information shall be defined as any information pertaining to regional security.
[*]Ejection shall be defined as being ejected from the region and Discord.
[*]Impeachment means being stripped of one or more government and government staff offices.[/list]

[b][u]Article II – Civil Offences[/u][/b]
[u]Chapter I – Harassment[/u]
[list=1][*]Harassment shall be defined as:
[list=a][*]Unwanted publication and circulation of content of a pornographic or sexual nature towards any citizen; or
[*]Pressuring any citizen to share content of a pornographic or sexual nature; or
[*]Intentionally attempting to make another citizen’s experience in the region uncomfortable in any other way.[/list]
[*]The maximum penalty shall be the revocation of citizenship for two months from the date that the sentence is handed down.[/list]

[u]Chapter II – Court Partiality[/u]
[list=1][*]Court Partiality shall be defined as:
[list=a][*]Any provable bias by a praetor.[/list]
[*]For the purposes of section 1, subsection a, praetor includes the Primus Praetor.
[*]The maximum penalty shall be banishment.  If the praetor is not banished, they shall be impeached.[/list]

[u]Chapter III – False Legal Accusations[/u]
[list=1][*]False Legal Accusations shall be defined as:
[list=a][*]Intentionally charging a person with a crime that the person doing the accusing knows they are not guilty of.[/list]
[*]The maximum penalty shall be impeachment.[/list]

[u]Chapter IV - Slander [/u]
[list=1][*]Slander shall be defined as:
[list=a][*]Making a false accusation against someone in a way not covered under Chapter III, with the intention of damaging their reputation or credibility.[/list]
[*]The maximum penalty shall be impeachment.[/list]

[u]Chapter V – Breach of Confidentiality[/u]
[list=1][*]Breach of Confidentiality shall be defined as:
[list=a][*]A breach of privacy by sharing private messages without the consent of all parties involved.[/list]
[*]Section 1 does not include the crimes covered under the Criminal Code Act 2021 Article II, Chapter II, section 1, subsection d, and Article III, Chapter I, section 1.
[*]The protections found in Article VIII, section 11 of the Constitution apply to section 1.[/list]

[u]Chapter VI – Discrimination[/u]
[list=1][*]Discrimination shall be defined as:
[list=a][*]Any intentional discrimination that is without reasonable grounds.[/list]
[*]An example of reasonable grounds is refusing to appoint someone to a specific position due to a conflict of interest.
[*]The maximum penalty shall be the revocation of citizenship for no more than two months from the day that the sentence is handed down.[/list]

[b][u]Article III – Miscellaneous[/u][/b]
[u]Chapter I – The Applicability of Mens Rea[/u]
[list=1][*]The common law principle of mens rea does not apply in the Freedom Isles.  The exception to this is intention is explicitly included as an element of an offence.[/list]

[u]Chapter II – Hierarchy of Penalties[/u]
[list=1][*]The hierarchy of penalties includes the following in the order listed:
[list=a][*]Banishment.
[*]Ejection.
[*]Revocation of citizenship.
[*]Impeachment.
[*]Warning.[/list][/list]

[u]Chapter III – Magistracy to Consider Past Convictions as Aggravating Factors[/u]
[list=1][*]When considering what sentence to hand down, the Magistracy has the ability to consider any past convictions that a person has received as aggravating factors.[/list]

[b]Signed;[/b]
[font=cursive]Allangaria Isles[/font]
[b]President of The Freedom Isles[/b]