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{{Infobox law
|enacted_by=Referendum
|submitted=August 7, 2011
|approved=August 7, 2011
|referendum=August 11, 2011
}}

==Text==
#Criminal Charges{{List|style type=lower-alpha|The Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Regional Security may bring criminal charges against any person.|If charges are brought, the Chief Justice will decide whether to hold a trial.|If the Chief Justice decides not to hold a trial, the same charges may not be brought against the same person again.|No charges may be brought if sixteen weeks have passed since the alleged offense was detected.}}
#Arrests{{List|style type=lower-alpha|The Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Regional Security may arrest persons suspected of criminal offenses.|If an arrest is made, criminal charges will be presented to the Chief Justice.|If no charges are presented within one week or the Chief Justice decides not to hold a trial, the arrested will be freed.}}
#Filing of Suits{{List|style type=lower-alpha|Any person or private organization may bring a suit against a private person or organization, or a public official or office.|The Chief Justice will choose whether to try cases based on their opinion of the importance and validity of the suit.}}
#Selection of Attorneys{{List|style type=lower-alpha|Attorneys will be chosen before the start of a trial.|In criminal cases, the Ministry of Justice will provide an attorney to the defense if they request it or do not choose an attorney.|Anyone may represent themselves.|No more than one week will be allowed for the selection of attorneys.|The Chief Justice may dismiss any attorney who ignores judicial procedure and order a new one to be chosen.}}
#Recusal of Justices{{List|style type=lower-alpha|Any justice may choose to recuse themselves.|An attorney may request that a justice be recused. If a justice refuses a request for recusal, the other justices of the Court may force their recusal by a majority vote.|If the Chief Justice is recused, they will appoint an associate justice Acting Chief Justice for the trial.|Any recusals will occur before the start of the trial.}}
#Scheduling Trials.{{List|style type=lower-alpha|The Chief Justice will confer with the prosecution and defense separately about when they will be able to hold a trial. The Chief Justice will then confer with the Court and decide a time and date for the trial.|During a trial an attorney may ask that the trial to be recessed and resumed later. The Chief Justice will grant or deny such requests at their discretion.|If a trial is recessed or not concluded at the end of the chosen time and date, a new time and date when the trial may resume will be chosen.}}
#Evidence and Testimony{{List|style type=lower-alpha|Evidence and witness testimony will be presented to the Chief Justice before the trial.|The Chief Justice will share all evidence and testimony with both sides before the trial.|The Chief Justice may bar irrelevant or inappropriately obtained evidence or testimony.|The Chief Justice may order evidence or testimony to be provided at the request of an attorney.|Witnesses will deliver their own testimony.|The prosecution and defense may question any witness called by the other.}}
#Presentation of Cases{{List|style type=lower-alpha|The prosecution and defense will both be given time to present their cases and rebuttals.|Justices may question any attorney or witness.}}
#Deliberation{{List|style type=lower-alpha|Deliberations will be conducted in private.|Justices who were not present for the trial will be provided with a transcript of the trial.|If the Court finds for the prosecution, the Court will decide upon appropriate punishments or remedies.|A justice of the Chief Justice's choosing will author a statement of the Court's reasoning.|If the Court does not issue a decision within one week of a trial's conclusion, the Court will vote on the verdict immediately.}}
#Retrials{{List|style type=lower-alpha|No case may be brought before the Court a second time without new evidence.|If new evidence is found, a request to hold a retrial may be submitted to the Chief Justice by either side.|A retrial may be called by the prosecution only within six weeks of the end of the original trial.|The Chief Justice will decide whether to hold a retrial based on the importance and validity of the new evidence presented.|If the Chief Justice decides to hold a retrial, a new trial will be started.}}
#Obstruction of Justice{{List|style type=lower-alpha|No attorney or witness may knowingly present false evidence or false testimony|No person may refuse an order of the Chief Justice to appear before the Court or to provide evidence or testimony.|No person may refuse to comply to any punishments or remedies issued by the Court.}}

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