Fixed-Penalty and Policing Act, 1768

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ACT OF THE IMPERIAL DIET

 

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The Fixed-Penalty Act, 1768

4^th of Godfreys’ Triumph

Introduced in the Commons.

Passed through the House of Commons in the Fifteen Session of the Imperial Diet.

 

 

AYE

MAY

NAPIER

AMADOR

STAFYR

BARCLAY

BASRID

KAROLY

ELENDIL

BARUCH

D’ARKENT

D’ARYN

 

PRESENT

ADLER

GRAY

 

ABSENT

AMADOR

RUTHERN

 

An Act to make provision for the creation of penalty notices and to ensure immediate justice to minor offences; to make provision on the rights of the Imperial State Army to issue penalties on acts of civil disorder; to make provision for the role of the courts in relation to these matters.

 

 

SECTION I: PENALTY NOTICES

 

1. Fixed-penalty notices shall be introduced and relevant constabulary authorities given an expansion of power to issue on-the-spot fines for minor crimes (infractions of the Orenian Revised Code), which shall be established as:
   1. disorderly behaviour in a public place;
   2. theft;
   3. destroying or damaging property;
   4. trespassing on government property;
   5. trespassing on private property;
   6. behaviour likely to cause injury;
   7. obstructing interrogating authorities.
2. The Ministry of Justice may amend this list, with approval from the House of Commons.

 

SECTION II: APPLICATION OF NOTICES

 

1. Any member of the ISA, constabulary, or provincial authorities, who has reason to suspect an individual has committed an offence eligible for fixed-penalty, may issue an on-the-spot fine.
2. The notice will be given at the spot of the offence or at a relevant facility, and will be recorded in writing.
3. If penalty notice is paid, the individual is released from further criminal liability.
4. A penalty notice must:
   1. state the offence;
   2. give detail of the circumstances around the event;
   3. state the amount of the penalty;
   4. state to whom the penalty must be paid to;
   5. inform the individual of their right to be tried for the offence.
5. The amount payable may be specified by the Ministry of Justice but it must not exceed half of the maximum fine in which an individual is liable to on the conviction of the offence at trial.
6. The penalty must be paid to a designated officer, who will be specified in the notice.
7. The fines collected by the Imperial Constabulary and ISA shall be transferred to the Offices of the Solicitor-General and Minister of War respectively.
   1. The fines may be allocated for any relevant expense, as the office deems necessary.

 

SECTION III: RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL

 

1. An individual may decline to pay a fine and instead request court proceedings are brought against them.
2. The request to be tried must be given when the penalty is initially issued.
3. If the fine has not been paid by the period stated at the time of the notice, then the individual may have further charges filed against them.

 

Introduced by Amadeus d’Aryn MHC on the 7th of Horen’s Calling, 1768

Cosponsored by Farooq Gray, MHC.

 

Issued and proclaimed,

Peter III, by the grace of GOD Holy Orenian Emperor, forever August, King of Renatus, Curon, Salvus, and Seventis, King-Elect of Kaedrin, Prince of Malinor, Grand Duke of Ves, Duke of Lorraine and Roden, Baron of Sedan, Vitzburg and Sedai, Protector of the Heartlanders, Highlanders, and Farfolk, etcetera.