Notice of Rights Act

Preamble

Whereas Nolan and Holan are confused;

Whereas The constitutional rights of prisoners and persons who have warrants exercised against them should be communicated, where possible;

THE SENATE OF SIM DEMOCRACY PROCLAIMS

Notice of Rights Act

Section 1: Amendments

§1. The Preserving Order with Legal Intent and Civic Excellence Act is amended by –

§1.1. Inserting a new Article 6, which shall read:

Article 6: Mandatory Information upon exercise of powers

§1. When an arrest warrant under Article 4 of this Act is acted upon against a person, the arresting officer shall communicate the relevant message to the person arrested, as soon as reasonably practicable, provided that the message may be provided in a different channel with the user mentioned, or included as part of a warrant document. §1.1. The relevant message in §1. is as follows: “You are currently under arrest. Please be informed of the following:

1. You have the right to see the criminal complaint filed against you within 72 hours. If this is not happen you may be released.

2. You may obtain legal representation for free from the legal-clinic channel.

3. You have access to the holding cell, a chat channel for arrested persons. You are not required to speak here or answer any questions, but doing so may expose you to more charges, especially if you commit another offence, and your access may be revoked.

§2. When a search warrant under Article 3 is acted upon against an entity, the entity must be informed of their right to seek Judicial Review of the warrant with the Supreme Court, provided that –

(a) A Judge must have signed the warrant for this information to be necessary; and,

(b) The information may be provided within a warrant document or otherwise, provided that the entity is able to view the information easily.

§3. The provision of this mandatory information in the manner specified shall be conclusive in determining that a person has been informed of their rights.

§2. The Criminal Code 2020 is amended by – §2.1. Inserting a new Article 8 §2. which shall read:

Ҥ2. When being issued a ticket, the person issuing the ticket shall communicate the relevant message listed below to the person ticketed, as soon as reasonably practicable, provided that the message may be provided in a different channel the user is able to view, with the user mentioned, or included as part of a ticket document, and the provision of such information shall be conclusive in determining that a person has been informed of their rights.

§2.1. The relevant message specified in §2. is as follows:

“You have the right to reject this ticket by contacting any SDBI officer, in which case the ticket will not be recorded. You will be unmuted, but charges may be brought against you. Note that rejecting the ticket may result in a higher penalty if you are tried in a court of law, but not rejecting the ticket may result in a higher penalty if you commit the relevant offence again and are issued another ticket.

§2.2. Despite any legislation to the contrary, auto-mutes by the discord bot Wick or Wick Premium shall be considered as tickets, and tickets issued by Wick shall not be required to contain the message in §2.1. if the Wick bot does not have premium features enabled, and the lack of the message in §2.1. shall not be construed to mean that a person was not informed of their rights.

§2.2.1. Despite any legislation to the contrary, a ticket issued by the Wick bot may be rejected for another person by any person with permissions to unmute a user through the Wick bot”