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Criminal Code 2020

Contents
1 Criminal Code 2020
1.1 Part 1 Criminal Process
1.1.1 Article 1. Criminal Jurisdiction
1.1.2 Article 2. Burden of Proof
1.1.3 Article 3. Criminal Charges
1.2 Part 2 Sentencing
1.2.1 Article 4. Sentencing Specifications
1.2.2 Article 5. Termination or Forbiddance from Office
1.2.3 Article 6. Rules of Punishing a Criminal Offense
1.2.4 Article 7. Ignorance of Law
1.2.5 Article 8. Tickets
1.3 Part 3 Statutory defenses
1.3.1 Article 9. Necessity
1.3.2 Article 10. Provocation
1.3.3 Article 11. Consent
1.3.4 Article 12. Coercion
1.4 Part 4 Inchoate Offenses
1.4.1 Article 13. Conspiracy
1.4.1.1 Article 13a. Hoax
1.4.2 Article 14. Attempt
1.4.3 Article 15. Incitement
1.4.4 Article 16. Abuse of Alternate Accounts
1.4.4.1 Article 16a.
1.4.5 Article 17. Coercion to Commit a Crime
1.4.6 Article 18. Automated Crimes
1.5 Part 5 (not present)
1.6 Part 6 Perversion of Justice
1.6.1 Article 19. Perjury
1.6.2 Article 20. Obstruction of Justice
1.6.3 Article 21. Contempt
1.6.3.1 Subdivision 1: Contempt of Court
1.6.3.1.1 Subsection 1. Definition
1.6.3.1.2 Subsection 2. Proceedings when contempt is in the face of court
1.6.3.1.3 Subsection 3. Indirect Contempt of Court
1.6.3.2 Subdivision 2. Contempt of Senate
1.6.4 Article 22. Making a Frivolous Claim
1.6.4.1 Article 22a. Making a False Report
1.6.5 Article 23. Resisting Arrest
1.6.5.1 Article 23a. Unlawful Use of Alternate Accounts
1.6.6 Article 24. Witness and Evidence Tampering
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1.6.7 Article 25. Witness Retaliation

1.6.8 Article 26. Wrongful Arrest
1.6.9 Article 27. Framing
1.7 Part 7 Abuse of Authority
1.7.1 Article 28. Discrimination
1.7.2 Article 29. Abuse of Power
1.7.3 Article 30. Abuse of Discretion
1.7.4 Article 31. Misuse of Permissions
1.7.5 Article 32. Public Misinformation
1.8 Part 8 Crimes Against Public Interest
1.8.1 Article 33. Dereliction of Duty
1.8.2 Article 34. Dereliction of National Interest
1.8.3 Article 35. Political Coercion
1.9 Part 9 Electoral Crimes
1.9.1 Article 36. Electoral Crimes
1.9.2 Article 37. Election Fraud
1.9.2.1 Article 37a. Fraudulent Voter Registration
1.9.2.2 Article 37b. Misrepresentation to the Electoral Commission
1.9.3 Article 38. Claiming Election Fraud
1.9.4 Article 39. Voter Suppression
1.9.5 Article 40. Incumbent Election Interference
1.9.6 Article 41. Vote Buying
1.10 Part 10 Crimes Against The State
1.10.1 Article 43: Alternate Account Registry
1.10.1.1 Subdivision 1: Failure to declare Alternate Account
1.10.1.2 Subdivision 2: False Declaration of Alternate Account
1.10.2 Article 44. Treason
1.10.3 Article 45. Destruction of National Documents
1.10.4 Article 46. Impersonation of an Official
1.10.4.1 Article 46a. Stolen Valour
1.10.5 Article 47. Embezzlement
1.10.6 Article 48. Revealing State Secrets
1.10.7 Article 49. Brigading and Raiding
1.10.8 Article 50. Spamming
1.10.8.1 Article 50a. Voice Chat Disruption
1.10.9 Article 51. Terrorist Conspiracy
1.10.10 Article 52. Racketeering
1.10.11 Article 53. Tax Evasion
1.11 Part 11 Crimes Against The Person
1.11.1 Article 54. Poaching
1.11.2 Article 55. Violation of Privacy
1.11.2.1 Article 55a. Doxxing
1.11.2.2 Article 55b. Threats to Doxx
1.11.3 Article 56. Harassment

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1.11.3.1 Article 56a. Hate Speech

1.11.3.2 Article 56b. Misgendering
1.11.4 Article 57. Sexual Harassment
1.11.5 Article 58. Failure to Report Sexual Harassment
1.11.6 Article 59. Obscene Materials
1.11.7 Article 60. Making Criminal Threats
1.11.8 Article 61. Impersonation
1.11.9 Article 62. Blackmail
1.11.10 Article 63. Abuse of Vulnerability
1.12 Part 12 Terms of Service Violations
1.12.1 Article 64. Terms of Service Violation
1.13 Schedules
1.13.1 First Schedule
1.13.2 Second Schedule
1.14 Textual Amendments
1.15 Citations

Criminal Code 2020

Last updated: 19 March 2025

Part 1 Criminal Process

Article 1. Criminal Jurisdiction

§1. A mute is to be defined as the inability to comment or message on either Reddit or Discord.

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[1]§2. A person may only be prosecuted for crimes committed in r/SimDemocracy and its associated
Discord server or within the jurisdiction of a competent court recognized by SimDemocracy.

§2.1. This section does not apply if a person acts on behalf of SimDemocracy and is an elected
official, or legally represents SimDemocracy.

§3. A person may be prosecuted for crimes committed in direct messages with another person, if both
are citizens of SimDemocracy.

§4. A person cannot be tried for acts committed outside the jurisdiction of SimDemocracy if already tried
in a foreign court formally recognized by SimDemocracy through treaty or law.

§5. A person is defined as any user who has, or had, the capacity and intention of participating in
SimDemocracy.
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§6. If a crime, which directly affects SimDemocracy or persons in SimDemocracy or had the potential of
doing so, is committed outside of the jurisdiction given in this article, it may be prosecuted regardless,
provided the person under prosecution satisfies the principles laid out in §5.

Article 2. Burden of Proof

§1. The prosecution has the obligation of proving each element of an offense beyond a reasonable
doubt. If any element of an offense cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, the defendant cannot
be found guilty of that crime.

§1.1. If presenting a specific piece of evidence to establish an offense beyond a reasonable doubt
would pose an existential risk to SimDemocracy, the courts may admit witness testimony in lieu of
said evidence.[2]

§2. The accused has the obligation of proving any defence or mitigating circumstance raised on the
balance of probabilities, unless otherwise specified.

§2.1. The prosecution has an obligation of disproving any defence or mitigating circumstance
successfully raised under §2 beyond a reasonable doubt, unless otherwise specified.

§3. A rebuttable presumption is taken as true until proven false. It may be rebutted on the balance of
probabilities, unless otherwise specified.

Article 3. Criminal Charges

§1. The prosecution shall seek charges most applicable for the facts presented.

§2. In a case where one action fits many crimes, only one crime may be charged based on these facts;
which shall be decided by the prosecution accordingly.

§2.1. An inchoate crime along with any other criminal offense shall be a valid charge.

§3. If a charge is not appropriate for a given action, yet may qualify as a criminal offense regardless, the
judge may inform the prosecution and declare a mistrial.

§4. If there are multiple criminal actions committed by an accused person, they may be (but not
necessarily must be) tried in a single criminal trial.

§4.1. The sentence is to be individually determined for every charge the accused is guilty of and
the sentence is to be all of the sentences for all of the valid charges added together, unless special
circumstances justify parts of the sentences being served simultaneously.

§5. Unless a contrary intention is expressed, the statute of limitations for all offenses shall be the
duration of the maximum sentence for said offense, or six (6) months, whichever is greater.

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§5.1. The statute of limitations for crimes with a maximum sentence of a permanent ban shall be
eighteen (18) months.

Part 2 Sentencing

Article 4. Sentencing Specifications

§1. A mute is to be defined as the inability to comment or message on either Reddit or Discord.

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§2. A ban shall be considered a ban from all territories of SimDemocracy, including the Discord server
and the Subreddit.

§3. The presiding judge is to follow the bounds of the sentence as specified per crime in the Criminal
Code, unless a plea deal is entered.[4]

§3.1. Any verdict which applies a punishment not available for the specific crime is to be declared
invalid by appeal or other means.

§3.2. In cases where the entered plea deal is clearly egregious and disproportionate, the judge
may ignore the plea deal.

§4. Available sentences specified per crime in the Criminal Code apply once per count of a given charge.

§5. All crimes should specify sentencing guidelines; if they are not specified a maximum sentence of a
ban of up to one (1) month is to be assumed.

§6. A punishment shall count from the time of appliance of the punishment. The appliance of the
punishment should be done as quickly as possible after the declaration of the punishment.

§7. If no time after which the punishment comes into effect has been specified in the verdict or the plea
deal, the punishment is to apply as soon as a person with the relevant permissions enforces the
punishment.[4]

§8. If the determined sentence is equal to, or less than the amount of time that the defendant had
already served in a mute, arrest, or pre-emptive ban it is to be determined that the defendant had
already served their sentence, and the defendant is to be released.

§8.1. If the determined sentence is greater than two (2) weeks, and the defendant has already
served more than half of the determined sentence in a mute, arrest or pre-emptive ban, then the
length of time served shall be deducted from the sentence.

§9. The court may include an injunction in the sentence if one is necessary for the proper enforcement of
the law.

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§10. A month shall equal thirty days.[4]

Article 5. Termination or Forbiddance from Office

§1. If specified by the offense, a court may sentence a person to be terminated from or forbidden from
holding certain public and private offices for a specified period of time.

§1.1. Such termination must be proportionate and relevant to the crime under trial, and
preventative rather than punitive in nature.

§2. Sentences terminating or forbidding a person from holding a public office must be ratified by the
Senate in a simple majority vote.

Article 6. Rules of Punishing a Criminal Offense

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§1. In considering a sentence for an Accused, the Judge shall have regard to the Sentencing Act.

§2. Notwithstanding cases described in §3, a punishment may not come into effect later than three days
after the conviction.

§3. If a definition or elements of a crime have been amended between the trial of a person and the
commission of a criminal act, then the definition that was enacted at the time of the commission of the
crime is to be the one the person is tried for.

§4. Where an Article supplies a minimum punishment, a Judge shall have discretion to impose up to half
of the minimum sentence as a suspended sentence, unless the Article is listed in the First Schedule.[6]

§4.1. No person shall serve a suspended sentence unless a finding of Probable Cause has been
made against them for crimes committed up to 3 months after the person is sentenced, at which
point they shall immediately serve the suspended sentence.[6]

Article 7. Ignorance of Law

§1. Ignorance or mistaken interpretation of law does not deprive a defendant of liability for a crime.

Article 8. Tickets
[6]
§1. Any criminal offense may be summarily punished with a Ticket, which provides for the muting of
any person for no more than 48 hours on the first offense, and up to 96 hours for subsequent offences
under the same Article;

Provided that –
A. Tickets may be issued by any law enforcement officer;
B. Tickets may be refused by the person it is issued to, in which case the person must be unmuted;
C. No charges may be brought against a person whom a ticket is issued to, unless the person
refuses the ticket;
D. No tickets may be issued more than 3 days after the commission of an Offense; and,
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E. No tickets may be issued for offences specified in the First and Second Schedule.

§2. When being issued a ticket, the person issuing the ticket shall communicate the relevant message
listed below to the person ticketed, as soon as reasonably practicable, provided that the message may
be provided in a different channel the user is able to view, with the user mentioned, or included as part of
a ticket document, and the provision of such information shall be conclusive in determining that a person
has been informed of their rights.[7]

§2.1. The relevant message specified in §2. is as follows:

“You have the right to reject this ticket by contacting any SDBI officer, in which case the ticket will not be
recorded. You will be unmuted, but charges may be brought against you. Note that rejecting the ticket
may result in a higher penalty if you are tried in a court of law, but not rejecting the ticket may result in a
higher penalty if you commit the relevant offence again and are issued another ticket.[7]

§2.2. Despite any legislation to the contrary, auto-mutes by the discord bot Wick or Wick Premium
shall be considered as tickets, and tickets issued by Wick shall not be required to contain the
message in §2.1. if the Wick bot does not have premium features enabled, and the lack of the
message in §2.1. shall not be construed to mean that a person was not informed of their rights.[7]
§2.2.1. Despite any legislation to the contrary, a ticket issued by the Wick bot may be
rejected for another person by any person with permissions to unmute a user through the
Wick bot.[7]

Part 3 Statutory defenses

Article 9. Necessity
§1. Necessity may be a possible defense in cases where a criminal offense has been committed in order
to prevent greater harm.

§2. In order for the defense to be applied, the defendant shall prove that:

§2.1. The social harm of the prohibited offense they sought to avoid is higher than the social harm
of the offense they have been charged with; and

§2.2. They had no reasonable alternative; and

§2.3. They have ceased to engage in the prohibited conduct as soon as the danger passed; and

§2.4. That they did not themselves create the danger they sought to avoid.

§3. If the defense is applied, the sentence for a crime may be nullified entirely or reduced.

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§3.1. If deemed proportionate, the sentence may be reduced to below the minimum available
sentence for an offense.

Article 10. Provocation

§1. Provocation is to be when a person has committed a criminal act partly because of a preceding set
of events that might cause a reasonable person to lose self control.

§1.1. The defendant must not have contributed in escalating the preceding set of events to such a
level.

§2. Proof of provocation occurring shall be considered a mitigating factor during sentencing.

Article 11. Consent

§1. If the victim affected by the criminal act done by the accused has voluntarily consented to it; then it
may be considered a mitigating factor; or if explicitly consented, nullify the charges entirely.

§2. Consent may be used as a defense only for a crime with a definable victim; crimes with multiple
victims require the consent of all relevant victims.

§3. If a given person voluntarily consents to the act before its commitment, and then withdraws their
consent after the commitment, then the defense shall still apply.

§4. Consent may be a defense for all crimes against privacy.

§5. If the defense is applied, the sentence for a crime may be nullified entirely or reduced.

§5.1. If deemed proportionate, the sentence may be reduced to below the minimum available
sentence for an offense.

Article 12. Coercion

§1. A person coerced into committing a criminal act shall be considered not guilty.

§2. Coercion may be either done through threats to harass, violate privacy, or otherwise harm or
threaten to harm the coerced person.

§2.1. The perceived and possible harm must be proportionate to the social harm caused by the
crime committed. Persons have a responsibility not to commit a crime if at all avoidable.

§3. If the defense is applied, the sentence for a crime may be nullified entirely or reduced.

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§3.1. If deemed proportionate, the sentence may be reduced to below the minimum available
sentence for an offense.

Part 4 Inchoate Offenses

Article 13. Conspiracy

§1. A person shall be considered to engage in a conspiracy, when they order or request, or otherwise
direct a person to commit a criminal offense; or to assist or offer material assistance in committing a
crime.

§2. The available sentences for conspiracy shall be the same as for the crime that was conspired.

§3. Conspiracy to commit a crime is to be charged under “conspiracy to commit [the criminal offense]”.

§4. A person shall not be subject to charges of conspiracy if they intentionally prevented the commitment
of a crime.

§4.1. The court may show clemency to those who intentionally tried to prevent the commitment of a
crime.

Article 13a. Hoax

[8]§1. A person shall be considered to engage in hoax when they act intentionally and maliciously or in a
grossly negligent way such that they lead the reasonable person to believe they have genuinely
committed a criminal offense under this document.

§1.1. The reasonable person, in this case, shall be a legal expert correctly interpreting the statutes
within this document.

§2. The available sentences for hoax shall be the same as for the crime that was hoaxed.

§3. Clear and convincing evidence that the accused was acting in jest shall be a partial or complete
statutory defense for actions charged under this article.

§3.1. The extent of this defense shall be decided at the judge’s discretion, considering the
obviousness of the joke, the social harm the hoax created, and how funny the joke was.

§4. It shall be sufficient to convict under this article for the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable
doubt that the accused either committed the charge in question or committed a hoax of the charge.

§4.1. No person shall be found not guilty simply because it is impossible to tell if they committed a
crime or merely committed a hoax of said crime.

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§5 Charges under this article shall be labelled as “[the criminal offense] hoax”.

Article 14. Attempt

§1. A user shall be considered to attempt to commit a criminal offense, if they with their behavior directly
attempt to commit a criminal offense yet do not succeed.

§2. An attempt shall also happen when the criminal does not realize they cannot commit a given criminal
offense due to lack of permissions or otherwise.

§3. Exempt from being tried for attempt shall be those who intentionally ceased or prevented
consequences of a certain criminal offense.

§4. The available sentences for attempt shall be the same as for the crime that was attempted.

§5. Attempts to commit a crime are to be charged under “attempt to commit [the criminal offense]”.

Article 15. Incitement

§1. A user shall be considered to incite a criminal offense, when they directly encourage or otherwise
lead someone to commit a criminal offense.

§2. The available sentences for incitement shall be the same as for the crime that was incited.

§3. Incitements of a crime are to be charged under “incitement of [the criminal offense]”.

Article 16. Abuse of Alternate Accounts

§1. The person managing the alternative account shall be held criminally liable if an offense has been
committed:

§1.1. Through an alternative account or,

§1.2. Where the alternative account was otherwise involved in the commission of the offense.

§1.2.1. Where the actions of the alternate account satisfy another inchoate offense, the
person managing the alternate account may also be charged with the corresponding inchoate
offense.

§2. An alternate account is defined as an account belonging to a person of SimDemocracy that is not the
main one used for regular business.

§3. Article 23a notwithstanding, mere possession of an alternate account, or its use, shall not be
prohibited if no abuse has occurred.

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§4. The available sentences for abuse with alternate accounts shall be the same as for the crime that
has been assisted, committed or otherwise involved in the commission of a crime.

Article 16a.

There is no article 16a.

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Article 17. Coercion to Commit a Crime

§1. A person who has coerced a person into committing a criminal act is to be guilty of coercion to
commit the criminal offense that has been coerced.

§1.1. The definition of coercion shall match that found in Article 12[6].

§2. Coercion to commit a crime is to be charged under “coercion to commit [relevant criminal offense]”.

§3. The available sentences for coercion shall be the same as for the crime that was coerced.

Article 18. Automated Crimes

§1. If a criminal act is committed by a bot; then the person responsible for addition of the bot; or the
creator of the bot if such is a SimDemocracy citizen, shall be held responsible for the committed crime,
provided one of the following conditions is met:

§1.1. The creation or the addition of the bot was done with the intent for the bot to commit a
specific crime;

§1.2. The creator or adder of the bot did not take minimal precautions to prevent the bot from
committing crimes, or was negligent in assigning powers to it;

§1.3. The creator or the adder of the bot exercised direct control over the bot, or its source code, in
order to cause it to commit a crime.

§2. If a person abuses their powers to cause a bot to commit a crime, and the bot had legitimate reasons
to allow the person with said power to access the offending functions of the bot, then the person abusing
their power and not the creator or adder of the bot is to be held responsible.

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§3. The available sentences for automated crimes shall be the same as for the crime that was
automated.

Part 5 (not present)

Part 6 Perversion of Justice

Article 19. Perjury

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[9]§1. Whoever, being legally bound by an oath or by any express provision of law to state the truth, or
being bound by law to make a declaration or certification on any subject, makes a false statement, which
they know or believe to be false, or do not believe to be true, commits the offense of perjury.

§2. A person is said to be legally bound by an oath if they –

(a) Provide a testimony, statement, or deposition to a member of the Department of Justice, or

legally recognized investigatory body, judge, justice, panel of justices, or panel of judges;

(b) Provide information to a law enforcement officer for the purposes of an investigation; or,

(c) Have sworn or affirmed, under penalty of perjury before any legally recognized government
body, having been informed that the body is a legally recognized government body, to tell the truth.

§3. The sentences available for perjury shall be an unlimited fine and a mute of up to one (1) month.

Article 20. Obstruction of Justice

§1. The crime of obstruction of justice shall be knowingly engaging or attempting to engage in actions
with the intent to impede the prosecution or investigation of someone’s crimes.

§2. Knowingly giving false or misleading information to any law enforcement officer during an
investigation is to be prosecuted under this article.

§3. The sentences available for obstruction of justice shall be an unlimited fine and a mute of up to one
(1) month.

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Article 21. Contempt

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Subdivision 1: Contempt of Court

Subsection 1. Definition

§1. A person who intentionally disobeys a lawful judgement or order of a court, or breaches any
undertaking or legal obligation to a court, or acts in a manner that disrupts judicial proceedings or
prejudices the administration of justice, commits contempt of court.

§2. This Article does not affect the inherent power of a court to cause a person to be removed from the
court, or the coercive power of the court to detain a person in custody until the person complies with the
court’s order or direction for a period not exceeding one (1) month.

Subsection 2. Proceedings when contempt is in the face of court

§1. When it appears to a Court that a party has committed contempt in the face of the Court, and the
Court is satisfied that immediate steps are necessary for the protection of the fair hearing or the
administration of justice, the Court may cause the party to be removed from the Courtroom and to be
arrested, and must as soon as is practicable –

(a) Inform the person of the contempt for which they are charged;

(b) Afford the party the opportunity to make a defense against the charges, while taking any evidence as
may be necessary, unless the party is put in contempt due to their nonparticipation in a court hearing or
other such reason; and,

(c) Determine guilt and make the necessary orders as to sentencing or release.

§1.1. The consent of the Attorney-General is not required for charging a person with contempt in
the face of the court.

§2. Summary proceedings where the contempt is in the face of the court shall be limited to a sentence of
a mute of up to one (1) week and a fine no more than the biweekly salary of the President of
SimDemocracy.

Subsection 3. Indirect Contempt of Court

§1. When Contempt of Court is not committed in the face of the Court, the Court may refer the case to
the Department of Justice for prosecution.:

§2. If the Department of Justice declines to prosecute the contempt, the Court is empowered to appoint
an attorney who is willing to prosecute the contempt, to then do so.

§3. The consent of the Attorney-General is not required for cases in §2.

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§4. The sentence for Indirect Contempt of Court shall be a fine of up to 2500t and a mute of up to one
(1) month.

Subdivision 2. Contempt of Senate

§1. Contempt of the Senate is the serious disruption of the legislative proceedings of the Senate, or the
disobedience towards any lawfully issued subpoena or other such order from the Senate.

§2. This Article does not affect the inherent power of the Senate to cause a person to be removed from
the Senate.

§3. The Senate may, through a vote of the Senate or any relevant committee, refer a case of Contempt
of Senate to the Department of Justice for prosecution.

§4. If the Department of Justice declines to prosecute the contempt, the Speaker or respective
Chairperson is empowered to appoint an attorney who is willing to prosecute the contempt, to then do
so.

§5. The consent of the Attorney-General is not required for cases in §2.

§6. The sentence for Contempt of Senate shall be a fine of up to 2500t and a mute or coercive
punishment of up to one (1) month.

Article 22. Making a Frivolous Claim

§1. A person commits the offense of making a frivolous claim if they:

§1.1. Make an officiated legal claim, such as a lawsuit or legal advice in an official capacity, which
is manifestly without legal merit and,

§1.2. The person making that claim knows or has the duty to know that the claim they make is
manifestly without legal merit.

§2. In making a determination whether the person knew or ought to know that their claim was manifestly
without legal merit, the court must consider whether the person has legal experience and expertise, and
whether the position the person was in or the context in which the claim was given implied the person
had the duty to know that their claim was without legal merit.

§3. A judge in dismissing a frivolous claim may summarily find a person guilty of making a frivolous
claim.

§4. The sentences available for making a frivolous claim shall be a mute of up to six (6) hours.

Article 22a. Making a False Report

[11] §1. A person commits the offense of making a false report if they:

§1.1. File a report to the SDBI or other legal authorities which is manifestly without legal merit, or

§1.2. Mass summon the SDBI or other legal authorities in any way in a situation that is manifestly
without legal merit.
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§2. In making a determination whether the person knew or ought to know that their claim was manifestly
without legal merit, the court must consider whether the person has legal experience and expertise.

§3. The sentences available for making a false report shall be a mute no longer than twelve (12) hours.

Article 23. Resisting Arrest

§1. The crime of resisting arrest shall be defined as using any means to circumvent or otherwise avoid
the lawful arrest of oneself or someone else.

§1.1. Using one’s position to argue against or deny the arrest of a person in an attempt to avoid a
perceived case of wrongful arrest[12] shall not constitute resisting arrest

§2. Use of an alternate account to circumvent one’s arrest, without a legitimate and proportionate reason
such as to seek appeal or bail when no other communication is possible, shall be prosecuted under this
article.

§3. A summary ban may be used in cases of resisting arrest, but must be lifted for the defendant to be
able to attend trial, as soon as the defendant has demonstrated that they have ceased to resist arrest, or
if the department with the justice portfolio chooses to stop seeking prosecution of the defendant.

§4. Sentences available for this offense shall be a mute of up to one week.

Article 23a. Unlawful Use of Alternate Accounts

§1. A person commits the offence of unlawful use of an alternate account if they possess an alternate
account on SimDemocracy’s associated Discord server with malicious intent

§2. Malicious intent shall include, but is not limited to, a purpose to circumvent punishment or evade
rules.

§3. A person who uses an alternate account on the associated Discord server is rebuttably presumed to
have malicious intent.

§4. A person charged with an offence under this Article is deemed to have an absolute defence if they:

§4.1. Were a Discord Supervisor, Deputy Discord Supervisor or moderator while the alternate
account was used,

§4.2. Used the alternate account solely for testing technology or for some other statutory purpose
or purposes, and

§4.3. Disclosed such usage publicly within a reasonable timespan

§5. Any competent authority may summarily eject or ban alleged unlawfully used alternate accounts from
the SimDem Discord Server.
[13]§6. It is not necessary to prove the owner of the Alternate Account for a conviction under this Article.

§6.1. The standard of proof for determining whether an account is an Alternate Account shall be a
balance of probabilities, despite any other law to the contrary.

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[13]§7.The sentences available for Unlawful Use of Alternate Accounts shall be a ban of no less than
three (3) weeks.

Article 24. Witness and Evidence Tampering

§1. The crime of witness tampering is to occur when anyone uses harm or a threat of harm or
intimidation against a person, or corruptly persuades another person, or engages in misleading conduct
towards any person, or attempts to do so, with intent to influence, delay, or prevent the testimony of any
person in legal proceedings, or to prevent or influence a person legitimately seeking the arrest or filing
charges against another person.

§2. The crime of evidence tampering is to occur when anyone uses harm or a threat of harm or
intimidation against a person, or corruptly persuades another person, or engages in misleading conduct
towards any person, or attempts to do so, with the intent to cause one of the following:

§2.1. Cause a record, document or other piece of evidence to be withheld from the proceedings;

§2.2. Evade legal process producing a record, document or other evidence in a legal proceeding;

§2.3. Hinder, delay, or prevent the communication to any legal authority of information relating to
the commission or possible commission of a criminal offense.

§3. The sentences available for witness and evidence tampering shall be a mute or ban of up to six (6)
months.

Article 25. Witness Retaliation

§1. No person may intentionally cause harm or damage to a person who has been a witness in a case
against the interests of said person.

§2. An employee who has been a witness of or who has taken legal action against their employer may
not be terminated from their employment without the employer giving a lawful reason.

§2.1. A judge may issue an injunction to prevent the termination of employment of a person if they
believe or have reason to believe that this section applies.

§3. The sentences available for witness retaliation shall be a mute or ban of up to six (6) months.

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Article 26. Wrongful Arrest

§1. A law enforcement officer, or a person empowered to exercise such powers, commits the offence of
wrongful arrest[12] if they:

§1.1. Arrest or detain a person on fabricated charges, with the intention to arrest or detain based
on knowingly fabricated charges or,

§1.2. Arrest or detain a person without appropriate reasoning, with either the intention to arrest or
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reasoning was given.

§2. A person commits the offence of wrongful arrest[12] if they arrest or detain a person without
authorization by law

§3. The sentences available for police brutality shall be a mute or ban of up to three (3) months.

Article 27. Framing

§1. Framing is to be an act of knowingly providing false evidence or false testimony, or coercing others
to do the same, in order to falsely convict or attempt to convict someone’s guilt of a crime, or to provide
grounds for accusation for a criminal offense.

§2. The sentences available for framing shall be a mute or ban of up to one (1) year.

Part 7 Abuse of Authority

Article 28. Discrimination

§1. No government official or a private individual may deny, restrict, preferentially provide or otherwise
unfairly execute their duties or provide services because of a person's protected characteristics.

§2. Protected characteristics shall include, but are not limited to, race, religion, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national or social origin, ethnicity, age, disability, religion, and political beliefs, or any
other characteristic listed in Article 13 of the Constitution.

§3. The sentences available for discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics shall be an
unlimited fine, a mute of up to three (3) months, and termination or prohibition of holding certain private
or public offices for a certain period of time not exceeding three (3) months.

Article 29. Abuse of Power

§1. A government official commits the offense of abuse of power if they commit an act which they had no
legal right or authority to commit with malicious intent and causing social harm, knowing they had no
legal right or authority to do so, or with recklessness as to whether or not they had the legal right or
authority.

§2. The sentences available for abuse of power shall be an unlimited fine and a mute or ban of up to one
(1) year, and termination or prohibition of holding certain private or public offices for a certain period of
time not exceeding six (6) months.

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§3. Abuse of power must be committed through the official capacity of one’s office.

Article 30. Abuse of Discretion

§1. Abuse of discretion is to be misuse of one’s powers to inappropriately and maliciously benefit private
or personal interests, to the detriment of the public interest.

§2. The sentences available for abuse of discretion shall be a mute or ban of up to one (1) month, and
termination or prohibition of holding certain private or public offices for a certain period of time not
exceeding three (3) months.

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Article 31. Misuse of Permissions

[3]§1.Whoever knowingly and intentionally uses their permissions and powers inappropriately, in a
manner not related to the official work for which the permissions and powers are given, commits the
crime of Misuse of Permissions.

§2. There must be demonstrable social harm to prosecute under this Article.

§3. The sentences available for Misuse of Permissions shall be a mute of up to one (1) week.

Article 32. Public Misinformation

§1. The crime of public misinformation is to be intentionally, negligently and maliciously relaying false or
otherwise incorrect information to the public by a government official in order to cause social harm; be it
through official documentation of SimDemocracy, or through public statements, or through other means
where the place where false or otherwise incorrect information is used for informational or
documentation purposes.

§2. A public statement shall be defined as a statement aiming to provide information to the general
population made in an official capacity with the authority of and released by a government official.

§3. Classified information shall be considered unknown to any official, unless otherwise proven on
balance of probabilities.

§4. The sentences available for public misinformation shall be a mute of up to one (1) week.

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Part 8 Crimes Against Public Interest

Article 33. Dereliction of Duty

§1. The crime of dereliction of duty shall be willfully refusing to perform the required duties of a
governmental position or intentionally incapacitating oneself in such a way that one cannot perform their
duties, without a proportional reason and without making an attempt to notify the relevant officials or
resign from their post..

§2. In order for an official to be convicted for dereliction of duty; they must be in a position where no
official has authority to terminate their employment, and they must be notified prior to their conviction
that their actions constitute dereliction of duty.

§3. The crime of dereliction of duty is to be punished with removal from the relevant public office if at all
possible under Article 4. Should this not be possible, a mute of up to one (1) week may be applied.

Article 34. Dereliction of National Interest

§1. Whoever, in the course of performing duties on behalf of the State of SimDemocracy, whether within
the state or officially representing it outside of the state, wilfully and negligently behaves in such a way
as to cause serious harm to the national interest of the state, is guilty of the crime of dereliction of
national interest.

§1.1. In order for a person to be guilty of dereliction of national interest, they must be acting in the
capacity of or have received the legal delegation from a government official.

§2. The crime of dereliction of national interest is to be punished with removal from the relevant public
office, if any, and a mute of up to one (1) week.

Article 35. Political Coercion

§1. Whoever willfully, intentionally and maliciously uses harassment, intimidation or corruption in order to
expressly change the decisions of directly elected officials for their own personal gain, or engages in
criminal harassment towards a directly elected official explicitly as a result of their decision and with the
express intent to force the official to reverse such for their own personal gain, commits the crime of
political coercion.

§1.1. In order for a person to be guilty of political coercion, they have to first satisfy the criterion laid
out in Article 53, and be working for their own personal gain.

§1.2. The civil lobbying of individuals or interest groups for elected officials to make decisions in
their favor shall not be construed to violate this article.

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§2. The crime of political coercion is to be punished by a mute or ban of up to one (1) year, and a ban
from public office for up to one (1) year.

Part 9 Electoral Crimes

Article 36. Electoral Crimes

§1. Offenses listed under this part are to be categorized as electoral crimes.

§2. Elections are used in reference to all elections, referendums or other public democratic voting
processes done by the government, which are established by statute and legally binding.

§3. All electoral crimes shall be considered committed under SimDemocracy jurisdiction.

Article 37. Election Fraud

§1. Election fraud is the crime of unlawfully interfering in an election by the use of alternate accounts or
other methods of producing illegitimate votes which are not cast legally by citizens of SimDemocracy, in
order to influence election results.

§2. The sentences available for election fraud shall be a ban of between two (2) weeks and one (1) year.

Article 37a. Fraudulent Voter Registration

[14] §1. A person commits fraudulent voter registration if they:

§1.1. Registered to vote while already being registered, and either

§1.2. Intended to register while being registered to vote, or

§1.3. Had no intention to register while being registered to vote, but nevertheless:

§1.3.1. Did not give prompt valid notification to the Electoral Commission once they knew or
ought to have known that they had erroneously re-registered, and

§1.3.2. Did not promptly deregister in the case of automatic registration once they knew or
ought to have known that they had erroneously re-registered.

§2. A notification to the Electoral Commision under §1.3 of this Article shall only be considered valid if it
is accompanied with clear and convincing evidence that the person owns the erroneously registered
account.

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§3. The sentences available for fraudulent voter registration shall be a ban between two (2) weeks and
one (1) year.

Article 37b. Misrepresentation to the Electoral Commission

[14]§1. A person commits misrepresentation to the Electoral Commission if they give false or misleading
information to the Electoral Commission.

§2. A person commits fraudulent misrepresentation to the Electoral Commission if they:

§2.1. Give false or misleading information to the Electoral Commission and,

§2.2. Either know the information was false or misleading, or are reckless as to whether the
information was untrue or not.

§3. It shall be an absolute defence to a crime under §1 of this Article if the accused person:

§3.1. Acted with reasonable due diligence and good faith in giving the false or misleading
information, and either

§3.2. Promptly notified the Electoral Commission of the false or misleading information once they
knew it was false or misleading, or

§3.3. Did not know that the information was false or misleading.

§4. The sentences available for misrepresentation to the Electoral Commission shall be a mute or ban
between one (1) day and three (3) months.

§5. The sentences available for fraudulent misrepresentation to the Electoral Commission shall be a ban
between two (2) weeks and one (1) year.

Article 38. Claiming Election Fraud

§1. Claiming election fraud is the crime of claiming to have committed election fraud in a manner and
context that makes it unambiguously serious.

§2. The sentences available for claiming election fraud shall be a ban of between one (1) week and two
(2) months.

Article 39. Voter Suppression

§1. Voter suppression is the act of coercion or criminal threatening in order to force a person to vote for a
given candidate or change their vote, or criminal threatening and harassment as a result of a person’s
vote for a given candidate.

§1.1. Lobbying and campaigning on behalf of a candidate shall not be construed as a violation of
this article.

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§2. The sentences available for voter suppression shall be a ban of between two (2) weeks and six (6)
months.

Article 40. Incumbent Election Interference

§1. The crime of incumbent election interference is to be promoting, encouraging, or otherwise
influencing an election campaign through the illegitimate abuse of a governmental office.

§2. Incumbent election interference includes the use of public announcement channels for election
campaigning.

§2.1. The announcement of support of a particular candidate by the incumbent, without additional
campaigning material, shall not be restricted under this article.

§3. The sentences available for incumbent election interference shall be a mute or ban between one day
and one month.

Article 41. Vote Buying

§1 Vote buying is the act of offering goods and/or services to a citizen(s), including but not limited to tau,
in exchange for a particular outcome in an election.

§2 The sentences available for the crime of vote buying shall be a ban of no less than two (2) weeks and
one (1) year, in addition to a ban from holding elected office.[15]

Part 10 Crimes Against The State

Article 43: Alternate Account Registry

[13] §1. The consent of the Attorney-General is required to initiate proceedings under this Article.

Subdivision 1: Failure to declare Alternate Account

[13]§1. Any person who fails to declare their Alternate Account to the Alternate Account Registry
established in the Fair Use of Alternate Accounts Act 2025 within 72 hours of the Alternate Account being
added commits the crime of “Failure to declare Alternate Account”.

§2. An Alternate Account is an account owned or operated by a person on any platform on which
SimDemocracy is located, which is not the account they most commonly use on that platform of
SimDemocracy.

§3. An account is said to be added when it joins or is otherwise included in any platform of
SimDemocracy.

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§4. Any person who does not declare an alternate account already added to any SimDemocracy
Platform within one (1) week of the passage of the Fair Use of Alternate Accounts Act 2025 also commits
the crime of “Failure to declare Alternate Account”.

§5. The punishment for Failure to declare Alternate Account shall be a mute or ban of no less than one
(1) week.

§6. If an alternate account is in any way used to further the commission of a crime, or to commit a crime,
the punishment shall be no less than one (1) month, or the minimum punishment for the crime(s)
committed, whichever is higher.

Subdivision 2: False Declaration of Alternate Account

[13]
§1. Any person who falsely declares an account as their Alternate Account in the Alternate Account
Registry established in the Fair Use of Alternate Accounts Act 2025 commits the crime of “False
Declaration of Alternate Account”.

§2. The punishment for False Declaration of Alternate Account shall be a mute or ban of no less than
three (3) weeks.

§3. A person who proves on a balance of probabilities that they falsely declared the Alternate Account in
good faith, or due to a genuine mistake, without intent to mislead any government agency shall have a
punishment of a mute or ban shall be a mute or ban of no less than one (1) week.”

Article 44. Treason

§1. A person commits treason if the person conspires or attempts to overthrow the government and the
constitutional-democratic order of SimDemocracy illegally.

§2. Treason committed by a person outside of the jurisdiction of SimDemocracy shall be prosecuted
regardless.

§3. The sentences available for treason shall be a ban of duration above one (1) month.

Article 45. Destruction of National Documents

§1. Destruction of national documents is to be intentional destruction, deletion or otherwise removal of
documents produced under official capability of a governmental office, or where the preservation of the
documents are established through law.

§2. Any documentation produced under a governmental office is to be under SimDemocracy jurisdiction.

§3. In order for deletion of national documents to be lawful there needs to be either a relevant statute
relating to such; or authorization from a relevant authority.

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§4. The sentences available for destruction of national documents shall be a ban of between one (1) day
and a lifetime ban.

Article 46. Impersonation of an Official

§1. Impersonation of an official is maliciously pretending to be another person or maliciously acting in
order to mislead another person of one’s possessed offices, authorities or other permissions.

§2. The sentences available for criminal impersonation shall be a mute or ban between one (1) week
and six (6) months.

Article 46a. Stolen Valour

§1. A person commits stolen valour if they:

§1.1. Act or present themselves in a way which would mislead a reasonable person into believing
that they possessed an honour or commendation which they did not have, and

§1.2. Did so with the intention to mislead people into believing that they possessed such an honour
or commendation.

§2. A person charged with an offence under this Article is deemed to have an absolute defence if they
committed the act for the purposes of jest or satire.

§3. The sentences available for stolen valour shall be a mute of up to one (1) week.

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Article 47. Embezzlement

§1. Whoever as an official utilizes or obtains government property or resources, monetary or otherwise,
for private purposes outside of the legal powers given to them by the official position, commits the crime
of embezzlement.

§2. The sentences available for embezzlement shall be a mute or ban between one (1) day and one (1)
month.

Article 48. Revealing State Secrets

§1. Whoever releases to the public information held as classified state secrets by the appropriate
authorities, and therefore causing social harm by the release of such information, commits the crime of
revealing state secrets.

§1.1. Whistleblowing, or the releasing of such documents for the purpose of public interest, shall
not constitute a violation of this article.

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§2. The sentences available for revealing state secrets shall be an unlimited fine and a mute or ban
between one (1) day and one (1) month.

Article 49. Brigading and Raiding

§1. Whoever posts in the SimDemocracy Discord server or subreddit or utilizes its political processes
with the sole intent to cause disruption and distress to the community at large, without a wish to
earnestly participate in any activities and processes within SimDemocracy, commits the crime of
brigading and raiding.

§2. The sentences available for brigading and raiding shall be a ban of duration above three (3) months.

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Article 50. Spamming

[16]§1. A person commits the crime of Spamming if they repeatedly send messages, pings, images, or
other forms of communication with the primary purpose of disrupting conversation, overwhelming
communication channels, or causing annoyance to others, and do so without genuine intent to
participate in good faith.

§2. Spamming may be committed through manual or automated means.

§3. The sentence for Spamming shall be a mute or ban between six (6) hours and one (1) year.
[17]§3.1.If it can be proven, on the preponderance of the evidence, that the accused joined
SimDemocracy for the purpose of spamming and/or other related crimes, the maximum sentence
shall be extended to a permanent ban and the framework provided in the Sentencing Act
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Article 50a. Voice Chat Disruption

§1. A person commits the offence of voice chat disruption if they scream or play obscene sounds in a
voice chat of SimDemocracy’s associated Discord server with the purpose of causing annoyance,
disruption, or obstruction of legitimate voice chat activity.

§2. The sentences available for voice chat disruption shall be a mute or ban between six (6) hours and
one (1) year.

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Article 51. Terrorist Conspiracy

[18]
§1. A person engages in terrorist conspiracy if they commit terrorism against the individual as
described in the Terrorist Connection Accounts Act, Article 1: Terrorism Against The Individual, is a
member and supporter of a terrorist organization as described in the Terrorist Connection Accounts Act,
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Article 2: Terrorist Organizations, or meets the standards for committing terrorism or being a terrorist
under any other law.

§1.1. Where it is proved, on a balance of probabilities, that a person is a member of a terrorist

organization under the Terrorist Connection Accounts Act, Article 2, it is presumed, until the
contrary is proved, that the person is a supporter of said organization under the Terrorist
Connection Accounts Act, Article 2.

§2. The sentence shall be a fine between 1,000 to 10,000 tau and a ban between three (3) months and a
permanent ban.

§3. There shall be a statute of limitations for violations of this Article of up to eighteen (18) months.

Article 52. Racketeering

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§1. Racketeering is the act of knowingly holding funds on behalf of an individual or group to conceal
them.

§2. A person found guilty of racketeering may be sentenced to forfeiture of all funds being racketeered
and a ban for up to six (6) weeks.

§3. The Department of Justice may ask the Supreme Court for a freeze on an account’s funds if the
account in question is attempting or may reasonably be expected to attempt to transfer them to other
accounts to hide them from prosecution, detection, or fines.

§3.1. Lawyers and other legal representatives cannot have their funds frozen for this reason if
those funds were exchanged for legal services.

§3.2. The court may require the accounts to return the suspected racketeer’s racketeered funds
that they transferred to them if it is deemed part of an effort to conceal the funds from the
Department of Justice or the Courts during trial.

§4. There shall be a statute of limitations for violations of this Article of up to eighteen (18) months.

Article 53. Tax Evasion

[19]§1. The crime of Tax Evasion shall occur when a person intentionally avoids paying a lawfully levied
tax liability, through either direct or indirect means.

§1.1. Intentionally spreading tau over multiple bank accounts to reduce tax liability shall constitute
maliciously avoiding taxes for the purposes of this article.
§1.2. Spending tau on goods, services, or in other sanctioned channels shall not be construed as
intentionally avoiding a wealth or bank balance tax, unless done with malicious intent.

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§2. The sentences available for Tax evasion shall be a fine of at least double the estimated value of the
evaded taxes, with no maximum fine, as well as a mute of no more than two (2) weeks.

Part 11 Crimes Against The Person

Article 54. Poaching

§1. A person commits the offense of poaching if, on the joining of a new member to SimDemocracy they
engage with them for the primary purpose of either convincing them to leave SimDemocracy or to join
another, unrelated community.

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§2. Poaching shall only be illegal during the first seven (7) days of the individual joining the relevant part
of SimDemocracy.

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§2.1. Individuals rejoining the server after a period greater than one (1) year shall be considered
new with regards to poaching.[3]

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Article 55. Violation of Privacy

§1. A person commits the offence of violation of privacy if they collect, retain, or process personal data
without lawful basis.

§2. A person charged with an offence under this Article is deemed to have an absolute defence if they:

§2.1. Were given unlawfully collected, retained, or processed data by someone else which they did
not explicitly or implicitly ask for,

§2.2. Promptly deleted all copies of the unlawfully collected, retained, or processed data, and

§2.3. Promptly notified the SDBI or other competent authority that they were given the unlawfully
collected, retained, or processed data by someone else, specifically naming the person or people
who handed them that data.

§3. The sentences available for violation of privacy shall be a mute or ban above one (1) month, and a
ban from any office which allows them to access personal data of unlimited duration.

§4. There shall be no statute of limitations for violations of this Article.

Article 55a. Doxxing

§1. A person commits the offence of doxxing if they disclose personal data without lawful basis.

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§2. A person commits aggravated doxxing if they disclose personal data without lawful basis and with
malicious intent.

§3. Malicious intent shall include, but is not limited to, having a purpose to cause the victim to suffer
harassment or some other real life consequence.

§4. A person who discloses personal data without lawful basis is rebuttably presumed to have done so
with malicious intent.

§5. A person charged with an offence under §1 of this Article is deemed to have a mitigating
circumstance if they:

§5.1. Had lawful basis to retain the otherwise unlawfully disclosed personal data,

§5.2. Had no intention to disclose the personal data without lawful basis,

§5.3. Promptly deleted all posts and messages containing the unlawfully disclosed personal data,

§5.4. Promptly notified the relevant data subjects of the unlawful disclosure,

§5.5. Promptly notified the SDBI or other competent authority that they had unlawfully disclosed
personal data, and

§5.6. Had acted in good faith throughout.

§6. The sentences available for doxxing shall be a ban of duration above six (6) months.

§6.1. The sentences available for doxxing with a mitigating circumstance under §5 of this Article
shall be a mute or ban between one (1) month and one (1) year, and a ban from any office which
allows them to access personal data of unlimited duration.

§7. The sentences available for aggravated doxxing shall be a ban of permanent duration.

§8. There shall be no statute of limitations for violations of this Article.

Article 55b. Threats to Doxx

§1. A person who, having access or having claimed access to personal data, threatens to unlawfully
disclose it commits the crime of making threats to doxx.

§2. A person who acts in a way which would give the reasonable person an impression that they had
access to personal data shall be deemed to have claimed access to personal data for the purposes of
this Article.

§3. The sentences available for making threats to doxx shall be a ban of permanent duration.

§4. There shall be no statute of limitations for violations of this Article.

Article 56. Harassment

§1. A person commits first degree harassment if they:

§1.1. Caused a person or group of persons to feel undue or unjustifiable apprehension, and
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§1.2. Had the intention to cause apprehension, or acted with reckless disregard as to whether their
actions would cause apprehension.

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§2. A person commits second degree harassment if they caused a person or group of persons to feel
undue or unjustifiable apprehension.

§3. A person who causes a person or group of persons to feel undue or unjustifiable apprehension shall
be rebuttably presumed to have done so with the intention to cause apprehension.

§4. The sentences available for first degree harassment shall be a ban of duration above six (6) months.

§5. The sentences available for second degree harassment shall be a ban between one (1) month and
one (1) year.

Article 56a. Hate Speech

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§1. A person commits hate speech if they:

§1.1. Submit, post, or relay speech that is upsetting, demeaning, or humiliating about a person’s or
a group of people’s protected characteristics, and
§1.2. Had the intention to upset, demean, or humiliate, or acted carelessly or recklessly as to
whether their actions would upset, demean, or humiliate.

§2. For the purposes of this Article, a person shall always be considered as submitting, posting, or
relaying speech that is upsetting, demeaning, or humiliating about a person’s or a group of people’s
protected characteristics if they:

§2.1. Use a slur, which is any derogatory or insulting term applied to a group of persons classed by
a protected characteristic, or
§2.2. Claim to identify as a purported gender with the purpose to upset, demean, or humiliate a
person’s or group of people’s protected characteristic.

§3. The fact that the upsetting, demeaning, or humiliating speech was not directed to a specific person
or group of people is immaterial to establishing criminal liability under this Article.

§3.1. The fact that the upsetting, demeaning, or humiliating speech did not subjectively upset,
demean, or humiliate a specific person or group of persons is immaterial to establishing
criminal liability under this Article.

§4. The sentences available for hate speech shall be a mute or ban of a duration above one (1) month.

Article 56b. Misgendering

[3] §1. A person commits the crime of misgendering if they:

§1.1. Refer to a person by a name they used prior to gender transition with the intention to deny,
invalidate, or mock that person’s gender identity, or

§1.2. Refer to or label another person with a gender that does not match their gender identity with
the intention to deny, invalidate, or mock that person’s gender identity.
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§2. A reference to gender identity under this Article shall not be construed to include purported gender
identities created for the purpose to cause upset, demean, or humiliate a person’s protected
characteristics.

§3. The sentences available for misgendering shall be a mute or ban above three (3) weeks.

Article 57. Sexual Harassment

§1. Whoever in an unsolicited manner sends or displays sexually explicit[3] material to another person
without consent, including through text, voice or other media, or acts in such a manner as to solicit or be
interpreted by a reasonable person to be soliciting sexually explicit[3] activities from another person
without consent, commits the crime of sexual harassment.

§2. Whoever commits the acts detailed in §1 to a person claiming to be under 18 years of age commits
the crime of child sexual harassment.

§3. The sentences available for sexual harassment shall be a ban of duration above one (1) year.

§4. The sentences available for child sexual harassment shall be a ban of permanent duration.

§5. There shall be no statute of limitations for violations of this article.

Article 58. Failure to Report Sexual Harassment

§1. Whoever holding a relevant official position, observing or having knowledge of activities that could be
interpreted by a reasonable person as a violation of Article 54[3], and having the authority, ability or
power to act against and prosecute the action, knowingly fails to do so, commits the crime of failure to
report sexual harassment.

§1.1. Should acting against the relevant activity cause undue risk and harm to the official, or if the
official is the victim of the alleged crime, then the person shall not be construed as violating this
article.

§2. The sentences available for failure to report sexual harassment shall be a mute or ban of between
one (1) week and six (6) months.

Article 59. Obscene Materials

§1. Whoever posts content in a venue that could be viewed by the public that consists of gore, violence,
or other materials not suitable for viewing in a public place, and would cause distress to a reasonable
person, commits the crime of posting obscene materials.

§2. The sentences available for posting obscene materials shall be a mute or ban of duration above one
(1) week.

Article 60. Making Criminal Threats

§1. A person commits the offence of making a criminal threat if they:
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§1.1. Threatened another person or group of persons with suffering or harm, and

§1.2. Had the intention to cause apprehension, or acted with reckless disregard as to whether their
actions would cause apprehension.

§2. A person who threatens another person or group of persons with suffering or harm shall be
rebuttably presumed to have done so with the intention to cause apprehension.

§3. The sentences available for making criminal threats shall be a mute or ban between one (1) month
and one (1) year.

Article 61. Impersonation

§1. Whoever in a deliberate and malicious manner behaves in such a way as to cause the general public
to believe that they are another person, and thereby assuming their identity and committing acts on their
behalf, commits the crime of impersonation.

§2. The sentences available for impersonation shall be a mute or ban between one (1) week and two (2)
months.

Article 62. Blackmail

§1. A person who, having access to privileged information about another, threatens to disclose this
information as an incentive for the individual to perform or not perform an action commits the crime of
blackmail.

§2. The sentences available for blackmail shall be a mute or ban between one (1) week and six (6)
months.

Article 63. Abuse of Vulnerability

§1. A person commits the crime of abuse of vulnerability if they exploit another person’s vulnerable or
fragile mental state with malicious intent.

§2. Malicious intent shall include, but is not limited to, having a purpose to cause the exploited person to
feel apprehension, or having a purpose of personal gain.

§3. A person who exploits another person’s vulnerable or fragile mental state shall be rebuttably
presumed to have done so with malicious intent.

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§4. The sentences available for abuse of vulnerability shall be a mute or ban above one (1) month.

Part 12 Terms of Service Violations

Article 64. Terms of Service Violation

§1. Whoever breaches the Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, or other binding document of the
platform where the crime is committed, in a manner in which SimDemocracy is expected and able to
enforce, commits the crime of Terms of Service Violation.

§2. The sentences available for Terms of Service Violation shall be a mute or ban of up to a lifetime and
shall be individually determined in each case, taking into account the specific provision violated and the
effects of the violatory action.

§3. This article may be prosecuted under retroactively, that is to say any act or omission which did not
constitute a criminal offense in the Criminal Code at the time when it was committed may still be
prosecuted if it falls under this article.

Schedules

First Schedule
Article 52a Doxxing;
Article 52b Threats to Dox;
Article 55 §1. First Degree Harassment;
Article 56 Sexual Harassment;
Article 57 Failure to Report Sexual Harassment;
Article 61 Blackmail;
Article 62 Abuse of Vulnerability; and,
Article 51 Terrorist Conspiracy[21]

Second Schedule
[22]Inchoate Offences;
Offences under Part 6 of the Act except for Article 22 Making a Frivolous Claim;
Offences under Part 8 Crimes Against Public Interest;
Offences under Part 9 Electoral Crimes; and,
All articles under Part 10 Crimes Against the State with the exception of Article 50 Spamming and
Brigading and Article 50a Voice Chat Disruption.

Textual Amendments
Only amendments passed on or after the 23rd July 2023 have been annotated.
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F1 Amended on the 23rd July 2023 by the Criminal Code (Deadnaming and Misgendering)
(Amendment) Act 2023.

F2 Amended on the 7th of February, 2024, by the Unlawful Alts Amendment.

Amended on the 19th of March, 2025, by the Penalties and Tickets Act

Citations
1. Better Jurisdiction Amendment
2. Amended by the Justice Using Secured Trials (JUST) Amendments
3. Amended by the Criminal Code Cleanup Act
4. Amended by the Courtroom Procedures Act 2025
5. Amended by the Sentencing Act
6. Amended by the Penalties and Tickets Act
7. Amended by the Notice of Rights Act
8. Hoaxy-Pokey
9. Amended by the Perjury Act
10. Criminal Code (Amendment) Act
11. Amended by the SDBIrritation Amendment
12. Amended by the Wrongful Arrest Amendment
13. Fair Use of Alternate Accounts Act 2025
14. Amended by the Voting Rights Act 2023, Article 6
15. Amended by the Protecting the Sanctity of Elections Act
16. Modernization Package II
17. Bumpy Banga Legislation Amendment (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kZCOguOAp7XqTxz
Z3dbWLCznkUJ5FxBYYPOZqQg8-gs/edit?tab=t.0) passed 7 June and signed 9 June 2025.
18. Terrorist Connected Accounts Act
19. Bank Balance Tax Act
20. Anti-Hate Speech Amendment 2025
21. Summary Trials Act
22. Inchoate offenses moved from First Schedule to Second by Tie's Amendment to the Criminal Code
(https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l3Doymqx4UoExwHCuACeo7PPRHSjrL1mEA25TfTCLt8/e
dit?tab=t.0#heading=h.v2r8cgc7vgtl)

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