The following are reformatted laws that already exist. No major changes to made. If any changes were made at all, it's just updating references. Some of these may need to be updated, such as the court procedures (which aren't accurate even under our existing laws). PG&O was added to the Criminal Code. Holidays were split off into their own thing.

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Court Procedures Act

An Act to establish procedures and best practices for the operation of the High Court

1. Judicial Conduct

(1) Justices of the High Court shall rule upon what is written in law, and not be influenced by prejudice based on personal bias, corruption by undue influence, or discord.

(2) Justices of the High Court shall consider the impact of Court rulings carefully. Whenever possible, no individual should be empowered to exploit rulings of the Court.

(3) Justices of the High Court shall maintain good communication with fellow Justices as well as the broader community.

2. Pool of Justices

(1) The Pool of Justices comprises at least four individuals to serve as temporary and appellate Justices when appointed. The Pool of Justices must be posted publically.

(2) The Permanent Justice and the Cabinet will work in close cooperation to nominate willing and capable individuals to serve on the Pool. Justices in the Pool of Justices must meet the same requirements as the Permanent Justice.

(3) Selection from the Pool of Justices will occur in order of seniority in the Pool. If there are no further Justices on the Pool, more Justices are appointed as required with all deliberate speed.

3. Legal Question Procedure

(1) Legal Questions may be submitted by any member to the Court when there is a question on the meaning of a law, or on what is required or prohibited by law.

(2) When submitting a Legal Question, the Petitioner must include all relevant portions of the law or laws in question by reference and citation, and all questions for which an answer is sought.

(3) Once submitted, the Permanent Justice shall declare if the Legal Question is justiciable.

(4) A Legal Question shall only be denied if and only if it is not deemed justiciable.

(5) Denial of a Legal Question may not be appealed; the Petitioner may submit a new Legal Question that is justiciable.

(6) If the Legal Question is deemed justiciable, the High Court will analyze the question and deliver an Opinion with all deliberate speed.

(7)The Opinion may only be appealed on grounds of violation of procedural due process, a contradiction of law, or judicial misconduct.

(8) If the Petitioner files an appeal, an appellate Justice from the Pool of Justices will deliberate the validity of the appeal and decide to rehear the case or uphold the original Opinion.

(9) The Opinion on an appeal is final and may not be further appealed, except in cases of extreme judicial misconduct.

4. Criminal Trial

Filing a Complaint

(1) Any past or current member of The South Pacific may lodge a criminal complaint against another individual within the jurisdiction of the South Pacific, or have such done on their behalf by a representative.

(2) During the filing period,
a. the individual lodging the complaint shall be referred to as “The Complainant”,
b. the representative of the Complainant shall be referred to as “Complainant’s Counsel”,
c. the individual against whom the complaint is lodged shall be referred to as “The Accused”, and
d. The representative of the Accused shall be referred to as “Accused’s Counsel”.

(3) The Complainant or Complainant’s Counsel must create a thread identifying
a. the Accused party or parties,
b. the criminal offence they believe the Accused has perpetrated, and
c. sufficient preliminary evidence to warrant a trial.

(4) The Chief Justice will publicly acknowledge receipt of the complaint within 72 hours.

(5) The High Court Justices will collectively determine whether sufficient preliminary evidence has been presented to warrant a trial.

(6) Should the evidence presented be deemed insufficient, the complaint will be rejected until such time that further evidence is presented.

(7) Should the evidence presented be deemed sufficient,
a. this determination shall be publically posted,
b. The Complainant, The Accused, and their respective Counsels shall be informed with a personal message,
c. a case number shall be assigned, and
d. a new forum thread shall be created for the Pre-Trial stage and all other stages.

Pre-Trial

(8) Beginning with the Pre-Trial stage,
a. the Complainant and their representative shall be referred to as the Prosecution,
b. the Accused and their representative shall be referred to as the Defence,
c. the Accused shall be referred to as the Defendant, and
d. the Complainant shall remain referred to as such.

(9) Upon entering the pre-trial stage, the Defence has one week to respond to the complaint Should they not respond to the complaint,
a. a plea of not guilty is automatically entered,
b. a representative for the Defendant is appointed by the court to act as the Defence instead, and
c. the court will proceed to formal trial.

(10) In responding to the complaint, the Defence must first enter a plea of either guilty or not guilty. Should the Defence enter a guilty plea, then the High Court will move immediately to sentencing. A not guilty plea can be changed to a guilty plea at any point in time following this stage.

(11) Subsequent to this both the Defence and the Prosecution may submit pre-trial motions, including but not limited to motions to dismiss the charges, requests for additional time, alter the charges and for one or more Court Justices to recuse themselves. Such motions should provide evidentiary reason to justify them, and will be considered by the Court Justices collectively. Such motions may be considered later at the discretion of the Court Justices, but will not be granted short of extraordinary circumstances outside of the pre-trial stage.

(12) Once all pre-trial motions have been addressed, the Defence and the Prosecution will have a period of at least one week to submit lists of intended witness and all other forms of evidence to the Chief Justice for review and approval. The Court Justices will collectively approve or deny each proposed witness and piece of evidence, and provide the approved lists to both the Defence and the Prosecution. The Defence and Prosecution both have the right to cross-examine the others’ witnesses.

(13) A period of time will then be allowed for the gathering of all witness testimony. This should be arranged via a means mutually agreeable to the Defence and the Prosecution, or failing this by a means determined by the Chief Justice.

Trial

(14) The Prosecution will have one week to present their case, including all evidence and witness testimony.

(15) The Defence will then have one week to cross-examine the prosecution's witness testimony and offer rebuttal to the Prosecution's case.

(16) The Defence will then have one week to present their case, including all evidence and witness testimony.

(17)The Prosecution will then have one week to cross-examine the defence's witness testimony and offer rebuttal to the Defence’s case.

(18) The Prosecution will have one week to present their closing argument.

(19) The Defence will have one week to present their closing argument.

(20) The Chief Justice may permit delays upon request at their discretion.

(21) The case will then proceed to verdict and sentencing.

Verdict

(22) The Court Justices will collectively reach a verdict amongst themselves by majority decision with the Defendant to be found either guilty or not guilty. The verdict must be accompanied by an explanatory opinion explaining how and why the Court Justices reached the verdict. When a Court Justice dissents from the majority verdict, they may attach a dissenting opinion.

(23) Should a guilty verdict be reached then the case will proceed to sentencing immediately.

Sentencing

(24) Upon reaching a guilty verdict the Court Justices will also pass sentence, to be announced at the same time. The sentence must be accompanied by an explanatory opinion explaining the particular sentence was imposed.

(25) Sentences involving bans more than a year in length shall be subjected to a review by a Parole Board.

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Criminal Code

An act laying out crimes against the Coalition and their punishments

1. Crimes

(1) Treason shall be defined as plotting against the Coalition, seeking to lower the delegate's endorsement count without his or her consent, breaking the endorsement cap after receiving an official warning, aiding any entity in which the Coalition is taking defensive action against, or any entity in which a state of war exists with.

(2) Identity fraud shall be defined as a deception made of one's self, or knowingly abetting in another's claims to a false identity, wherein this fraud threatens the security of The South Pacific, or circumvents the laws and legal processes of The South Pacific.

(3) Espionage shall be defined as an act of or attempt to obtain information that is confidential or not made publicly available for use by oneself or an entity one represents. Distribution of private information that originates on the South Pacific Forum without the express written permission of the Cabinet of the South Pacific shall be considered Espionage.4. Blackmail shall be defined as demanding private gains from a player in return for not revealing compromising or injurious information.

(4) Miscarriage of Justice shall be defined as a deliberate perversion of the justice system - conduct which prevents the judiciary from reaching a true and just result.

(5) Organised crime shall be defined as involvement in a group or association with the intent of committing an unlawful act in The South Pacific.

(6) Corruption shall be defined as the misuse of public office for private or personal advantage.

(7) Electoral Fraud shall be defined as a manipulation of the democratic process in The South Pacific, wherein an organised body of abettors conspire to obtain citizenship with the intent to vote for private or personal advantage.

(8) Vexatious Charges shall be defined as the filing of criminal charges against another player despite the filing party's knowledge that that said charges were meritless, frivolous, repetitive, and/or burdensome.

(9) Conduct violations shall be defined as breaking in-game NationStates rules.

2. Punishments

(1) If found guilty of an act of treason, the offending nation will be immediately banned from the in-game region and offsite forums.
(2) Conduct violations are punishable by immediate ejection and banishment from the region, albeit punished parties may appeal this decision to the court. In most cases, nations that appeal the decision and apologize should expect to have their ban lifted.

(3) If found guilty of any other crime listed above, the Judiciary will determine a sentence. The sentence must be proportionate to the offense.

3. Parole

(1) After serving at least one year of a ban from the region and/or the regional forum, convicts may apply for parole to a parole board.
a. Said parole board shall consist of the senior most member of the Council on Regional Security, the Permanent Justice of the High Court, and the Chair of the Assembly.
b. The parole board may decide to recommend parole to convicts, provided a majority of its members support this motion; this decision should consider the security of the region and the genuine willingness of the convict to reform their behavior.
c. If parole is granted, the regional and/or forum ban shall be revoked and the individual shall be allowed to reside in The South Pacific.

(2) After six months of residency, the individual may apply for citizenship, albeit with a prohibition on holding office.

(3) While on parole, the special parole board can decide at any time, by majority vote, to revoke an individual’s parole; this decision should consider the security of the region and the contributions of the individual to the region.

(4) After six months of citizenship, the individual may apply to the parole board for the prohibition on holding office to be lifted. The parole board can grant this motion, provided a majority of the board supports – and in doing so, the individual will no longer be held under any conditions of parole.

(5) At each point of the parole process, prior to the parole board's decision, the Assembly shall be informed of a request and citizens shall be allotted one week to formally present briefs to the parole board regarding to the convicted, their past crimes and the appropriateness of parole.

(6) Changes to the parole system shall not affect the current status of parolees. Although any new procedure shall be followed hereafter.

4. Prohibited Regions and Organizations

(1) The Cabinet or the Council on Regional Security (“CSR”) may request the Assembly designate foreign regions and organizations deemed hostile to The South Pacific as Prohibited Groups. Such requests must be accompanied with a report detailing those activities that meet the definitions of hostility detailed in clause 2 of this Article.

(2) For the purposes of this article, hostility shall constitute foreign regions or organizations that--
a. Were actively involved and complicit in an attempt, successful or otherwise, to illegally overthrow the legitimate government of The South Pacific;
b. Have coordinated efforts to directly exploit the elections or Assembly of The South Pacific;
c. Groups that have engaged in or have attempted to engage in coordinated espionage against The South Pacific government or military;
d. Groups that have or have attempted to sabotage The South Pacific's military operations.

(3) For the purposes of this article, being on opposite sides of a military engagement, provided the target-region is not an ally or a region that The South Pacific is at war with, shall not constitute sabotage of The South Pacific's military operations.

(4) Membership in a designated Prohibited Group is prohibited within The South Pacific and grounds for revocation of legislator status.
a. A seven day grace period will be allowed for renunciation of membership in the Prohibited Group.
b. The seven days grace period begins immediately after the notification of the citizen in question that they are a member of a Prohibited Group by the Prime Minister or a member of the CSR.

(5) Any individual whose citizenship has been revoked for membership in a designated Prohibited Group may contest their membership in the Prohibited Group to the High Court within 7 days of their citizenship being revoked.
a. The High Court shall uphold the revocation of legislator status if the individual is found to have been a member of a designated Prohibited Group at the time of revocation.
b. The High Court shall reinstate legislator status if the individual is found not to have been a member of a designated Prohibited Group at the time of revocation.

(6) Applicants for legislator status who are members of a designated Prohibited Group shall not be granted such status unless they renounce membership in the Prohibited Group.

(7) Membership in a designated Prohibited Group does not constitute a criminal offense; failure to disclose such membership shall constitute fraud.

(8) Regions at war with The South Pacific or with which The South Pacific is at war shall be automatically considered Prohibited Groups.
a. The Assembly may further designate Prohibited Groups via a vote with a 60% majority in favor, should the Cabinet or the CSR request such a designation.

(9) The Assembly may rescind a Prohibited Group designation via a vote with a 60% majority in favor.
(10) The following regions and organizations are deemed Prohibited Groups within The South Pacific--
a. The Empire

(11) The Chair of the Assembly shall update clause 10 of this article to reflect The South Pacific's current Prohibited Groups.

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Military Code

An act establishing the rules and regulations of military forces

1. Command Structure

(1) The South Pacific Special Forces (“SPSF”) will be led by the Minister of Military Affairs and a panel of three Generals, herein referred to as the General Corps.
(2) Further ranks will be bestowed at the discretion of the General Corps.
(3) All new SPSF members will be designated the rank of Trainee until such time as they have a complete understanding of the Code of Conduct and NS military gameplay.
(4) Beyond the Minister of Military Affairs and General Corps, the rankings will be as follows from next highest on down; Officer, Soldier, Trainee.
(5) The General Corps is responsible for the planning of and overseeing of all missions of the SPSF.
(6) Officers can lead operations and give orders on behalf of the General Corps.

2. Requirements of Membership

(1) SPSF members must have a nation residing in The South Pacific that is in full compliance with the laws of the Coalition.
(2) Members must be able to join the WA with a nation for use in operations.
(3) SPSF members are required to return their WA nation or WA status, if not being used, to a nation in The South Pacific and endorse the Delegate, Vice Delegate, and the Council of Regional Security. Members are not forbidden to use it on other missions, but if not in use, they should reside in The South Pacific and endorse the relevant, aforementioned authorities.
(4) SPSF members must treat each other with respect and offer assistance to one another whenever possible.
(5) SPSF members are expected to sign in during roll call
(6) SPSF member must never publish mission details, including upcoming, current and past, in any public area of the forum or any other regional or in-game forum, without first receiving special clearance from the Minister of Military Affairs or the Generals.

3. Disciplinary Regulations, Procedures and Actions

(1) The following actions will be subject to disciplinary regulations--
a. Aiding the enemy; Giving an enemy region or organization any information or assistance, in particular serving in enemy forces or spreading enemy propaganda.
b. Disgraceful conduct; Conduct unbecoming of a member of the SPSF.
c. Disobeying a lawful command; Intentionally or recklessly disobeying a lawful command.
d. Espionage; obtaining or attempting to obtain information of a confidential, restricted or private nature with the intent to disclose said information to an individual or individuals not authorized to possess it.
e. Ill-Treating Subordinates; Bullying, humiliating, degrading or using unnecessarily harsh behavior against a subordinate.
f. Misconduct towards a superior officer; Disrespectful behavior or communication to a superior officer.
g. Obstructing an operation; Putting at risk or otherwise delaying, disrupting or discouraging a lawful operation.
h. Failure to meet membership requirements; Failing to meet the SPSF requirements of membership.

(2) The Minister of Military Affairs and the General Corps may institute the following disciplinary actions against any member who commits an above misconduct--
a. Demotion.
b. Dishonorable Discharge.
c. Honorable Discharge.
d. Private apology.
e. Public apology.
f. Suspension.

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Holidays Act

An act recognizing historical events worthy of celebration

1. Public Holidays

(1) The following days will be official holidays of the Coalition--

a. December 31st shall be declared Foundation Day, celebrating the creation of the South Pacific.
b. January 1st shall be declared Delegates Day, celebrating those who have served as Delegate of the Coalition.
c. June 2nd shall be declared Coalition Day, celebrating the creation of the Charter, Government, and the Coalition.
d. July 20th shall be declared Independence Day, celebrating our freedom and independence, marking the end of UCR control over the South Pacific.
e. November 13th shall be declared Creation Day, celebrating the creation of NationStates.

(2) Further holidays may be added by the Delegate, the Cabinet, or the Assembly.

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Sunshine Act
An act to periodically publish threads in private government forums

1. Publishing of Cabinet Discussion

(1) The discussions of the Cabinet shall be released every 8 months for public archival accessible to all members of The South Pacific.

(2) The Cabinet may institute a classification system to ensure that discussions that are still undergoing or discussions that would seriously threaten the security of the region are not released too early.

(3) The Cabinet shall regularly update the classification status of its discussions and not abuse the classification system to prevent its discussions from being published.

(4) The Cabinet may publish its discussions at earlier intervals if it wishes or has been petitioned to do so by a member.

2. Failure to Publish Cabinet Discussions

(1) The Cabinet may refuse to publish a discussion that has been petitioned by a member.
a. The reasons for which as well as the discussions in questions must be made available to the High Court.
b. The High Court may overturn the Cabinet refusal to publish a discussion.

(2) In the event that Cabinet discussions older than 8 months have failed to be published, the current Cabinet must publish those discussions in a speedy manner.

3. Publishing of High Court Proceedings

(1) The private discussions of the High Court, pertaining to a case, shall be made public after the period for an appeal has passed without an appeal being filed.

(2) Should an appeal be filed, private discussions pertaining to the case shall be withheld until after a ruling has been announced.

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Regional Officers Act
An act providing for the granting of Regional Officer powers to government officials

1. Regional Officer Power Definitions

(1) Under the terms of the act, the following powers are defined as--

a. “Appearance” is the authority to alter the World Factbook Entry and pin Dispatches.
b. “Border Control” is the authority to eject and ban nations from the region.
c. “Communications” is the authority to send region-wide telegrams, moderate the Regional Message Board, and alter regional recruitment system powers.
d. “Embassies” is the authority to open and close in-game embassies, and control which embassies may cross-post on the Regional Message Board.
e. “Executive” is the authority to appoint and remove Regional Officers.
f. “Polls” is the authority to create regional polls.
g. “World Assembly” is the authority to approve of World Assembly proposals and to cast the region's World Assembly votes.

2. Regional Officers

(1) The in-game Delegate will be granted all Regional Officer powers.

(2) The Minister of Foreign Affairs will be granted the Embassies power.

(3) The Minister of Regional Affairs will be granted the Appearance and Communications powers.

(4) Members of the Council on Regional Security will be granted the Border Control power.

(5) At least one member of the Local Council will be granted the Polls power.

3. Executive Discretion

(1) The Cabinet may grant Communications, Appearance, and Polls powers to regional members as they see fit.

4. Limitations

(1) Border Control power does not grant any legal authority to eject or ban nations from the region when not authorized by security or criminal laws.

(2) The Communications power must not be used excessively in a way that effectively spams the region.

(3) Exercise of Regional Officer powers must follow all applicable laws and rules. Behavior unbecoming of a representative of The South Pacific may result in suspension of Regional Officer power, even for ministers, as determined by a majority of the Cabinet.