Criminal Code

Criminal Code
Jurisdiction	Taijitu
Enacted by	Senate of Taijitu
Introduced	January 08, 2012
Vote	January 08, 2012
Signed	January 11, 2012
Repealed	June 20, 2014
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Preamble

This act will establish certain criminal offenses and punishments for them.

Section 1: Misdemeanors

1. A misdemeanor will be any criminal act which does not immediately threaten regional security.
2. Any person who commits a misdemeanor may not be permanently banned as punishment for it unless they have a preexisting criminal record.
3. The following will be considered misdemeanors:
   1. Impersonating any private person;
   2. Distributing the private materials of any person, including chat logs, internet protocol addresses and email addresses, without their permission;
   3. Altering the personal information of any person, including avatars, user-names, signatures, posts and post counts, without their permission.

Section 2: Felonies

1. A felony will be any criminal act which immediately threatens regional security.
2. Any person who commits a felony may be permanently banned as punishment for it.
3. The following will be considered felonies:
   1. Providing false information to the Government;
   2. Impersonating a government official or member of the armed forces;
   3. Distributing classified materials without the permission of the Delegate;
   4. Seizing the in-game delegacy when not serving as Delegate;
   5. Distributing false information about any election, petition or referendum, including times, places, methods, candidates, signatures and results;
   6. Violating the rules of NationStates or the Regional Forums' terms of use.

Section 3: Conspiracy

1. Planning, attempting or abetting a criminal act or coercing another to commit one will be considered the same as committing it.

Section 4: Exceptions

1. No person will be considered guilty of any criminal act they were coerced to commit.
2. No act permitted or required by law will be considered criminal.