Legislators,

A proposal has been introduced to amend Article 1 of the Criminal Code.

The debate thread can be found here.

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

As this amendment is for a general law, the voting period is three days and will require a simple majority to pass. The vote will end on 30 November, 2018, at 7:20 a.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.

(9) Defamation shall be defined as the communication of false or grossly misleading information about an individual to a recipient, for the purposes of damaging the standing of that individual and done so with a reckless disregard for its factual accuracy.

(8) (10) Bribery shall be defined as the receiving or offering of undue patronage by or to any individual in order to influence behavior that the recipient would otherwise not alter.

(This post was last modified: 11-30-2018, 04:46 AM by Amerion.)

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The vote to amend Article 1 of the Criminal Code has passed.

The final tally is 30 in favour, 1 in opposition, with 10 abstaining.

A spreadsheet of the vote is attached for your convenience.

Attached Files

  Amendment to Article 1 of the Criminal Code (Defamation).pdf (Size: 40.18 KB / Downloads: 5)

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