Statute Law Revision Act 2023

Statute Law Revision Act 2023

Explanatory notes

1. The primary aims of this law are as follows:
   1. Firstly, it seeks to establish an independent statutory body called the Archives Commission to replace the Department of Archives, giving it powers to appoint archivists and powers to regulate its own procedures and operation.
   2. Secondly, to recognise the tireless effort by Secretary Name (to be Chief Archivist Name), who was commended in March 2023 for their efforts, the law seeks to officially name the archives after them: the Secretary Name National Archives.
   3. Thirdly, it seeks to standardise formatting across all legislation – including Acts of Senate, constitutional amendments, and executive orders. The Archives Commission will be directed to standardise all existing laws accordingly.
   4. Fourthly, it seeks to revise the statute law and executive orders of SimDemocracy as its current state is completely disorganised.
2. This law aims to revise the statute law and executive orders of SimDemocracy by doing the following:
   1. Restatement – Statutes and executive orders passed prior to the passage of this law will be restated, i.e. put in two big tables in the appendices of this law and given new names. Any laws not restated will be considered repealed. Restatement is necessary because it allows us to have a single authoritative source of the existing law. We do not currently have this because the National Archives are out of date and laws are scattered in Discord threads, Reddit posts, Google Docs, and voting posts.
   2. Repeal – Laws which are not necessary, can be consolidated into others, are spent (i.e. have used up their function and are no longer needed), and those which are unenforceable will be repealed.
   3. Consolidation – Statutes and executive orders will be consolidated where possible to reduce the number of laws in effect.
   4. Simplification – Where necessary and possible, laws will be simplified to allow easier understanding and enforcement of them.
3. Save for the above archive and legislative formatting reforms, the aim of this law is to make as little substantive changes to the law as possible. Nevertheless, revision will inevitably lead to legally substantive changes. For full transparency purposes and to summarise, these are:
   1. Per the policies of the current and former administration, all laws regarding the economy, military, and SimUnion are repealed;
   2. Duties of the National Archives to record every bribe and every meme uploaded in SimDemocracy’s subreddit and Discord server are abolished;
   3. SD’s official pride flag referendum (which wasn’t even held) to be abolished and SD’s official pride flag is to be the one submitted by President katy;
   4. Criminal Code 2020
      1. Definition of fraudulent voter registration made stricter to avoid criminal liability for accidental re-registration;
      2. Unlawful use of alt accounts on the Discord (Alt Ban Act 2023) and voice chat disruption (POWER Act 2023) to be made minor, ticketable criminal offences;
      3. Ticketable offences to be clearly defined in the Criminal Code with abuse of perms (Art 30) and public misinformation (Art 31) being also made ticketable, along with the original offences under the POWER Act;
      4. The definitions of the offences under Part 11 of the Criminal Code have been redefined to be more simple to understand (violation of privacy, doxxing, harassment, hate speech, making criminal threats, blackmail, and abuse of vulnerability), codifying previous case law where necessary;
      5. Punishments for accidental and malicious doxxing have been increased (accidental being 6+ months, malicious is mandatory perm ban). Accidental doxxing where the person legally had access to the data, acted in good faith throughout, deleted the doxxing message ASAP, disclosed to SDBI and the victims will have mitigating circumstances (and punishment is a mute/ban of 1 month to 1 year, with up to a lifetime ban of any office that allows them access to personal data);
      6. Making threats to doxx while having access (or claiming access) to personal data is now made its own criminal offence with a perm ban;
      7. Rebuttable presumptions of *mens rea *(i.e. intention) introduced for doxxing, harassment, hate speech, making criminal threats, and abuse of vulnerability. Rebuttable presumptions are taken as true unless proven false on the balance of probabilities;
   5. Civil Code 2020
      1. Financial damage provisions are inoperable when there is no economy;
      2. All torts shall have public apology and court injunction/order as a remedy unless explicitly specified otherwise in the Code or in common law;
      3. Codification of uncompensated expropriation and breach of police brutality (which existed as common law torts) and breach of civil rights (Federal Protection Claims Act 2022) into the Civil Code;
      4. Complicated procedure in Federal Protection Claims Act 2022 replaced with just a standard tort so people can immediately go to court without filing of additional tons of paperwork;
      5. Contracts have been redefined to only require offer, acceptance, and intention to be contractually bound. All provisions regarding judicial certification is removed;
   6. The executive
      1. Presidential line of succession slightly modified to remove the then Secretary of the Archives (now Chief Archivist) as they are no longer a member of the executive, and to add the Supervisor of Elections;
      2. Additional clarification made that Executive Orders cannot conflict with the common law;
      3. Codification of the unspoken rule that Executive Officer terms aren’t automatically extinguished on the election of a new President (but the President can, of course, dismiss them at will and replace them with a new Secretary);
      4. SDBI (and anyone with Discord perms more broadly) given powers to suppress civil unrest (the previous law oddly allowed the Chief Justice but not the Discord Supervisor to do so). Such actions are amenable to judicial review by the Inferior Courts;
      5. Department of State explicitly given powers to negotiate partnerships, treaties, and alliances (but cannot ratify on their own);
   7. Supervisors and moderators
      1. Deputy Supervisor and moderator appointment rules are now made uniform for both Reddit and Discord (i.e. Deputy is appointed at will, moderators are appointed by CFC and referendum);
      2. Archives Commission shall now be sent a transcript copy of every archived Discord channel. They can only publicly release transcript copies of private channels after 6 months as long as it does not prejudice national security, violate some other law or the Terms of Service;
      3. The President can block public release of transcripts if they believe it will prejudice national security, violate some other law or ToS on balance of probabilities;
   8. Political parties, communities, and coalitions
      1. Allow parties and communities to regulate their own procedures with internal rules (but in the absence of that, give its leaders absolute power);
      2. Independent candidates can also now form and join coalitions, with or without political parties;
      3. Rules regarding allocation of seats when coalitions win more seats than members on the coalition list have been changed to be RNG based in the event that they can’t collectively decide in 24 hours;
   9. Executive document clearance
      1. The old 2020 system of clearance has been reintroduced, but only for executive documents;
      2. The President (and other executive officials) can’t view prosecution/civil/JR documents against themselves even if they have the necessary clearance;
      3. The Senate now has powers to force declassification by a simple majority vote, along with its old subpoena powers;
      4. Violation of executive clearance laws will now be dealt with standard prosecutions under the Criminal Code as opposed to an ad-hoc tribunal with no powers;
      5. Documents protected by attorney-client privilege are entirely exempt from clearance laws;
      6. Automatic declassification happens 12 months after a document has been drafted or initially possessed (whichever is earlier), but the President may extend deadline within 30 days of the deadline if it will prejudice national security, violate some other law or the Terms of Service on balance of probabilities;
4. For a comprehensive, authoritative, and accurate list of all of the changes, people should refer directly to the legislation.

Part 1: Archives Commission

Article 1: Secretary Name National Archives

§1. In recognition of Secretary Name’s tireless service towards maintaining the National Archives, the official name of the archives shall be the Secretary Name National Archives.

§2. All references to the National Archives in past and future legislation, as well as henceforth in this Act, shall be construed to refer to the Secretary Name National Archives.

§3. The National Archives shall contain, and make publicly available, the following information and its related details:

§3.1. The Constitution of SimDemocracy,

§3.2. Ratified treaties,

§3.3. Statute law,

§3.4. Executive Orders,

§3.5. Case law,

§3.6. A link to the currently administered bar exam, and

§3.7. Any documents or information of public interest, including those of historical, cultural, and educational importance.

Article 2: Archives Commission

§1. The Archives Commission shall be an independent statutory body tasked with maintaining the National Archives.

§2. The Archives Commission shall comprise of the Chief Archivist, which shall serve as its head, and other archivists.

§3. Should the actions or inaction of the Archives Commission under this Act be reviewed by a court, it must consider and give considerable weight to the time, resources, and personnel available to the Archives Commission.

Article 3: Chief Archivist

§1. The appointment and dismissal of the Chief Archivist shall be:

§1.1. Made by the President and,

§1.2. Confirmed by the Senate with a simple majority vote.

§2. The former Secretary of the Archives shall automatically become the Chief Archivist upon the passage of this Act, without additional appointment or confirmation.

§3. The Chief Archivist shall have the power to appoint and dismiss archivists at will.

§4. The Chief Archivist shall have the power to enact, amend, and repeal orders regulating:

§4.1. The internal procedures and operation of the Archives Commission,

§4.2. The archiving priorities of the Archives Commission,

§4.3. What the Archives Commission considers as documents or information of public interest, other than those already protected by law, and

§4.4. Formatting and style guide rules not covered by this Act.

Part 2: Formatting Standards

Article 4: Titles

§1. Bills are proposals made by the Senate. They can either be statutory or constitutional.

§1.1. Statutory bills are to be titled as "[Name of proposal] Bill [Year of proposal]" (e.g. Statute Law Revision Bill 2023).

§1.2. Constitutional bills are to be titled as "[Name of proposal] (Constitutional Amendment) Bill [Year of proposal]" (e.g. Citizenship (Constitutional Amendment) Bill 2023).

§1.3. If a bill shares the same name with an already existing law enacted in the same year, "(No. #)" shall be added to its proposed name (e.g. Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Bill 2023).

§1.4. If a statutory bill’s primary purpose is to amend a specific piece of legislation, "(Amendment)" shall be added before the word “Bill” (e.g. Statute Law Revision (No. 2) (Amendment) Bill 2023).

§1.5. If a statutory bill’s primary purpose is to repeal a specific piece of legislation, "(Repeal)" shall be added before the word “Bill” (e.g. Statute Law Revision (No. 2) (Repeal) Bill 2023).

§2. Once a statutory bill becomes law, the word "Bill" shall be substituted for the word “Act” (e.g. Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 2023).

§2.1. The title of the Act may be modified if the circumstances under §§1.3-1.5 of this Article have changed since its passage.

§3. Once a constitutional bill becomes law, the words "(Constitutional Amendment) Bill" shall be substituted for the word “Amendment” (e.g. Citizenship Amendment 2023).

§4. Executive Orders are to be given a short citation and title.

§4.1. The short citation of an Executive Order is to be formatted as "EO #" (e.g. EO 74), with citation numbers incrementing by one.

§4.2. The title of an Executive Order is to be formatted as "[Name of order] Order [Year of enactment]" (e.g. Economy Select Committee Order 2023).

§4.3. If an Executive Order shares the same name with an already existing Executive Order enacted in the same year, "(No. #)" shall be added to its name (e.g. Economy Select Committee (No. 2) Order 2023).

§4.4. If an Executive Order’s primary purpose is to amend a specific Executive Order, "(Amendment)" shall be added before the word “Order” (e.g. Economy Select Committee (Amendment) Order 2023).

§4.5. If an Executive Order’s primary purpose is to repeal a specific Executive Order, "(Repeal)" shall be added before the word “Order” (e.g. Economy Select Committee (Repeal) Order 2023).

Article 5: Formatting standards

§1. For the purposes of this Act, unless contrary intention is indicated, "legislation" shall refer to bills, Acts of Senate, constitutional amendments, and Executive Orders.

§2. All legislation is to be formatted using Parts (optional), Articles, Sections, Schedules (optional), and Appendices (optional).

§2.1. These parts, articles, sections, schedules, and appendices are hereinafter referred to as "provisions".

§2.2. Schedules, which are primarily used for lists and tables, shall be formatted equivalently to an article.

§2.3. Appendices shall be formatted in the same way as a part, article, or section depending on context.

§2.4. Provisions are to be numbered using the Arabic numeral system (e.g. 1, 2, 3, etc.).

§2.5. Legislation may also contain preambles and explanatory notes which have no legal effect, but which may nevertheless be used by the courts to establish legislative intent.

§3. The repeal of a provision will not adjust the ordering of later provisions and will simply be displayed as "(Repealed)".

§3.1. If an entire section has been repealed, its subsections can be omitted entirely from the text.

§3.2. If an entire article has been repealed, its sections can be omitted entirely from the text.

§4. The procedure for inserting provisions in between existing ones shall be as follows:

§4.1. For adding a provision after a numbered provision (e.g. 3), add letters in alphabetical order (e.g. 3, **3a**, **3b**, 4).

§4.2. For adding a provision before a lettered provision (e.g. 3a), add the letter "z" after the number followed by another letter in alphabetical order (e.g. 3, **3za**, **3zb**, 3a, 3b, 4).

§4.3. For adding a provision before a provision titled under §§4.2-4.3 of this Article, the letter "z" followed by another letter in alphabetical order shall be added accordingly (e.g. 3, **3zza**, **3zzb**, 3za, 3zb, 3a, 3b, 4).

§4.4. For adding a provision after a lettered provision (e.g. 3a) but before another lettered provision (e.g. 3b), add letters in alphabetical order (e.g. 3a, **3aa**, **3ab**, 3b).

§4.5. For adding a provision after a lettered provision (e.g. 3b) but before a numbered provision (e.g. 4), continue adding letters in alphabetical order (e.g. 3b, **3c**, **3d**, 4).

Article 6: Formatting corrections

§1. Unless contrary intention has been explicitly stated to deviate from the formatting standards set under this Act:

§1.1. All legislation previously passed before the passage of this Act shall be edited as necessary by the Archives Commission to be compliant, and

§1.2. All legislation passed after the passage of this Act shall be edited as necessary by the Archives Commission to be compliant, including the assignment of shorter or more appropriate titles if necessary.

§2. Unless context provides for otherwise, all references to existing legislation by this Act shall be referred to as if they were already compliant with these formatting standards.

§2.1. The new legislative titles assigned by this Act shall be considered authoritative.

§3. The Archives Commission shall have the power to correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and referential mistakes in legislation.

§4. The Archives Commission shall construe any validly passed motions, orders, etc. which purport to enact, amend, or repeal legislation as being legislation itself.

§4.1. A motion, order, etc. shall only be considered validly passed if it has gone through the appropriate legislative process as if it were legislation.

§5. The Archives Commission shall have the power to enforce additional formatting and style guide rules set by an order of the Chief Archivist.

Article 7: Repealing, amending, and spent enactments

§1. Where legislation repeals a repealing or amending enactment, the repeal does not revive that enactment unless words are added explicitly reviving it.

§2. Legislation shall be considered repealed as spent if it has entirely exhausted all of its purpose.

§2.1. All statutory and Executive Order amendments and repeals, as well as constitutional amendments, shall be considered as exhausting all of its purpose, unless there are additional provisions within the legislation that are still active.

§3. Individual provisions cannot be considered repealed as spent, only entire pieces of legislation can.

Part 3: Statute Law Revision

Article 8: Restatements

§1. Save for the statutes under Schedule 1 of this Act, all statutes enacted before the 8th July 2023 shall be repealed.

§2. Save for the Executive Orders under Schedule 2 of this Act, all Executive Orders enacted before the 8th July 2023 shall be repealed.

Article 9: Consolidation

§1. The consolidated statutes outlined under Schedule 3 of this Act shall be simultaneously passed into law upon the passage of this Act.

Article 10: Repeals

§1. All statutes and Executive Orders under Schedule 4 of this Act shall be repealed to the extent outlined under that Schedule.

Article 11: General amendments

§1. The general amendments prescribed under Schedule 5 of this Act shall apply to all previous and subsequent legislation.

§2. General amendments can be made under this Article for terms which are substantially similar to those prescribed under Schedule 5 of this Act.

Article 12: Specific amendments

§1. The specific amendments prescribed under Schedule 6 of this Act shall apply to the relevant legislation outlined under that Schedule.

Part 4: Restatements

Schedule 1: Statutory restatements

The following statutes are restated:

• Criminal Code 2020
• Civil Code 2020
• 1st Corrupt Government Act 2022
• Commended Citizens Award Act 2022
• Economy Act 2022
• Executive Orders Act 2022
• Federal Claims Protection Act 2022
• Mod Team Selection Act 2022
• National Archives Act 2022
• Pakistan Flood Relief Fundraiser Act 2022
• Presidential Succession Act 2022
• Active Archival Act 2023
• Alt Ban Act 2023
• Bar Association Act 2023
• Coalition Act 2023
• Discord Channel Preservation Act 2023
• Economic Alliance Charter Act 2023
• Economic Restrictions Act 2023
• Election Procedures Act 2023
• Eminent Domain Act 2023
• Flag Contest Act 2023
• Legal Entities and Blocks Act 2023
• Les Funny Images Act 2023
• New Executive Structures and Powers Act 2023
• Nitro Booster Incentive Program Act 2023
• Numerical Continuity of Elections Act 2023
• POWER Act 2023
• Presidential and Senate Debate Act 2023
• Queerbus Act 2023
• Revised Senate Rules and Procedures Act 2023
• SimUnion Act 2023
• Symbol Correction (Amendment) Act 2023
• Treasured Treasury Act 2023
• Voter Rights Act 2023

Schedule 2: Executive Order restatements

The following Executive Orders have been restated:

Old citation	New citation	Title
EO 10	EO 10	Income Order 2023
EO 12	EO 12	Sim Economic Alliance Order 2023
EO 13	EO 13	New Business Order 2023
EO 25	EO 25	Partnerships Order 2023
EO 27	EO 27	Reclaiming Economic Channels Order 2023
EO 28	EO 28	Mod Perms Order 2023
EO 29	EO 29	Mods Order 2023
EO 41	EO 41	Trivia Hall of Fame Order 2023
EO 43	EO 43	Probot Remaining Order 2023
EO 51	EO 51	Security Clearance Order 2023
EO 55	EO 55	Top Secret Documents Order 2023
EO 58	EO 58	Expansion Executive Order 2023
EO 59	EO 59	Deputy Reddit Supervisor Order 2023
EO 1 (katy)	EO 60	National Animal Order 2023
EO 2 (katy)	EO 61	Official Wolf Order 2023
EO 3 (katy)	EO 62	Military Abolition Order 2023
EO 4 (katy)	EO 63	Economy Abolition Order 2023
EO 5 (katy)	EO 64	Economy Select Committee Order 2023
EO 6 (katy)	EO 65	Economy Select Committee (Amendment) Order 2023

Part 5: Consolidation, Repeals, and Amendments

Schedule 3: Consolidation

The following statutes and Executive Orders have been consolidated:

New Title	Old Titles	Text
Executive Act 2023	Executive Orders Act 2022	Appendix 1
	Presidential Succession Act 2022
	New Executive Structures and Powers Act 2023
	POWER Act 2023
	Partnerships Order 2023
	Mod Perms Order 2023
Supervisors and Moderators Act 2023	Mod Team Selection Act 2022	Appendix 2
	Discord Channel Preservation Act 2023
	Mods Order 2023
	Deputy Reddit Supervisor Order 2023
Official Symbols Act 2023	Flag Contest Act 2023	Appendix 3
	Queerbus Act 2023
	National Animal Order 2023
	Official Wolf Order 2023
Political Parties and Communities Act 2023	Coalition Act 2023	Appendix 4
	Legal Entities and Blocks Act 2023
Executive Documents Act 2023	Security Clearance Order 2023	Appendix 5
	Top Secret Documents Order 2023

Schedule 4: Repeals

Title	Extent of repeal
1st Corrupt Government Act 2022	Whole Act
Economy Act 2022	Whole Act
Federal Claims Protection Act 2022	Whole Act
National Archives Act 2022	Whole Act
Pakistan Flood Relief Fundraiser Act 2022	Whole Act
Active Archival Act 2023	Whole Act
Alt Ban Act 2023	Whole Act
Economic Alliance Charter Act 2023	Whole Act
Economic Restrictions Act 2023	Whole Act
Election Procedures Act 2023	Whole Act
Eminent Domain Act 2023	Whole Act
Flag Contest Act 2023	Whole Act
Les Funny Images Act 2023	Whole Act
Nitro Booster Incentive Program Act 2023	Whole Act
Numerical Continuity of Elections Act 2023	Whole Act
Presidential and Senate Debate Act 2023	Whole Act
SimUnion Act 2023	Whole Act
Symbol Correction (Amendment) Act 2023	Whole Act
Treasured Treasury Act 2023	Whole Act
Income Order 2023	Whole Order
Sim Economic Alliance Order 2023	Whole Order
New Business Order 2023	Whole Order
Reclaiming Economic Channels Order 2023	Whole Order
Probot Remaining Order 2023	Whole Order
Executive Orders Act 2022	Whole Act
Presidential Succession Act 2022	Whole Act
New Executive Structures and Powers Act 2023	Whole Act
POWER Act 2023	Whole Act
Mod Team Selection Act 2022	Whole Act
Discord Channel Preservation Act 2023	Whole Act
Flag Contest Act 2023	Whole Act
Queerbus Act 2023	Whole Act
Coalition Act 2023	Whole Act
Legal Entities and Blocks Act 2023	Whole Act
Partnerships Order 2023	Whole Order
Mod Perms Order 2023	Whole Order
Mods Order 2023	Whole Order
Deputy Reddit Supervisor Order 2023	Whole Order
National Animal Order 2023	Whole Order
Official Wolf Order 2023	Whole Order
Security Clearance Order 2023	Whole Order
Top Secret Documents Order 2023	Whole Order
Commended Citizen Award Act 2023	Only Art 1, §2.1
Bar Association Act 2023	Only Art 2, §2.3
Civil Code 2020	Only Art 10, and
	Art 24, §1 (and all subsections)
Expansion Executive Order 2023	Only §3

Schedule 5: General amendments

Substitute all mentions of the following old terms (and its variations) with the following new terms in all previous and subsequent legislation:

Old terms	New terms
Chief of Justice	Chief Justice
Alternative account	Alternate account
Department of Archives	Archives Commission
Secretary of the Archives, National Archives Director	Chief Archivist
SimDollars	Tau
§ (when used in the context of currency)	τ
Secretary of Elections	Supervisor of Elections

Schedule 6: Specific amendments

Title	Amendments
Criminal Code 2020	(See Schedule 7)
Civil Code 2020	(See Schedule 8)
Commended Citizen Award Act 2023	Omit from Art 1, §3.1, "(the last rule is exempt for the first 5 commendations)"
	Omit from Art 1, §3a.1, “(may be subject to modification later)”
	Omit from Art 1, §3a.3, “If this fails, nothing occurs.”
Bar Association Act 2023	Replace from Art 2, §2.1, “a year (364 days)” with “a year (365 days)”
	Omit from Art 5, §1, “Signatures, Kelvin Creative”
Revised Senate Rules and Procedures Act 2023	Insert Art 4a titled “Special Investigations” with:
	§1, “The Senate may call for a special investigation by majority vote.”
	§2, “In a special investigation, the investigator shall be chosen by the Senate.”
	§3, “The investigator may only be fired by a majority vote in the Senate for the duration of the special investigation.”
	§4, “A special investigation will only end when the investigator releases their findings to the Senate.”
	§5, “The Senate may call to an early end of the investigation by a majority vote.”

Schedule 7: Criminal Code 2020 amendments

Article	Amended or inserted title	Amended or inserted text
Art 2, §2		The accused has the obligation of proving any defence or mitigating circumstance raised on the balance of probabilities, unless otherwise specified.
Art 2, §2a		The prosecution has an obligation of disproving any defence or mitigating circumstance successfully raised under §2 beyond a reasonable doubt, unless otherwise specified.
Art 2, §3		A rebuttable presumption is taken as true until proven false. It may be rebutted on the balance of probabilities, unless otherwise specified.
Art 15, §3		Article 15a notwithstanding, mere possession of an alternate account, or its use, shall not be prohibited if no abuse has occurred.
Art 15a	Unlawful Use of Alternate Accounts	§1. A person commits the offence of unlawful use of an alternate account if they possess an alternate account on SimDemocracy’s associated Discord server with malicious intent
		§2. Malicious intent shall include, but is not limited to, a purpose to circumvent punishment or evade rules.
		§3. A person who uses an alternate account on the associated Discord server is rebuttably presumed to have malicious intent.
		§4. A person charged with an offence under this Article is deemed to have an absolute defence if they:
		§4.1. Were a moderator or Discord Supervisor (or otherwise had permission from one) while the alternate account was used and,
		§4.2. Used the alternate account solely for the purposes of testing changes and,
		§4.3. Disclosed such usage publicly within a reasonable timespan.
		§5. Without prejudice to the accused person’s right of appeal, a law enforcement officer, may for the alleged commission of this offence:
		§5.1. Summarily eject or ban alleged unlawfully used alternate accounts from the associated Discord server, and
		§5.2. Summarily issue the accused person a ticket.
		§6. Tickets issued for the offences under this Article shall result in a muting of no less than thirty (30) minutes and no more than one (1) day.
Art 30, §3		Without prejudice to the accused person’s right of appeal, a law enforcement officer may, for the alleged commission of the offences under this Article, summarily issue the accused person a ticket.
Art 30, §4		Tickets issued for the offences under this Article shall result in a muting of no less than thirty (30) minutes and no more than one (1) day.
Art 31, §5		Without prejudice to the accused person’s right of appeal, a law enforcement officer may, for the alleged commission of the offences under this Article, summarily issue the accused person a ticket.
Art 31, §6		Tickets issued for the offences under this Article shall result in a muting of no less than thirty (30) minutes and no more than one (1) day.
Art 36a, §1.1		Registered to vote while already being registered, and either
Art 36a, §1.2		Intended to register while being registered to vote, or
Art 36a, §1.3		Had no intention to register while being registered to vote, but nevertheless:
Art 36a, §1.3.1		Did not give prompt valid notification to the Electoral Commission once they knew or ought to have known that they had erroneously re-registered, and
Art 36a, §1.3.2		Did not promptly deregister in the case of automatic registration once they knew or ought to have known that they had erroneously re-registered.
Art 50, §3		Without prejudice to the accused person’s right of appeal, a law enforcement officer may, for the alleged commission of the offences under this Article, summarily issue the accused person a ticket.
Art 50, §4		Tickets issued for the offences under this Article shall result in a muting of no less than thirty (30) minutes and no more than one (1) day.
Art 50a	Voice Chat Disruption	§1. A person commits the offence of voice chat disruption if they scream or play obscene sounds in a voice chat of SimDemocracy’s associated Discord server with the purpose of causing annoyance, disruption, or obstruction of legitimate voice chat activity.
		§2. The sentences available for voice chat disruption shall be a mute or ban between six (6) hours and one (1) year.
		§3. Without prejudice to the accused person’s right of appeal, a law enforcement officer may, for the alleged commission of the offences under this Article, summarily issue the accused person a ticket.
		§4. Tickets issued for the offences under this Article shall result in a muting of no less than thirty (30) minutes and no more than one (1) day.
Art 51		§1. A person commits the offence of violation of privacy if they collect, retain, or process personal data without lawful basis.
		§2. A person charged with an offence under this Article is deemed to have an absolute defence if they:
		§2.1. Were given unlawfully collected, retained, or processed data by someone else which they did not explicitly or implicitly ask for,
		§2.2. Promptly deleted all copies of the unlawfully collected, retained, or processed data, and
		§2.3. Promptly notified the SDBI or other competent authority that they were given the unlawfully collected, retained, or processed data by someone else, specifically naming the person or people who handed them that data.
		§3. The sentences available for violation of privacy shall be a mute or ban above one (1) month, and a ban from any office which allows them to access personal data of unlimited duration.
		§4. There shall be no statute of limitations for violations of this Article.
Art 51a	Doxxing	§1. A person commits the offence of doxxing if they disclose personal data without lawful basis.
		§2. A person commits aggravated doxxing if they disclose personal data without lawful basis and with malicious intent.
		§3. Malicious intent shall include, but is not limited to, having a purpose to cause the victim to suffer harassment or some other real life consequence.
		§4. A person who discloses personal data without lawful basis is rebuttably presumed to have done so with malicious intent.
		§5. A person charged with an offence under §1 of this Article is deemed to have a mitigating circumstance if they:
		§5.1. Had lawful basis to retain the otherwise unlawfully disclosed personal data,
		§5.2. Had no intention to disclose the personal data without lawful basis,
		§5.3. Promptly deleted all posts and messages containing the unlawfully disclosed personal data,
		§5.4. Promptly notified the relevant data subjects of the unlawful disclosure,
		§5.5. Promptly notified the SDBI or other competent authority that they had unlawfully disclosed personal data, and
		§5.6. Had acted in good faith throughout.
		§6. The sentences available for doxxing shall be a ban of duration above six (6) months.
		§6.1. The sentences available for doxxing with a mitigating circumstance under §5 of this Article shall be a mute or ban between one (1) month and one (1) year, and a ban from any office which allows them to access personal data of unlimited duration.
		§7. The sentences available for aggravated doxxing shall be a ban of permanent duration.
		§8. There shall be no statute of limitations for violations of this Article.
Art 51b	Making Threats to Doxx	§1. A person who, having access or having claimed access to personal data, threatens to unlawfully disclose it commits the crime of making threats to doxx.
		§2. A person who acts in a way which would give the reasonable person an impression that they had access to personal data shall be deemed to have claimed access to personal data for the purposes of this Article.
		§3. The sentences available for making threats to doxx shall be a ban of permanent duration.
		§4. There shall be no statute of limitations for violations of this Article.
Art 52		§1. A person commits first degree harassment if they:
		§1.1. Caused a person or group of persons to feel undue or unjustifiable apprehension, and
		§1.2. Had the intention to cause apprehension, or acted with reckless disregard as to whether their actions would cause apprehension.
		§2. A person commits second degree harassment if they caused a person or group of persons to feel undue or unjustifiable apprehension.
		§3. A person who causes a person or group of persons to feel undue or unjustifiable apprehension shall be rebuttably presumed to have done so with the intention to cause apprehension.
		§4. The sentences available for first degree harassment shall be a ban of duration above six (6) months.
		§5. The sentences available for second degree harassment shall be a ban between one (1) month and one (1) year.
Art 52a	Hate Speech	§1. A person commits first degree hate speech if they:
		§1.1. Submit, post, or relay speech that is upsetting, demeaning, or humiliating about a person’s or a group of person’s protected characteristics, and
		§1.2. Had the intention to cause apprehension, or acted with reckless disregard as to whether their actions would cause apprehension.
		§2. A person commits second degree hate speech if they submit, post, or relay speech that is upsetting, demeaning, or humiliating about a person’s or group of person’s protected characteristics.
		§3. A slur, which is any derogatory or insulting term applied to a group of persons classed by a protected characteristic, shall always constitute speech that is upsetting, demeaning, or humiliating about a person’s or a group of person’s protected characteristics for the purposes of this Article.
		§4. A person who uses private messages to relay, or uses private messages to ask another person to relay, shall be considered as relaying speech for the purposes of this Article.
		§5. The fact that the upsetting, demeaning, or humiliating speech was not directed to a specific individual or group of individuals is immaterial to establishing criminal liability under this Article.
		§6. A person who submits, posts, or relays speech that is upsetting, demeaning, or humiliating about a person’s or group of person’s protected characteristics shall be rebuttably presumed to have done so with the intention to cause apprehension.
		§7. The sentences available for first degree hate speech shall be a ban of duration above three (3) months.
		§8. The sentences available for second degree hate speech shall be a mute or ban between one (1) month and six (6) months.
Art 56	Making Criminal Threats	§1. A person commits the offence of making a criminal threat if they:
		§1.1. Threatened another person or group of persons with suffering or harm, and
		§1.2. Had the intention to cause apprehension, or acted with reckless disregard as to whether their actions would cause apprehension.
		§2. A person who threatens another person or group of persons with suffering or harm shall be rebuttably presumed to have done so with the intention to cause apprehension.
		§3. The sentences available for making criminal threats shall be a mute or ban between one (1) month and one (1) year.
Art 58, §1		A person who, having access to privileged information about another, threatens to disclose this information as an incentive for the individual to perform or not perform an action commits the crime of blackmail.
Art 59		§1. A person commits the crime of abuse of vulnerability if they exploit another person’s vulnerable or fragile mental state with malicious intent.
		§2. Malicious intent shall include, but is not limited to, having a purpose to cause the exploited person to feel apprehension, or having a purpose of personal gain.
		§3. A person who exploits another person’s vulnerable or fragile mental state shall be rebuttably presumed to have done so with malicious intent.
		§4. The sentences available for abuse of vulnerability shall be a mute or ban above one (1) month.

Schedule 8: Civil Code 2020 amendments

Article	Amended or inserted title	Amended or inserted text
Art 2, §3		A rebuttable presumption is taken as true until proven false. It may be rebutted on the balance of probabilities, unless otherwise specified.
Art 7, §6		All provisions regarding money and damages, including this Article, shall not apply when there is no economy in SimDemocracy.
Art 9	Liability for entities	§1. If a defendant has been held tortiously liable, they shall be liable for one or more of the following:
		§1.1. Damages to the plaintiff,
		§1.2. A public apology to the plaintiff in the form of a post on the SimDemocracy subreddit or its associated Discord server, and
		§1.3. Compliance with an injunction or court order.
		§2. Unless explicitly stated otherwise in the Code or common law, all torts may incur liability under §1.2 and §1.3 of this Article.
Art 22a	Uncompensated Expropritation	§1. Uncompensated expropriation is to be the direct or indirect expropriation of private property, which has not been abandoned and could not reasonably be expected to be expropriated, by the State without fairly compensating the affected parties.
		§2. Remedies available for uncompensated expropriation shall be fair compensation for the private property and/or business lost.
Art 22b	Breach of Police Accountability	§1. The following shall constitute a breach of police accountability:
		§1.1. Failing to follow procedure as required by law in exercising emergency and ToS banning powers,
		§1.2. Exercising powers of the SDBI in a way that constitutes gross misconduct, and
		§1.3. Breaching a duty of care owed to the public to ensure proper standards are enforced within the SBDI and that unlawful orders are not issued.
		§2. Only the SDBI Director and the Attorney General shall have a duty of care under §1.3 of this Article.
		§3. Remedies available for a breach of police accountability shall be a minimum of 100,000 Tau, and a maximum of 50,000 Tau per day banned.
Art 22c	Breach of Civil Rights	§1. A breach of civil rights is committed when a government employee or employees, or a governmental body, violates a citizen’s or a group of citizens’ constitutional or statutory rights, and does so with intention or recklessness.
		§2. A person may be held liable for breach of civil rights even if they were not acting in an official governmental capacity if they nevertheless exercised powers associated with their current or former governmental position.
Art 23	Contract Definitions	§1. A contract is an agreement between two or more legal entities to enter into a legal relationship.
		§2. A legally binding contract consists of:
		§2.1. An offer,
		§2.2. Acceptance of that offer and,
		§2.3. Intention to be contractually bound.

Part 6: Legislative Texts

Appendix 1: Executive Act 2023

Explanatory notes

This law was created by the Statute Law Revision Act 2023 to consolidate the following legislation:

• Executive Orders Act 2022
• Presidential Succession Act 2022
• New Executive Structures and Powers Act 2023
• POWER Act 2023
• Partnerships Order 2023
• Mod Perms Order 2023

Part 1: The President

Article 1: Acting President

§1. Should the President be temporarily unavailable, then the next available member in the line of succession under Schedule 1 of this Act shall become Acting President.

§2. The Acting President shall not hold the office of President and shall cease holding the powers and duties of the office once the President is available again.

Article 2: Presidential succession

§1. Should the President be permanently unavailable or resign, then the next available member in the line of succession under Schedule 1 shall become the new President.

§2. Should the next member available under Schedule 1 hold a position incompatible with the presidency, they shall either resign from their position or decline to be President.

§3. Should there be no one available in the line of succession to be able to, or be willing to, hold the office of the President (or otherwise be Acting President), an emergency presidential election shall be held.

Article 3: Executive orders

§1. The President shall be the only member of the executive to possess the power to enact, amend, and repeal Executive Orders, unless statute law provides for otherwise.

§2. All Executive Orders must follow the formatting rules set under the Statute Law Revision Act 2023.

§2.1. Executive Orders shall not be considered invalid merely on the basis of incorrect formatting.

§3. The President shall be given broad discretion over the content of Executive Orders, but Executive Orders cannot conflict with the common law, statute law, court orders, the Constitution, or the Terms of Service.

§4. The Senate shall have the power to:

§4.1. Amend or repeal Executive Orders,

§4.2. Compel or mandate the issuing of certain Executive Orders by law, and

§4.3. Restrict the discretion given under §3 of this Article by law.

Part 2: The Cabinet

Article 4: The Cabinet

§1. The Cabinet shall consist of the President, the Vice President, and Executive Officers appointed by the President.

§2. An Executive Officer is a person who heads a Department and is appointed by the President with approval from the Senate.

§3. The President shall also have the power to appoint non-Executive Officers into the cabinet.

§4. The President and Executive Officers shall have the power to hire staff to assist with their departmental duties.

§5. All Executive Officers shall serve until resignation, impeachment, or dismissal by the President.

§5.1. An Executive Officer’s term shall not be considered automatically extinguished on the election of a new President.

§6. All Executive Officers, their staff, and non-Executive Officer cabinet members shall be given the necessary permissions to conduct their duties.

Article 5: The Department of Justice

§1. The Attorney General shall be the leader of the Department of Justice.

§2. The Attorney General shall be given authority to hire state attorneys and prosecutors to work for the Justice Department and represent SimDemocracy in any legal matter.

§3. The Attorney General may also hire record keepers to work for the Department of Justice.

Article 6: The SimDemocracy Bureau of Investigation

§1. The SimDemocracy Bureau of Investigations, henceforth referred to as the SDBI, shall be the internal policing force of SimDemocracy and serve under the Department of Justice.

§2. The SDBI shall be led by the SDBI Director who shall directly serve under the Attorney General.

§3. The SBDI Director shall be given the authority to hire agents to serve in the SDBI and perform policing duties.

§3.1. Save for an Executive Order providing or restricting otherwise, the SDBI Director shall have the discretion to create a system of hierarchy and ranks to organise SDBI agents.

§4. The SDBI may conduct lawful investigations, searches, and arrest of citizens.

§4.1. Both the Attorney General and the SDBI Director can call for an investigation.

§4.2. In order to conduct a search on a person before they are arrested, the investigator must obtain a search warrant from a judge.

§4.3. In order to conduct an arrest, agents must obtain an arrest warrant from a judge.

§4.3.1. A warrantless arrest may be conducted if the suspect poses a clear and present danger.

§4.3.2. If an agent is otherwise unable to conduct an arrest despite having a warrant, the relevant Discord Supervisor and their assistants must assist with the arrest.

§4.4. A person must be told what they are being charged with when they are arrested. When a warrantless arrest is conducted, the Department of Justice will have 24 hours to press charges or the person in custody must be let go.

§5. The SDBI shall have the power to issue tickets for any criminal offence under the Criminal Code that expressly gives them that authority.

§5.1. A person muted as a result of a ticket shall be muted from all chats except from the relevant judicial channels to allow them to appeal.

§6. The SDBI and any other official with the requisite permissions shall have the power to preliminarily ban individuals to remove them from the associated Discord server and to mitigate damage caused in times of civil unrest.

§6.1. Civil unrest shall include, but is not limited to mass spamming, mass pinging, Discord Terms of Service violations, and raiding.

§6.2. Actions taken under this section shall be amenable to judicial review by the Inferior Court.

§7. The SDBI shall have the power to delete images and messages that are deemed too extreme or inappropriate for the associated Discord server or relevant channel.

Article 7: Department of State

§1. The Department of State shall be in charge of expanding, managing, and resolving foreign affairs under the direction of the President.

§2. The Department of State shall be headed by the Secretary of State.

§3. The Department of State shall have the power to negotiate partnerships with other communities, which shall allow a link of that community’s server to be posted in the relevant Discord channel.

§3.1. All partnerships must be ratified by an Executive Order or a motion by the Senate.

§3.2. An Executive Order or a motion by the Senate may abolish a partnership.

§4. The Department of State shall have the power to negotiate treaties and alliances.

§4.1. All treaties and alliances must be ratified by the appropriate medium, be it Executive Order, statute, or a constitutional amendment.

Article 8: Department of Integration

§1. The Department of Integration shall be responsible for the integration of new members, community events and engagement, and the encouragement to vote and participate in other forms of government.

§2. The Department of Integration shall be headed by the Secretary of Integration.

Part 3: Schedules

Schedule 1: Presidential line of succession

• Vice President
• Speaker of the Senate
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
• Secretary of State
• Attorney General
• SDBI Director
• Secretary of Integration
• Further Senators in order of placement in the last Senate election
• Further Justices in order of seniority
• Judges in order of seniority
• Discord Supervisor
• Reddit Supervisor
• Supervisor of Elections

Appendix 2: Supervisors and Moderators Act 2023

Explanatory notes

This law was created by the Statute Law Revision Act 2023 to consolidate the following legislation:

• Mod Team Selection Act 2022
• Discord Channel Preservation Act 2023
• Mods Order 2023
• Deputy Reddit Supervisor Order 2023

Article 1: Deputy Supervisors

§1. The Deputy Supervisors shall assist the duties of the relevant Supervisors and shall be granted any necessary permissions to conduct said duties.

§2. The Reddit and Discord Supervisors shall each be assigned one Deputy Supervisor who they can appoint and dismiss at will.

Article 2: Moderators

§1. Moderators shall assist the duties of the relevant Supervisors and shall be granted any necessary permissions to conduct said duties.

§2. The Reddit and Discord Supervisors shall have the power to appoint moderators under the provisions of this Article.

§3. When a moderator needs to be appointed, the relevant Supervisor shall direct the Electoral Commission to set up and pin a Call for Candidates post on the SimDemocracy subreddit for twenty-four (24) hours.

§3.1. For a candidacy to be valid, the candidate must give an explanation as to why they should be appointed as a moderator. No political messages can be made in such an explanation.

§4. After the Call for Candidates has concluded, the Electoral Commission shall set up public referendums, lasting for twenty-four (24) hours, for every valid candidate where eligible voters may cast a vote for or against each candidate.

§5. The candidate with the highest number of votes in favour shall be appointed as a moderator.

§5.1. In the event of a tie, the relevant Supervisor shall have the power to decide which candidate is appointed.

§6. The relevant Supervisor shall have the power to direct the Electoral Commission to appoint more than one moderator under §3 of this Article.

Article 3: Archiving of Discord channels

§1. Only the Discord Supervisor or their assistants may archive a channel at the command of an Executive Order or legislation.

§1.1. The power to archive by Executive Order does not apply to channels within the Games, News, Universities, Judicial, or Political categories.

§1.2. For channels within the Games, News, and University categories, they may be archived at the request of the channel owner.

§1.3. For channels within the Judicial category, they may be archived at the request of the Supreme Court.

§1.4. For channels within the Political category, they may be archived if the party has been disbanded.

§2. When a channel has been archived:

§2.1. The date of archiving must be sent as a message to the archived channel in question, and

§2.2. A copy of the channel’s transcripts must be made and sent to the Archives Commission.

§3. Once a channel has been archived, it must remain within the Archive Category for a period of six (6) months.

§3.1. Within this time frame:

§3.1.1. The channel may be reactivated, and

§3.1.2. If the archived channel was not publicly accessible, the Archives Commission shall be precluded from publicly releasing a copy of its transcripts.

§3.2. The President shall have the power to extend the six (6) month time frame indefinitely if the channel holds vital information through an Executive Order.

§4. After a channel has been archived for six (6) months:

§4.1. The Discord Supervisor or their assistants may delete the channel at their discretion, and

§4.2. The Archives Commission may publicly release the transcripts of the relevant channel, as long as such release is not prohibited by law or the Terms of Service.

§4.2.1. The President shall have the power to block the public release of an archived channel’s transcript through an Executive Order if it could prejudice national security, or otherwise be prohibited by law or the Terms of Service on the balance of probabilities.

Appendix 3: Official Symbols Act 2023

Explanatory notes

This law was created by the Statute Law Revision Act 2023 to consolidate the following legislation:

• Flag Contest Act 2023
• Queerbus Act 2023
• National Animal Order 2023
• Official Wolf Order 2023

Part 1: Official Symbols

Article 1: Official flags

§1. The official flag of SimDemocracy shall be the one in Appendix 1 of this Act.

§2. The official Pride flag of SimDemocracy shall be the one in Appendix 2 of this Act.

Article 2: Official Discord icon

§1. The official Discord icon of SimDemocracy shall be the one in Appendix 3 of this Act.

Article 3: Official animals

§1. The national animal of SimDemocracy is Eevee.

§2. The national wolf of SimDemocracy is the Painted Wolf.

Part 2: Copies of Visual Symbols

Appendix 1: Copy of official flag

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Appendix 2: Copy of official Pride flag

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Appendix 3: Copy of official Discord icon

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Appendix 4: Political Parties and Communities Act 2023

Explanatory notes

This law was created by the Statute Law Revision Act 2023 to consolidate the following legislation:

• Coalition Act 2023
• Legal Entities and Blocks Act 2023

Part 1: Political parties

Article 1: Definition of parties

§1. Political parties shall be legal entities who have political opinions and policies and try to enact or engage in politics.

Article 2: Creation of a political party

§1. For a party to be considered valid and registered officially, one of its party founders or leaders shall announce its formation on the SimDemocracy subreddit via a Reddit post.

§1.1. There has to be three (3) or more party founders for a party to be validly formed.

§1.2. The formation post shall include the name of the party, the usernames of its party founders, and the username of its leaders.

§1.3. The formation post may include other information about the party.

§2. Parties founded before the 14th February 2023 shall remain valid parties so long as they meet the statutory requirements under Article 5 of this Act.

§3. Each party shall be entitled to a Discord role which the party leader may customise.

§4. Each party may regulate its own proceedings through internal rules.

§4.1. For internal rules to be valid, there must be mechanisms to appoint new leaders, expel members, and to disband the party.

§4.2. In the absence of internal rules directing otherwise, party leaders shall have full authority over how their party is run.

Article 3: Participation in elections

§1. Each party shall have the right to choose who runs for office under their party banner.

§2. Candidates may not run for office under the banner of an invalid party.

Article 4: Party membership

§1. In the absence of internal rules directing otherwise, party leaders shall have the authority to officially expel members from the party.

§2. A person may not be a member of more than one (1) political party.

Article 5: Disbanding of parties

§1. A party shall be disbanded when:

§1.1. It is disbanded in accordance with its internal rules,

§1.2. In the absence of internal rules prohibiting otherwise, party leaders announced its disbanding on a Reddit post in the SimDemocracy subreddit,

§1.3. If no members of said party have made any Reddit posts on the SimDemocracy subreddit or posts on the associated Discord server for more than one (1) month, or

§1.4. It has zero (0) members left.

§2. All assets of a disbanded party including roles, channels, and categories shall be seized or dissolved.

Part 2: Communities

Article 6: Definition of communities

§1. Communities shall be legal entities dedicated to non-political interests or activities, or otherwise are composed of like-minded individuals for non-political purposes.

Article 7: Creation of communities

§1. For a community to be validly created, its leaders shall announce its formation on the SimDemocracy subreddit via a Reddit post.

§1.1. The formation post shall include the name of the community, the username of its leaders, and a brief summary explaining what the community is about.

§1.2. The formation post may include other information about the community.

§2. Each community may apply for Discord channels, Discord roles, Reddit flairs, and Reddit tags in accordance with rules set by law or Executive Order.

§3. Each community may regulate its own proceedings through internal rules.

§4.1. For internal rules to be valid, there must be mechanisms to appoint new leaders, expel members, and to disband the community.

§4.2. In the absence of internal rules directing otherwise, community leaders shall have full authority over how their community is run.

Part 3: Coalitions

Article 8: Coalitions

§1. Two or more parties and/or independent candidates may agree to form a coalition.

§2. Coalitions shall have the right to run for office as if they were a political party.

§2.1. The name of a coalition must be agreed upon by all relevant parties and independent candidates. Where this is not done, the Electoral Commission shall assign a name on their behalf.

§3. Coalitions shall submit a single party list before elections, which must be approved by all relevant parties and independent candidates.

§3.1. Coalitions that fail to submit a party list shall be considered invalid. When this happens, the individual parties and independent candidates that were part of the proposed coalition shall appear on the ballots individually.

§3.2. If following the election, the coalition earns more seats than members on their list, they shall have twenty-four (24) hours to agree on who fills those vacancies. In the absence of a decision after twenty-four (24) hours, the party or individual candidate responsible for making that choice will be randomly decided with a random number generator operated by the Electoral Commission.

Appendix 5: Executive Documents Act 2023

Explanatory notes

1. This law was created by the Statute Law Revision Act 2023 to consolidate the following legislation:
   1. Security Clearance Order 2023
   2. Top Secret Documents Order 2023
2. This law also imports parts from the now repealed Clearance (Amendment) Act 2020.

Article 1: Executive documents

§1. Executive documents are documents under the possession of the executive branch.

§2. All executive documents shall either be classified or non-classified, with classified executive documents to be given a clearance level.

§3. All classified executive documents are to be titled as "[Clearance Level] Department if applicable, Name of Document" (e.g. [Clearance Level 2] SDBI, July 2023 Report).

§4. All non-classified executive documents are to be titled as "[Unclassified] Department if applicable, Name of Document") (e.g. [Unclassified] DoJ, Prosecution Guidance).

§5. All non-classified and declassified executive documents must be published publicly within a reasonable time.

Article 2: Executive clearance

§1. There shall be four levels of executive clearance:

§1.1. Clearance Level 1 (Subject Matter Clearance) shall permit an individual to have access to classified documents on a particular subject matter, such as a criminal investigation.

§1.2. Clearance Level 2 (Department Clearance) shall permit an individual to have access to classified documents within the full scope of that government department.

§1.3. Clearance Level 3 (State-Wide Clearance) shall permit an individual full access to all classified documents except for those of Clearance Level 4.

§1.4. Clearance Level 4 (Exempted State-Wide Clearance) shall permit an individual full access to all classified documents.

§2. Schedule 1 of this Act shall specify who possesses powers to classify executive documents, subject to Article 3 of this Act.

§3. Schedule 2 of this Act shall specify who possesses powers to declassify classified executive documents.

§4. Schedule 3 of this Act shall specify who possesses clearance to access classified executive documents, subject to Article 3 of this Act.

§5. The President may amend Schedules 1, 2, and 3 of this Act by Executive Order.

Article 3: Exempt documents

§1. The power to classify executive documents shall not extend to documents:

§1.1. Which are already publicly available through legal means, or

§1.2. Which are previously declassified.

§2. The power of those who possess clearance to access classified executive documents shall not extend to documents which are related to a legal case, or the preparation of one, against them or someone closely associated with them (such as prosecution, civil lawsuit, or judicial review).

§3. Schedule 4 of this Act shall specify what relationships shall always constitute close association for the purposes of §2 of this Article.

§3.1. For avoidance of doubt, a close association can still exist even if it is not statutorily prescribed under Schedule 4 of this Act.

§4. This Act does not apply to documents protected by attorney-client privilege.

Article 4: Senate subpoenas and declassification

§1. The Senate shall have the power to subpoena for relevant lists or copies of classified executive documents of any clearance.

§2. The relevant lists or copies of classified executive documents under subpoena shall be delivered to the Senate through private channels, unless the Senate explicitly directs otherwise.

§3. The Senate, by a simple majority vote, shall have the power to declassify classified executive documents of any clearance.

Article 5: Automatic declassification

§1. All classified executive documents, of any clearance, shall automatically be declassified after twelve (12) months of its drafting or initial possession, whichever is earlier.

§2. The President shall have the power to extend the deadline of automatic declassification of specific documents within thirty (30) days of such deadline by Executive Order if it would prejudice national security, violate some other law or the Terms of Service on the balance of probabilities.

Schedule 1: Powers to classify documents

The following officials shall have the power to classify executive documents to the following clearance levels:

Clearance Level	Officials
1 (Subject Matter Clearance)	President,
	Vice President,
	Attorney General,
	SDBI Director,
	Executive Officers of relevant departments, and
	Staff of relevant departments
2 (Department Clearance)	President,
	Vice President,
	Attorney General,
	SDBI Director, and
	Executive Officers of relevant departments
3 (State-Wide Clearance)	President
	Vice President
	Attorney General
	SDBI Director
4 (Exempted State-Wide Clearance)	President

Schedule 2: Powers to declassify documents

The following officials shall have clearance to declassify classified executive documents of the following clearance:

Clearance Level	Officials
1 (Subject Matter Clearance)	President
2 (Department Clearance)	President
3 (State-Wide Clearance)	President
4 (Exempted State-Wide Clearance)	President

Schedule 3: Powers to access documents

The following officials or persons shall have clearance to access classified executive documents of the following clearance levels:

Clearance Level	Officials or persons
1 (Subject Matter Clearance)	President,
	Vice President,
	Attorney General,
	SDBI Director,
	Executive Officers of relevant departments, and
	Staff of relevant departments
	Any persons granted clearance by the President, Vice President, Attorney General, SDBI Director, Executive Officers of relevant departments, and staff of relevant departments
2 (Department Clearance)	President,
	Vice President,
	Attorney General,
	SDBI Director,
	Executive Officers of relevant departments, and
	Staff of relevant departments
	Any persons granted clearance by the President, Vice President, Attorney General, SDBI Director, and Executive Officers of relevant departments
3 (State-Wide Clearance)	President,
	Vice President,
	Attorney General,
	SDBI Director,
	Any persons granted clearance by the President, Vice President, Attorney General, and SDBI Director, either entirely or on a case-by-case basis
4 (Exempted State-Wide Clearance)	President,
	Vice President,
	Attorney General,
	SDBI Director, and
	Any persons granted clearance by the President, either entirely or on a case-by-case basis

Schedule 4: Statutory close associations

This non-exhaustive table shows which relationships shall always constitute a statutory close association:

A legal case against the following	Precludes the following from access
President	Vice President
Vice President	President
Attorney General	SDBI Director