Legislators,

A proposal has been introduced to amend Article 7 of the Judicial Act.

The debate thread can be found here.

A motion and a second have been received to bring this amendment to a vote.

As this proposal is for an amendment to a general law, the voting period is three days and will require a simple majority to pass. The vote will end on 16 November, 2018, at 2:50 p.m. (UTC).

Please vote by poll if possible. If you cannot vote by poll, post 'Aye', 'Nay' or 'Abstain' in this thread. Please do not vote both by poll and by post. Comments and discussion belong in the debate thread and may be moved there.

(1) An appeal is a case for which the petitioner seeks to reverse or reevaluate a case that itself is not an appeal. An appeal may only be filed if there is no other open appeal for that case, and must be filed against the most recently adjudicated appeal, if one exists.

(2) An appeal may be filed by any member of the South Pacific or by any non-member with a vested interest in the case, for at least one of the reasons described in this article.


(2)(3) Appeals may only be submitted on grounds of process violations, contradictions of law, or judicial misconduct. For such an appeal, the assigned justice of the case being appealed is automatically recused from the appeal case.

(3) The assigned justice of the case being appealed is automatically recused from the appeal case.

(4) Appeals may be submitted upon submission of new evidence that a reasonable person considers grounds for reviewing the original opinion.

(This post was last modified: 11-16-2018, 11:08 AM by Amerion.)

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The vote to amend Article 7 of the Judicial Act has passed.

The final tally is 18 in favour, 4 in opposition, with 10 abstentions.

A spreadsheet of the vote is attached for your convenience.

Attached Files

  Amendment to Article 7 of the Judicial Act Final Tally.pdf (Size: 38.38 KB / Downloads: 3)

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