Difference between revisions of "Federal Body of Consigahria"

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Under construction.

This is an uncomplete list (draft) of federal and territorial laws in Consigahria. The list references "citizens" in a masculine form, for example "if a citizen believes his life or freedom is in jeopardy," but in this nation, the term is used in lawmaking as an abstract replacement for "it," which in English would both be more conceptually appropriate and impolite.

The list will be updated as necessary.

Federal laws

Overview

All people who are within Consigahrian borders at any time for any reason are legally considered "in Consigahria" or "within Consigahria", and are classified legally as citizens: residents, non-residents, and tourists. Residents are people who either were born within the nation, or who took steps to become legal citizens. Non-residents are people who are currently taking steps to become legal citizens; are inmates; are people who emigrated to the nation and are not taking and have not taken steps to become legal citizens; are people who have lost their legal status as citizen or demi-citizen by renouncing their citizenship; or are people whose parents are verifiable Consigahrian citizens who want to house them permanently. Tourists are people who live within the nation temporarily, allowed by visa. Minors have reduced rights as citizens; and prisoners only retain a handful of rights.

Essential rights

The Consigahrian Federal Body lists four essential rights which every person has while in national legal jurisdiction.

Life

Every citizen has the right to live. A citizen loses this right if he threatens the life of another citizen using a deadly weapon, or claims the life of another citizen using a deadly weapon; and regains this right as soon as he is within custody of a police agency or a government agency. A prisoner, federal or territorial, has the right to live, until he violates this right of another person: no citizen has the right to threaten the life of another and expect not to have his own life threatened in kind.

Weaponry

Every adult citizen (age 18 and over) has the right to bear and/or conceal pistols and semi-automatic firearms both on public property and private property. Every adult citizen also has the right to take the life of anybody who aims their firearm at him. Every adult and adolescent citizen (age 15 and over) has the right to bear and/or conceal bladed weaponry both on public property and private property. The use of concealed weaponry is not illegal in the case where the victim perceives his freedom, property, or personal safety is at risk. Weaponry is specifically illegal on the property of government-owned buildings.

Education, healthcare, and employment

Every citizen has the right to go to school for free, to study whatever they like, for as long as they like. Every citizen does not have the right to employment: to work, a citizen must take and pass several federal exams; and to operate a motor vehicle, or to professionally handle food, or to operate heavy machinery, a citizen must do the same. It is not illegal to require an individual be a certain age or to have certain experience to be considered for employment; but it is specifically illegal to deny employment to an individual based on his sexual orientation or sexual identity. It is also specifically illegal to deny free healthcare, including first aid, to any individual especially because of personal bias; but it is illegal to deny free healthcare, or first aid, to any individual who asks for it to begin with, if it is able to be given.

Public property

Public property is defined as any Consigahrian soil which is not claimed by a private entity, such as an individual, a corporation, or a small local company. All public property is claimed, owned, and maintained by the Consigahrian government.

It is illegal for the following items to be on public property which is partially owned by another entity.

• tobacco products, including all "vape pens" if it contains nicotine
• illegal drugs or like paraphernalia
• weaponry, except those exempt by owner of the building/area
• explosives

Public schools

Public schools must...

• have extensive counseling programs for troubled students.
• have a list of clearly, concisely-defined rules their students are expected to follow.
• are required to reprimand students who do not follow aforementioned rules.
• are allowed to spank their children on the buttocks or thighs with a wooden paddle no more than 20 times for every two offenses.
• require their students to wear uniform lanyards and matching bar-coded identification cards.
• close their campuses during school hours.
• require motor vehicles to drive no more than 25 mph while on or near their property.
• specialize each student in literacy, mathematics, combat, and life training classes, as well as two or three other classes of the student's choice.
• separate each class by grade.
• feed each student at least once a day, during a "free period" or similar concept (e.g. for one period of seven, the student would relax with friends and eat food from the school's cafeteria in a designated non-classroom setting on-campus).
• employ as many people as possible without overcrowding the building on a daily basis, bankrupting the school, or putting the students in danger.
• require their staff to report all crimes committed on school property (including the adjacent sidewalks and roadways) to the school board and nearby police department as soon as possible.
• require their counselors or psychiatrists to never disclose information to the school, a student's parent, or any other person, agency, or other entity without the legality being confirmed on written, signed, and dated appropriate paperwork. (Exempt agency: the Operatives' Division.)
• have at least one room (at least 5 x 10 meters) designated for students to relax.
• have at least one gymnasium.
• have at least one student-accessible water fountain per 100 students.
• have at least one room designated for staff to relax and catch up on their work.
• permit staff to relax without students for at least one period.
• permit their students to engage in violent confrontations, as long as each confrontation is one-on-one and is not lethal; and its security staff must break up or avoid any confrontations which are not acceptable under this rule.

Security

Every citizen has the right to fence off his property, and to use any force he deems necessary to protect his property and family. For instance, an 18-year-old young man who thinks he sees a burglar climbing over his father's fence is legally able to take his rifle and shoot the intruder before he touches the ground; but if after the shooting he finds it's his cousin, or a police officer, or another government worker, he will be charged with manslaughter. If he fires twice or more and doesn't miss, he will be charged with murder and assault with a deadly weapon. If he fires at and/or kills a police officer or federal agent, he will be charged with either murder or attempted murder, depending if the victim died or not.

A 15- or 17-year-old citizen has the right to use a sharp, deadly projectile to protect himself against a threat, but not against a potential threat. A 14-year-old child, or another individual deemed legally handicapped (except those with disabilities which do not affect the brain) of any age, does not have this right.

Religion

The nation of Consigahria was created by a devout Jewish population, and will continue to be an avowedly devout Jewish population. However, once on Consigahrian soil, every being has the right to their religion and creed, and has the right not to have that religion or creed violated. This does not mean, however, a citizen who robs people because his god tells him to is exempt from the law.

Freedom of expression

All Consigahrian citizens have the right to freedom of expression. Freedom of expression, in Consigahria, is defined as "the prerogative, the birthright, to express ideas and opinions freely through speech, writing, and other forms of communication but without deliberately causing harm to others' character and/or reputation by false or misleading statements." Legally speaking, freedom of expression may negate the penalty for breaking the following laws.

• Assault; assault with a deadly weapon: If a citizen believes his life or freedom is in jeopardy, or if the same of one of his family members or close friends is compromised, he has the right to engage in violent combat in order to negate the threat, even to the point of using a firearm. If the cause of threat dies directly by means of this counterattack as deemed by a federal coroner via autopsy, or by forensic scientists by more than two autopsies, the citizen who counterattacked would be subject to the penalty for manslaughter.
• Public indecency; public nudity; public obscenity: It is mandatory to be in a total state of undress while in public. All blouses, shirts, pants, undergarments, skirts, "skorts" (skirt-shorts), and all other clothing garments are illegal to wear in public, except all jackets and hoodies (in extreme cold), socks, shoes, sandals, hats, caps, skullcaps, beanies, piercings, tattoos classified as "clothing" such as permanent make-up, and diapers (if medically necessary). On private property, however, a citizen may dress how he pleases.
• Murder; aggravated murder: A minor must be acquitted of his first murder; and a legally insane person, or somebody whose behavior suggests legal insanity, who kills only because of impulse, must be acquitted.
• Smoking in a private residence: Any citizen may consume cannabis whenever medically necessary, wherever he is. Any adult citizen may consume tobacco outside on public property if he would like to.

Territorial laws

Under construction.