(4) The Chair may correct typographical errors, grammatical errors, or formatting inconsistencies at any time, as long as these corrections do not alter the original intent of the law, following a three day period in which the corrections are presented to the assembly for comments. Any such corrections must be recorded with the legislative history of each law. Legislative Procedure Act, Article 2, Section 4

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This thread, appropriately titled 'Typographical, Grammatical, & Formatting Errors in Legislation', shall be used as a singular point of notice for every correction henceforth.

Over the course of the next seventy-three weeks, the Chair, with assistance from the 'Stools' (Deputy Chairs), shall examine each piece of legislation in the MATT-DUCK Law Archive.

A minimum of one notice will be published every week. Each notice will deal with one particular law. Afterwards, there will be a consultation period of three days in which Legislators will have an opportunity to scrutinise the proposed corrections before they take effect.

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CODE	NOTICE RELATING TO	DATE	RESULT
TGF.01	Elections Act	29 November — 2 December	Corrected
TGF.02	Criminal Code	30 November — 3 December	Corrected
TGF.03	Charter	9 — 12 December	In progress

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TGF.01

This correction was originally published here. It has been reproduced in this thread for record-keeping purposes. Please note that the three day consultation period is based on the original thread.

INFORMATION:

Legislation: Elections Act
Article and Section number (if applicable): Article 2, Section 3

ORIGINAL TEXT:

(3) Voters will have the option to cast their privately vote using a secret ballot. The method of private voting will be selected by the Election Commission. The method must utilize an unaffiliated account or server, with the method and all votes remaining available for audit. Named ballots are not to be released under any circumstances.

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(3) Voters will have the option to cast their privately vote using a secret ballot. The method of private voting will be selected by the Election Commission. The method must utilize an unaffiliated account or server, with the method and all votes remaining available for audit. Named ballots are not to be released under any circumstances.

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This is original text of the proposed corrections. It has since undergone revision based on the feedback received. The current proposal is available here.

TGF.02

INFORMATION:

Legislation: Criminal Code
Article and Section number (if applicable): N/A (Multiple amendments)

ORIGINAL TEXT:

Click to View 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 which the Coalition is taking defensive action against, or any entity against which a state of war exists. (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 in official South Pacific discussion areas, excluding private messages, without the express written permission of the relevant officials or institutions shall be considered Espionage. a. The Chair of the Assembly shall be the relevant official for information from private discussions of the Assembly. b. The Council on Regional Security shall be the relevant institution for information from private discussions of the Council. c. The High Court shall be the relevant institution for information from private discussions of the High Court. d. The Cabinet shall be the relevant institution for all other private information that originates in official South Pacific discussion areas. (4) Blackmail shall be defined as demanding private gains from a player in return for not revealing compromising or injurious information. (5) Contempt of Court shall be defined as a deliberate perversion of the justice system - conduct which prevents the judiciary from reaching a true and just result. (6) Organised crime shall be defined as involvement in a group or association with the intent of committing an unlawful act in The South Pacific. (7) Corruption shall be defined as the misuse of public office for private or personal advantage. (8) 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 legislator status with the intent to vote for private or personal advantage. (9) Extortion shall be defined as the threatening of any individual in order to influence behavior that the recipient would otherwise not alter. (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. (10) Bribery shall be defined as the receiving or offering of undue support by or to any individual in order to influence behavior that the recipient would otherwise not alter. (10) 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. (11) 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 Chief 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 legislator status, 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 legislator status, 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 legislators 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 (“CRS”) 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 legislator in question that they are a member of a Prohibited Group by the Prime Minister or a member of the CRS. (5) Any individual whose legislator status 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 legislator status 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 CRS 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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Click to View Criminal Code [Insert a paragraph gap here] 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 Delegate's endorsement count without his or her consent, breaking the endorsement cap after receiving an official warning, aiding any entity which the Coalition is taking defensive action against, or any entity against which a state of war exists. [Reason: The Charter (VII.) capitalises 'delegate', hence, for consistency purposes, the position should be capitalised in this inferior piece of legislation.] (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 in official South Pacific discussion areas, excluding private messages, without the express written permission of the relevant officials or institutions shall be considered Espionage. a. The Chair of the Assembly shall be the relevant official for information from private discussions of the Assembly. b. The Council on Regional Security shall be the relevant institution for information from private discussions of the Council. c. The High Court shall be the relevant institution for information from private discussions of the High Court. d. The Cabinet shall be the relevant institution for all other private information that originates in official South Pacific discussion areas. (4) Blackmail shall be defined as demanding private gains from a player in return for not revealing compromising or injurious information. (5) Contempt of Court shall be defined as a deliberate perversion of the justice system - conduct which prevents the judiciary Judiciary from reaching a true and just result. [Reason: The Charter (VI., 4) capitalises 'executive', hence, for consistency purposes, terms of the other branches of government should be capitalised.] (6) Organised Organized crime shall be defined as involvement in a group or association with the intent of committing an unlawful act in The South Pacific. [Reason: For consistency, the word(s) should be changed to American English.] (7) Corruption shall be defined as the misuse of public office for private or personal advantage. (8) Electoral Fraud shall be defined as a manipulation of the democratic process in The South Pacific, wherein an organised organized body of abettors conspire to obtain legislator status with the intent to vote for private or personal advantage. [Reason: For consistency, the word(s) should be changed to American English.] (9) Extortion shall be defined as the threatening of any individual in order to influence behavior that the recipient would otherwise not alter. (9) (10) 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. (10) (11) Bribery shall be defined as the receiving or offering of undue support by or to any individual in order to influence behavior that the recipient would otherwise not alter. (10) (12) 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. [Reason: The word, 'that', is repeated in the text.] (11) (13) 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. [Insert a paragraph gap here] (2) Conduct violations are punishable by immediate ejection and banishment from the region, albeit punished parties may appeal this decision to the court High Court. In most cases, nations that appeal the decision and apologize should expect to have their ban lifted. [Reason: For consistency purposes, and in keeping with The Charter (VII.) preference for the long-form title of the Court.] (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 Chief 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 legislator status, 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 legislator status, 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 legislators 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. [Reason: The word, 'to', is unnecessary.] (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 (“CRS”) 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 Section 2 of this Article. [Reason #1: The abbreviation of the Council on Regional Security is peculiar considering numerous past instances when the full term was applied in the text.] [Reason #2: The High Court uses the term 'Section' rather than 'Clause' (see: HCCC1801, HCRR1803, and HCLQ1804). For consistency purposes, this will be the terminology used in legislation] (2) For the purposes of this article Article, hostility shall constitute foreign regions or organizations that-- [Reason: The High Court capitalises 'article' (see: HCCC1801, HCRR1803, and HCLQ1804). For consistency purposes, 'article' will be capitalised in all legislation] 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's government or military; [Reason: Added an apostrophe to indicate a possessive case.] d. Groups that have or have attempted to sabotage The South Pacific's military operations. (3) For the purposes of this article 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. [Reason: The High Court capitalises 'article' (see: HCCC1801, HCRR1803, and HCLQ1804). For consistency purposes, 'article' will be capitalised in all legislation] (4) Membership in a designated Prohibited Group is prohibited within The South Pacific and grounds for revocation of legislator 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 legislator in question that they are a member of a Prohibited Group by the Prime Minister or a member of the CRS Council on Regional Security. [Reason: The abbreviation of the Council on Regional Security is removed for consistency purpose.] (5) Any individual whose legislator Legislator status 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 legislator status being revoked. a. The High Court shall uphold the revocation of legislator 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 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 Legislator status who are members of a designated Prohibited Group shall not be granted such status unless they renounce membership in the Prohibited Group. [Reason for the above changes: The Charter (V., 2) capitalises 'legislator' when used to mean 'legislator status', hence, for consistency purposes, this term should be capitalised in this inferior piece of legislation.] (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 CRS Council on Regional Security request such a designation. [Reason: The abbreviation of the Council on Regional Security is removed for consistency purpose.] (9) The Assembly may rescind a Prohibited Group designation via a vote with a 60% majority in favor. [Insert a paragraph gap here] (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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The code for the original text relies heavily on the colour tag for #333333. This tag is used in every line of code. I propose that this colour tag be stricken from the post. Snippet of what the code current looks like Code: [align=center][b][color=#333333]Criminal Code[/color][/b][/align] [align=center][color=#333333][i]An act laying out crimes against the Coalition and their punishments[/i][/color][/align] [color=#333333][b]1. Crimes[/b][/color] [color=#333333](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 which the Coalition is taking defensive action against, or any entity against which a state of war exists.[/color] [color=#333333](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.[/color] [color=#333333](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 in official South Pacific discussion areas, excluding private messages, without the express written permission of the relevant officials or institutions shall be considered Espionage.[/color] [color=#333333]a. The Chair of the Assembly shall be the relevant official for information from private discussions of the Assembly.[/color] [color=#333333]b. The Council on Regional Security shall be the relevant institution for information from private discussions of the Council.[/color] [color=#333333]c. The High Court shall be the relevant institution for information from private discussions of the High Court.[/color] [color=#333333]d. The Cabinet shall be the relevant institution for all other private information that originates in official South Pacific discussion areas.[/color] [color=#333333](4) Blackmail shall be defined as demanding private gains from a player in return for not revealing compromising or injurious information.[/color] [color=#333333](5) Contempt of Court shall be defined as a deliberate perversion of the justice system - conduct which prevents the judiciary from reaching a true and just result.[/color] [color=#333333](6) Organised crime shall be defined as involvement in a group or association with the intent of committing an unlawful act in The South Pacific.[/color] [color=#333333](7) Corruption shall be defined as the misuse of public office for private or personal advantage.[/color] [color=#333333](8) 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 legislator status with the intent to vote for private or personal advantage.[/color] ...

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[Reason: The High Court capitalises 'article' (see: HCCC1801, HCRR1803, and HCLQ1804). For consistency purposes, 'article' will be capitalised in all legislation] 

The High Court only capitalises article when it's being used as a proper noun. Here, it isn't being used as a proper noun, and so non-capitalisation would be more appropriate.

[Reason: For consistency, the word(s) should be changed to American English.]

This injures me

As for "The South Pacific" vs. "the South Pacific" - I personally think this should be changed to the non-capitalized version to fit present common usage and accuracy to the in-game region. The Charter does have "The South Pacific" but the Charter is not immune to change either.

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I join my fellow Londoner in expressing opposition to the suggestion of replacing English with “American” in our laws.

Article 2, Clause 4 only empowers the Chair to make corrections - as this would be introducing an error into our laws, this proposal is clearly illegal.

Should the Chair insist on going forward with this illegal act I will have no choice but to introduce legislation to create the “Standard English (United Kingdom Standard English [UKSE] Grammar and Vocabulary) Act”, otherwise known as the “English, Motherfucker” act.

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It is my duty to object to the proposal of the British imperialists. Proper English is spoken by ~225 million as a first tounge, and by ~250.6 million overall, easily and resolutely making up a majority of all Anglophones, native or not. It is, therefore, the duty of the Chair to be correct on grammar, not to be an archaic and elitist editor of our laws.

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在我看来，我们律政行政的官方通用语言应是中文。因毕竟中文是世界使用人口最多的语言，相信议长颁布《律政中文使用令》，必将使行政施法方面更加便捷。

In my opinion, the official language used in legislation and administration should be Chinese, seeing as it has the most number of speakers worldwide. I believe that if the Chair were to issue an "Order on the Use of Chinese in Legislation and Administration" it will make the administration and interpretation of laws more efficient.

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Seeing as the current super power and hegemon of the Global Order is the United States of America I support our Chairs decision to fall in line with the global hegemon and change the language to American English.

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Let it be known that I prefer British English.


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在我看来，我们律政行政的官方通用语言应是中文。因毕竟中文是世界使用人口最多的语言，相信议长颁布《律政中文使用令》，必将使行政施法方面更加便捷。

In my opinion, the official language used in legislation and administration should be Chinese, seeing as it has the most number of speakers worldwide. I believe that if the Chair were to issue an "Order on the Use of Chinese in Legislation and Administrative" it will make the administration and interpretation of laws more efficient.

Cut the ~1.something billion of Chinese who cannot access NS without feeling safe, and you have a scattered few tens of millions.

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"The 1% is like a 1% battery charge. It will die out if it is not charged(the charge is the 99%). But if you don't charge it, it will die for sure, sooner or later"
- Me (2001- Present)

"Change is the world's blood"
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