# STATE CODE OF RARITAN
> The Raritan State Code is kept and revised by the Secretary of State, codifying all the laws of the state. Everything subsequently revised or amended by player governments shall be dated for clarification.
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> All crimes punishable by fine or imprisonment are listed in the Raritan Criminal Code.
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> Last Updated: November 8th, 2024.

## CHPT. 1 - JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND OF THE UNION OF COLUMBIA

### SECTION 1 - Citizens of the State.
All persons who are citizens of the Union of Columbia and residents of the state are citizens, with all the rights afforded to them, thereof.

### SECTION 2 - Sovereignty of the State.
The sovereignty of the state shall extend to all places within its boundaries, including maritime boundaries, subject to the concurrent jurisdiction granted by the Union of Columbia Constitution, having all the powers delegated to the state by the tenth amendment.

### SECTION 3 - Injury to Fedoral Property.
Whoever wilfully or ignorantly attacks, defaces or removes a monument, building or other installation constructed under the authority of the Unnion of Columbia shall be punished by a fine of $250.00.

## CHPT. 2 - Coat of Arms, State Seal, and other Emblems of the State.

### SECTION 1 - State Coat of Arms.
To be determined.

### SECTION 2 - State Seal.
To be determined.

### SECTION 3 - State Flag.
To be determined.

### SECTION 4 - Secretary of State as Custodian.
In accordance with the constitution, the secretary of state shall be the custodian of all the memorabilia of the state and shall be deposited in their office.

### SECTION 5a - Flying the Flag.
The flag of the state shall be flown over every state building, and optionally at any other public building. There shall be no restrictions made to the flying of the flag over private property, except insofar as the flag being used as a political instrument.

### SECTION 5b - State Anthem.
[To be determined]

### SECTION 6 - State Emblem.
[To be determined]

### SECTION 7 - State department logos.
Departments overseen by members of the state cabinet shall be able to create or update their department logos, with the approval of the Governor and the Assembly.

## CHPT. 3 - THE STATE ASSMEBLTY

### SECTION 1 - Records of votes cast; Duties of Secretary of State.
The Secretary of State, or the Clerk of the Assembly as their proxy, shall receive copies of the records of votes cast by Representatives of the Assembly, and shall lay such copies of records before the Governor. The Secretary of State shall also deposit such records of bills, passed or rejected, by the assembly into the records of their office.

### SECTION 2 - ADMISSION OF ELECTED PERSONS TO TAKE THEIR SEATS AS REPRESENATIVES
Once the results of an election have been called, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly shall authorize those elected to serve as Represenatives to sit in the chamber on the first working day following the election.

### SECTION 3 - CALLING THE ASSEMBLY TO ORDER; SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY
On the first working day following the election, those duly authorized to sit as senators shall be called to order by the oldest senior member present, who shall be the presiding officer of the house until a speaker is chosen or the assembly otherwise determines.

### SECTION 4 - CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY
The Clerk of the Assembly shall hold office at the pleasure of the Assembly, and shall, with the assistance of any person deputed by the Secretary of State, keep and maintain the Assembly’s rules of proceeding and journal, to be regularly deposited with the Secretary of State.

### SECTION 5a - SERGEANT-AT-ARMS
The Assembly shall choose an officer of the Raritan State Police to be the Sergeant-at-Arms who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Assembly. The Assembly shall determine the duties and responsibilities of the Sergeant-at-Arms.

### SECTION 5b - ASSISTANT SERGEANT-AT-ARMS
The Sergeant-at-Arms may appoint and remove, with the approval of the speaker, assistant sergeants-at-arms.

### SECTION 5c - SERGEANT-AT-ARMS DUTIES AND POLICE POWERS
The Sergeant-at-Arms shall have such purposes and execute such orders as enjoined on them by the Assembly, and shall maintain order among the spectators admitted to the chamber, its committees and offices. In respect to any criminal offense committed in any part of the state house, the Sergeant-at-Arms shall be the chief officer to attend such offenses.

### SECTION 6 - JOURNAL AND PAPERS OF THE ASSEMBLY
The clerk shall be the custodian of all official papers and the journal of the Assembly, and shall be empowered to transfer custody of them to the Secretary of State at the end of each session.

### SECTION 7 - BILLS OF THE ASSEMBLY
Bills shall be presented as determined by the assembly, and endorsed with the enacting style when laid before the governor for their revision, before being deposited with the secretary of state.

### SECTION 8 - REFUSAL OF SUMMONSES TO APPEAR OR TESTIFY BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY
Any person who, having been summoned to testify or produce evidence, before the Assembly or any committee, refuses to do so shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of no less than $250.00 and no more than $2500.00. Such refusal shall be transmitted to the attorney general who, upon certifying that an offense has taken place, shall move to petition for a special hearing of the supreme court ex parte.

### SECTION 9 - PETITIONS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO AMEND HOME RULE CHARTERS
Any amendments approved by local election to any home rule charter shall be submitted to the Assembly in the form of a bill. This bill will then proceed through the Assembly as a normal bill, to follow the procedure set out in the constitution.

## CHPT. 4 - THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, CABINET AND OTHER OFFICERS UNDER THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL

### SECTION 1 - OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
The governor shall be the supreme executive officer of the state, and shall by the virtue of office have the following powers:
- To veto bills put before them from the assembly.
- To establish and hold the executive council.
- To adjourn or prorogue the assembly for no more than 14 days in times required for its election cycle or inaction or disagreement.
- To address the assembly from time to time.
- To command the military forces of the state as their commander in chief.
- To pardon, or commute the sentence of, those with a criminal record, except those impeached and subject to felony restrictions determined by the assembly.
- To appoint and commission trial and district justices, the attorney general, the solicitor general and all sheriffs of the state.
- To commission the adjutant general and officers of the national guard.

And such other powers as prescribed by law.

### SECTION 2 - OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
The Lieutenant Governor shall be the Governor's deputy and shall by the virtue of office have the following powers:
- To preside over the executive council.
- To act as the governor in the absence of the governor.

And such other powers as prescribed by law.

### SECTION 3 - EXEUCTIVE COUNCIL
The Executive Council shall consist of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and eight other members as prescribed in the constitution, in order to direct the affairs of the state pursuant to the constitution and law. It shall have the power to:
- Advise the governor to:
- Prorogue or adjourn, or not to prorogue or adjourn, the assembly pursuant to the constitution.
- Pardon or commute sentence, or not to pardon or commute sentence, of convicted persons pursuant to the constitution.
- Give or withhold consent for the governor to:
- Appoint and remove judicial offices commissioned in the name of the Governor.
- Appoint and remove the secretary of state, in conjunction with the Assembly.

### SECTION 4 - MILITARY OFFICERS SERVING UNDER THE GOVERNOR
The aides-de-camp of the Commander-in-Chief including the Adjutant General, shall serve under the Governor in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief.

### SECTION 5 - COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS SERVING UNDER THE GOVERNOR
Any commissions ordered by the Governor or boards serving in the executive department as stipulated by law shall constitute part of the executive.

### SECTION 6 - GOVERNOR'S CABINET
There shall be a cabinet, which shall serve under the governor. The cabinet shall consist of: the secretary of state, the attorney general, the secretary of transportation, and other officers of the executive department that the Governor may from time to time designate.

## CHPT. 5 - STATE HOUSE

### SECTION 1 - BUREAU OF THE STATE HOUSE; STATE HOUSE SUPERINTENDENT
There shall be, within the Department of State, a Bureau of the State House, headed by a Superintendent. The Superintendent shall be appointed by the Secretary of State to oversee the good running of the building, and liaise between all three branches of government to ensure the building is functioning correctly.

### SECTION 2 - LAND AROUND THE STATE HOUSE
The land around the State House shall remain public and may be fully utilised by the public, unless deemed by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly or the Colonel of the State Police that subsequent restrictions are required for security measures.

### SECTION 3 - PORTRAITURE OF DESIGNATED BRANCH HEADS
The Governor, with the advice of the Bureau of the State House, may procure portraits of former Governors, Speakers, and Chief Justices of the State, to be hung in the State House.

### SECTION 4 - BANQUETING HALL
The Superintendent of the State House shall be able to offer the banqueting hall for public use when it is not required for official events.

## CHPT. 6 - RARITAN STATE POLICE

### SECTION 1 - DEPARTMENT JURISDICTION, SUPERVISION AND CONTROL
There shall be within the executive a statewide department of State Police under the supervision and control of the Colonel of State Police.

### SECTION 2 - STATE POLICE COLONEL; POWERS AND DUTIES
The Colonel shall be the head of the department and shall have charge of its administration and organization thereof. The Colonel may, subject to the approval of the Governor, organize the department as they deem necessary for the effective management of the department. The Colonel shall make all necessary rules and regulations for the administration of the department, and shall make a bi-monthly report to the Governor on the status of the department.

The colonel shall be appointed by the Governor, and shall be a person who has been employed by the department as a Lieutenant or above immediately prior to their appointment.

### SECTION 3 - APPOINTMENTS TO STATE POLICE; GOVERNOR'S AUTHORIZATION
Whenever the Governor shall deem it necessary, he may authorize an increase or decrease to the budget of the department in writing. Officers of the department shall be certified by the Raritan Law Enforcement Training Academy The Colonel may employ, reassign or remove any member of the State Police at any time.

### SECTION 4 - MISDEMEANORS COMMITTED IN PRESENCE OF ON-DUTY UNIFORMED OFFICERS; ENFORCEMENT POWERS
Any member of the State Police, may, upon view of any misdemeanor committed in his or her presence, arrest the person according to the traffic rules, regulations and ordinances of the town, city or county within the state.

### SECTION 5 - OATH OF OFFICE
Each officer shall, before entering upon the Office of State Police Colonel, be sworn to: “Uphold the constitution and state law, and protect the citizens of the state.” or words to that effect as proscribed by state law.

### SECTION 6 - UNIFORMS, IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND EQUIPMENT
The Colonel shall make rules to provide for standard uniforms, badges, warrant cards, firearms and other equipment to be utilised by the department. Any person who, through the use of uniforms or other identifiable symbols of the State Police, attempts to impersonate a department office shall be guilty of impersonation.

### SECTION 7 - VACANCIES IN TITLES OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND MAJORS
Any vacancy that occurs in the title of Lieutenant Colonel shall be filled by the Colonel from members who hold the title of Major or Captain.

Any vacancy that occurs in the title of Major shall be filled by the Colonel from members who hold the title of Captain or Lieutenant.

### SECTION 8 - PERIOD OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN APPOINTMENTS
No person shall be eligible for appointment to the following titles until he or she shall have completed the following period of service as a member of the State Police:
- Sergeant, two weeks;
- Lieutenant, four weeks;
- Captain, eight weeks.

### SECTION 9 - SPECIAL RECORDS ON PERSONS OF INTERST; DEPARTMENTAL COOPERATION
The State Police and other law enforcement agencies within the state, shall actively seek to share information with one another for the sole purpose of gathering evidence lawfully obtained for the purpose of identifying, locating and charging individuals wanted on suspicion of committing a crime.

### SECTION 10 - AID TO GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVENOR AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THEIR DUTIES
All peace officers, state, county and municipal, shall within their respective jurisdictions, aid the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the Attorney General in the performance of their duties when called upon.

## CHPT. 7 - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

### SECTION 1. - ATTORNEY GENERAL; SUPERVISION OF DEPARTMENT; QUALIFICATIONS
The Department of Justice, shall be under the supervision and control of the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall be a member of the State Bar and the government’s chief legal adviser, serving at the pleasure of the Governor on the Cabinet, for which the assembly must ratify their employment.

### SECTION 2. - ASSISTANTS AND EMPLOYEES; VACANCIES
The Attorney General may appoint a Deputy and two (2) Assistant Attorney Generals to assist in the running of the department. The Attorney General may also appoint as many State Attorneys as necessary for the efficient running of the department. Persons appointed to their positions shall continue in their office in the event of the Office of the Attorney General becoming vacant.

### SECTION 3. - DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW
Every two months, the Attorney General shall file a report with the Secretary of State, who shall transmit the review to the Governor and the Assembly. The report shall include the status of each employee, and an overview of what the department has been doing.

### SECTION 4. - APPEARING FOR THE STATE, PROSECUTING OR DEFENDING; RENDERING OF LEGAL SERVICES
The department may appear on behalf of the state, state departments and agencies, officers and agents in all civil proceedings where the state or its employees is a party. No employee in the Department of Justice may file suit against the state, nor defend against the state in criminal court cases unless the employee is the defendant.

### SECTION 5. - ACTIONS BROUGHT AGAINST THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, SECRETARY OF STATE, etc.; JURISDICTION
No court shall have jurisdiction over an action brought against the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, the Secretary of State, a Representative of the Assembly or a member of the Judiciary, if the action is based on evidence or information known to the state when the action was brought.

### SECTION 6. - RULES, REGULATIONS, AND GUIDELINES
The Attorney General may make any rules, regulations and guidelines that, in their judgement, are necessary and appropriate for the administration of this chapter.

### SECTION 7a. - INVESTIGATIVE POWERS
The Attorney General shall have the power to authorize an investigation into any government department or employee that they believe has breached the trust of the public, or by their actions has resulted in gross negligence of their duties. Notice of the time and place of such taking of testimony or evidence shall be given by the attorney general or an authorized employee at least two days prior to the date. Any material gathered by an Attorney General’s investigation shall not, unless ordered by a court, be disclosed to any person other than those authorized within the department, unless with the consent of the person who produced the information.

### SECTION 7b. - ENFORCEMENT OF INVESTIGATIONS
A person upon whom is notified by the department to be investigated shall be required to produce all evidence called upon by the authorized department employee and testify where necessary. Any person who fails to do so or knowingly conceals any relevant information, shall be punished by a fine of no more than $400.00. The department shall apply ex parte to the Gable County Trial Court, and thereupon such witness may be punished in like manner as if such witness was in contempt of the court.

### SECTION 8. - DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; QUALIFICATIONS; ELECTION; TERM
There shall be a District Attorney for each county of the state, who shall be a resident therein and a member of the state bar. They shall be elected pursuant to the home rule charters of that county and any other reasonable requirements that the county shall make. The District Attorney shall serve for a maximum of eight months, or less as the home rule charters may determine, and shall appear for the county in all criminal and civil proceedings in which the state or their county is a party, and shall aid the Attorney General in their duties.

### SECTION 9. - ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
The District Attorney may appoint as many clerks and assistants as they deem necessary, for a total of no more than 20 staff working in the District Attorney's Office, and any such person may be removed by the District Attorney at their pleasure.

### SECTION 10. - RARITAN BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
The Raritan Department of Justice shall incorporate an investigations agency (currently titled "Raritan Bureau of Investigation" and "RBI") which will be the primary investigative agency for the Raritan Department of Justice.

The Raritan Bureau of Investigation should be controlled by the Attorney General and should be led by an Assistant Attorney General who will serve as the "Director of RBI" and shall be appointed by the Attorney General and should make employment and training procedures as well as policies. Raritan Bureau of Investigation should be considered an entity under the Department of Justice and all agents of the agency should be considered Department of Justice employees.

The Raritan Bureau of Investigation shall have the following responsabilities:
- Investigative duties involving crimes committed by law enforcement or other individuals who are designated by the Raritan Department of Justice to be investigated for the same matters.
- Intelligence duties involving:
- Terroristic threats against the State of Raritan and/or the government of the State of Raritan.
- Criminal organizations within the State of Raritan.
- Foreign governments and/or organizations relevant to the State of Raritan's domestic security.
- Provide important notice for:
- Security threats relating to sublic safety.
- Wanted criminals of the State of Raritan.

## CHPT. 8 - RARITAN NATIONAL GUARD

### SECTION 1. - DEFINITIONS
As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless clearly shown otherwise, have the following meanings:
- "Commander-in-Chief”: the governor of the state
- “Enlisted person”: a member, other than a commissioned officer or a non commissioned officer, in the military forces of the state
- “Military police officer”: a member of the military forces, certified by the Raritan Law Enforcement Training Academy and granted the power to enforce Chapters 31 to 41 of the Raritan State Code and police the National Guard
- “Non commissioned officer”: an enlisted person serving at the rank of corporal through to sergeant major
- “Officer”: a commissioned officer in the military forces of the state
- “National guard”: the organized militia of the state

### SECTION 2. - MEMBERSHIP
The militia of the state shall consist of all able-bodied citizens of the Union of Columbia, who are residents of the state, subject to exemptions created by law.

### SECTION 3. - ORGANIZED AND UNORGANIZED MILITIA
The militia shall consist of two classes, namely, the organized militia, composed of the military forces of the state, and the unorganized militia which shall not be subject to duty unless in case of conscription, war, invasion and the assistance of civil officers in the execution of the law.

### SECTION 4. - ORGANIZED MILITIA
the organized militia shall be composed of volunteers who serve full or part time in the National Guard. The organized militia shall constitute the military division of the executive branch of the state.

### SECTION 5. - POWERS OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
The Commander-in-Chief, subject to provisions made in law, has the following powers in conjunction with the powers under the constitution:
- To make and publish regulations for the national guard
- To raise volunteer units when necessary
- To delegate most of the authority of the Commander-in-Chief to the Adjutant General, unless otherwise prohibited by law
- To prescribe the organization of the national guard, the designation, numbers, titles, grades and duties of all officers and enlisted persons as they deem necessary
- To disband any unit of the national guard falling below prescribed strength or standards of efficiency
- To appoint or remove aides-de-camp to the Commander-in_CHief

### SECTION 6. - STATE STAFF; COMPOSITION; TENURE
The state staff shall consist of 1 Adjutant General, with the grade of Major General, who shall be the military chief of staff to the Commander-in-Chief and chief of the military forces of the state.

The Adjutant General shall be appointed by the assembly, and commissioned by the Commander-in-Chief, according to the constitution, and must have attained and held in the last 3 weeks before appointment no grade lower than that of Colonel.

The Adjutant General shall serve as long as the Commander-in-Chief, and shall be charged with carrying out the policies of the Commander-in-Chief and issues orders in the name of the Commander-in-Chief.

The Adjutant General shall be the immediate adviser of the Commander-in-Chief in military matters and shall cause the state staff to support the mobilization, demobilization and general readiness of the national guard.

There shall be no more than five staff in the state staff, as determined by the Adjutant General, and a full-time state judge advocate appointed by the Adjutant General who shall be the legal adviser of the military division on all matters referred by law or by the Commander-in-Chief. The judge advocate shall report in writing to the Commander-in-Chief on all proceedings of courts martial. The judge advocate may be detailed to attend any encampment and shall, within the limits of the camp and any military exclusion zone outside the camp, have the jurisdiction of a trial court of all offenses then and there committed.

### SECTION 7. - QUALIFICATION FOR APPOINTMENT AS OFFICER
A person shall not be eligible to be commissioned as an officer into the militia if they have a sentence of a military court disabling them from holding office, or under sentence by a civilian court for felony charges.

### SECTION 8. - OFFICERS; APPOINTMENT
All officers shall be appointed by the Commander-in-Chief upon the recommendation of appropriate senior commanders of the national guard.

### SECTION 9. - OATHS
Every commissioned officer, before being able to perform their official duties or exercising any command, shall take the following oath and declaration:
> "I, ________, do solemnly {swear/affirm} that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the State of Raritan, and will support the constitution thereof and the constitution of the Union of Columbia, that I will obey the lawful orders of all my superior officers, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as ____ according to the best of my ability and understanding, agreeably to the rules and regulations of the constitution and the laws of the state and the Union of Columbia. {So help me God/This I do under the pains and penalties of perjury}." {delete as appropriate}

All oaths shall be done in the presence of an officer of the national guard, and their commission papers shall be certified by the officer who administered the oath and the Commander-in-Chief, to be deposited with the Secretary of State, so stated:
> ‘This certifies that ________, commissioned on this __ day of _____ in the year _____ , personally appeared and took and subscribed to the oath required by state and federal law.

### SECTION 10. - DISHCARGE OF OFFICERS; GROUNDS
Any officer shall be, at all times, required to maintain a high standard of morality, capacity and fitness to discharge their duties, and may be investigated and determined by a board of 3 commissioned officers, senior in rank and designated by the Commander-in-Chief. One of the board shall be of the same rank as the person under investigation. Any such investigation and proceedings shall provide the service member due process. The investigation may include misconduct in civil life for which punishment falls outside a court-martial. If the findings of the board are unfavourable, the findings will be transmitted to the Commander-in-Chief, and the service member shall be appropriately disciplined or discharged.

### SECTION 11. - DISCHARGE OF PERSONNEL; GENERAL
Any service member may be honorably discharged by the Commander-in-Chief upon tender of resignation or other appointment to office which nullifies any service within the national guard

Any service member may be dishonorably discharged by the Commander-in-Chief if they are under sentence of imprisonment by a civilian court, or who has been absent without leave for 2 weeks continuously.

### SECTION 12. - CERTFICATE OF DISCHARGE; FORM
Any service member discharged shall be entitled to a certificate of discharge, in such form directed by the Commander-in-Chief.

### SECTION 13. - ENLISTED PERSONNEL; REGULATIONS
The Commander-in-Chief may, by regulations, prescribe the requirements for the enlistment, service and discharge of enlisted personnel.

### SECTION 14. - ENLISTED PERSONNEL; APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS
The Commander-in-Chief shall, by regulations, provide how and by whom non commissioned officers and enlisted personnel shall be appointed, promoted and reduced.

### SECTION 15. - USE OF MILITIA; ESCORT DUTIES; EMERGENCIES
The Commander-in-Chief may order out any part of the organized militia for escort and other duties including emergency assistance to state and local civil authorities in the preservation of life and property.

### SECTION 16. - USE OF MILITIA OUTSIDE THE STATE
Except by direct order of the Commander-in-Chief, no unit of the military forces of the state shall be ordered without the limits of the state or leave the state for any period or purpose whatsoever.

### SECTION 17. - USE OF MILITIA; INVASION OR INSURRECTION
The Commander-in-Chief shall order out the armed force to repel any invasion or to suppress insurrection made or threatened.

### SECTION 18. - AID BY THE NATIONAL GUARD TO THE CIVIL AUTHORITY IN CASES OF RIOT, NATURAL DISASTER OR CASTASTROPHE, ETC.
The Commander-in-Chief, in proportion to Section 15 of this Chapter, may issue an order directed to any unit of the national guard to appear to aid the civil authority to suppress violations of law, preserving order, affording protection and supporting the laws if 1 of the following situations occurs:
- (a) in the case of a riot or mob or persons acting with force to violate the laws of the state
- (b) in the case of public catastrophe
- (c) if the usual police provisions utilised to keep the public peace are wholly unable to preserve order

Such an order may be issued upon the initiative of the Commander-in-Chief, or at the request of the Sheriff of a county or the Mayor of a town or city.

### SECTION 19. - POWERS AND DUTIES OF NATIONAL GUARD MILITARY POLICE
Military police of the national guard may exercise all the powers of constable, except to execute warrants or other orders of civilian courts, and of police officers when ordered to perform law enforcement duties shall appear armed and equipped. Military police shall be subject to provisions made in Chapter 9 and state law.

### SECTION 20. - RIGHT OF WAY OVER PUBLIC STREETS AND HIGHWAYS; PERMISSION TO MOUNT RED LIGHTS ON VEHICLE
The national guard military police shall be authorized to mount red lights, and auditory equipment, to their vehicles to be used when circumstances reasonably require an immediate emergency response, giving them the same right of way to drive contrary to traffic laws and signs in order to reach their destination quickly and safely.

### SECTION 21. - EXCLUSION OF TRAFFIC FROM PUBLIC STREETS AND HIGHWAYS DURING MILITARY EXERCISES
The Commander-in-Chief may give written notice of no less than 1 hour to exclude traffic from certain parts of public roads during exercises of the national guard if public convenience or safety requires it.

### SECTION 22. - CONSCRIPTION OF THE UNORGANIZED MILITIA
Pursuant to the constitution, only the assembly shall provide for the requirements to legalize conscription into the organized militia. It shall be viable for the Commander-in-Chief to issue proclamations to mayors of towns and cities to give written and oral notice to townspeople to assemble at mustering stations at a given time and place in order to draft people as volunteers into military service.

### SECTION 23. - UNAUTHORIZED USE OF UNIFORM
Whoever, not being on active duty for the national guard, do wear or utilise symbols of the national guard to give the impression of their authority or power shall be guilty of impersonation.

## CHPT. 9 - CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE

### SECTION 1. - PERSONS SUBJECT TO THIS CODE; JURISDICTION
- (a) members of the Raritan National Guard, including those awaiting discharge and other persons lawfully called or ordered into, or to duty in or for training in the national guard.
- (b) any ordained person who has been subject to military authority or control.
- \(c) any person arrested on military property, land, base, or belonging or commits damage exceeding the average budget of the department of that element.

### SECTION 2. - JURISDICTION TO TRY CERTAIN PERSONNEL
- (a) reserve personnel of the national guard who are charged with having committed, while in a status in which they are subject to this code, any offense against this code may be retained in such status or, whether or not such status has terminated, placed in an active duty status for disciplinary action, without their consent, but not for a longer period of time than may be required for such action.
- (b) all persons discharged from the national guard subsequently charged with having fraudulently obtained said discharge shall be subject to trial by court-martial on said charge and shall be subject to this Code while in the custody of the national guard for such trial. Upon conviction of said charge they shall be subject to trial by court-martial for all offenses under this Code committed prior to the fraudulent discharge.
- \(c) any person who has deserted from the national guard shall not be relieved from amenability to the jurisdiction of this Code by virtue of a separation from any subsequent period of service."

### SECTION 3. - JUDGE ADVOCATES
- (a) the assignment for duty of all judge advocates of the national guard shall be subject to the approval of the judge advocate general of the national guard of which they are members. The judge advocate general or senior members of his staff shall make frequent inspections in the field in supervision of the administration of military justice.
- (b) convening authorities shall at all times communicate directly with their staff judge advocates or legal officers in matters relating to the administration of military justice; and the staff Judge advocate or legal officer of any command is authorized to communicate directly with the staff judge advocate or legal officer of a superior or subordinate command, or with the judge advocate general.
- \(c) no person who has acted as member, law officer, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, assistant defense counsel, or investigating officer in any case shall subsequently act as a staff judge advocate or legal officer to any reviewing authority upon the same case.

### SECTION 4. - CONFINEMENT OF PERSONS CHARGED WITH OFFENSES
Any person subject to this code charged with an offense under this code shall be ordered into arrest or confinement, as circumstances may require; but when charged only with an offense normally tried by a summary court-martial, such person shall not ordinarily be placed in confinement. When any person subject to this code is placed in arrest or confinement prior to trial, immediate steps shall be taken to inform him of the specific wrong of which he is accused and to try him or to dismiss the charges and release him.

### SECTION 15 - Non-Judicial Punishment
- (a) under such regulations as the governor may prescribe any commanding officer may, in addition to or in lieu of admonition or reprimand, impose one of the following disciplinary punishments for minor offenses without the intervention of a court-martial -
- (1) upon officers and warrant officers of his command:
- (a) restriction to certain specified limits, with or without suspension from duty, for a period not to exceed two consecutive weeks; or
- (b) if imposed by an officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction, forfeiture of one-half of his pay per month for a period not exceeding three months.
- (2) upon other military personnel of his command:
- (a) restriction to certain specified limits, with or without suspension from duty, for a period not to exceed two consecutive weeks; or
- (b) extra duties for a period not to exceed two consecutive weeks, and not to exceed two hours per dav, holidays included; or
- \(c) reduction to next inferior grade if the grade from which demoted was established by the command or an equivalent or lower command; or
- (d) confinement for a period not to exceed seven consecutive days; or
- (e) confinement on bread and water or diminished rations for a period not to exceed five consecutive days; or
- (f) if imposed by an officer exercising special court-martial jurisdiction, forfeiture of one-half of his pay for a period not exceeding one month.

### SECTION 16. - COURTS-MARTIAL CLASSIFIED
There shall be three kinds of courts-martial in the national guard, namely:
- (1) general courts-martial, which shall consist of a law officer and any number of members not less than five;
- (2) special courts-martial, which shall consist of any number of members not less than three; and
- (3) summary courts-martial, which shall consist of one officer.

### SECTION 17. - GENERAL COURTS-MARTIAL

General courts-martial shall have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this Code for any offense made punishable by this Code and may adjudge any punishment not forbidden by this Code. General courts-martial shall also have jurisdiction to try any person who by the law of war is subject to trial by a military tribunal and may adjudge any punishment permitted by the law of war.
- (a) general courts-martial may be convened by
- (1) the commander in chief;
- (2) the adjutant general;
- (3) the commanding officer of a division, a separate brigade, or a corresponding unit of the national guard.
- (b) when any such commanding officer is an accuser, the court shall be convened by superior competent authority, and may in any case be convened by such authority when deemed desirable by him.

### SECTION 18. - SPECIAL COURTS-MARTIAL
Special courts-martial shall have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code for any non-capital offense made punishable by this code and for capital offenses. Special courts-martial may, adjudge any punishment not forbidden by this code except death, dis-honorable discharge, dismissal, confinement in excess of six months, hard labor without confinement in excess of three months, forfeiture of pay exceeding two-thirds pay per month, or forfeiture of pay for a period exceeding six months. A bad conduct discharge shall not be adjudged unless a complete record of the proceedings and testimony before the court has been made.
- (a) special courts-martial may be convened by
- (1) any person who may convene a general court-martial;
- (2) the commanding officer of a district, garrison, fort, camp, station, base, auxiliary airfield, or other place where members of the National Guard are on duty;
- (3) the commanding officer or officer in charge of any other command.
- (b) when any such officer is an accuser, the court shall be convened by superior competent authority, and may in any case be convened by such authority when deemed advisable by him.

### SECTION 19. - SUMMARY COURTS-MARTIAL
Summary courts-martial shall have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this Code except officers, warrant officers, cadets, and midshipmen for any non-capital offense made punishable by this Code, but no person who objects thereto shall be brought to trial before a summary court-martial unless he has been permitted to refuse punishment under (Section 5). Where such objection is made by the accused, trial shall be ordered by special or general court-martial, as may be appropriate. Summary courts-martial may adjudge any punishment not forbidden by this Code except death, dismissal, dishonorable or bad conduct discharge, confinement in excess of one month, hard labor without confinement in excess of forty-five days, restriction to certain specified limits in excess of two months, or forfeiture of pay in excess of two-thirds of one month's pay.
- (a) Summary courts-martial may be convened by
- (1) any person who may convene a general or special court-martial;
- (2) the commanding officer of a detached company, or other detachment of the national guard;
- (3) the commanding officer of a detached squadron or other detachment of the national guard; or
- (4) the commanding officer or officer in charge of any other command.
- (b) When but one officer is present with a command or detachment he shall be the summary court-martial of that command or detachment and shall hear and determine all summary court-martial cases brought before him. Summary courts-martial may, however, be convened in any case by superior competent authority when deemed desirable by him.

### SECTION 20. - CHARGES AND THEIR SPECIFICATIONS
- (a) Charges and specifications shall be signed by a person subject to this code under oath before an officer of the national guard authorized to administer oaths and shall state-
- (1) that the signer has personal knowledge of, or has investigated, the matters set forth therein; and
- (2) that the same are true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
- (b) upon the preferring of charges, the proper authority shall take immediate steps to determine what disposition should be made thereof in the interest of justice and discipline, and the person accused shall be informed of the charges against him as soon as practicable.
- \(c) Punitive articles-
- (1) Desertion:
- a) without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently;
- b) quits his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service; or
- c) the accused quit his or her post or proper duties before he or she received notice of the acceptance of the resignation.
- (2) Absence without official leave:
- a) fails to go to his appointed place of duty at the time prescribed or absents himself or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty at which he is required to be at the time prescribed, for two weeks continuously.
- (3) Contempt towards officials:
- a) any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the Governor or legislature of Raritan, territory, commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present.
- (4) Disrespect towards a superior officer:
- a) that the accused did or omitted certain acts or used certain language to or concerning a certain commissioned officer;
- b) that such behavior or language was directed toward that officer;
- c) that the officer toward whom the acts, omissions, or words were directed was the superior commissioned officer of the accused;
- d) that the accused then knew that the commissioned officer toward whom the acts, omissions, or words were directed was the accused’s superior commissioned officer; and
- e) that, under the circumstances, the behavior or language was disrespectful to that commissioned officer.
- (5) Assaulting or disobeying a superior officer.
- a) assaulting;
- b) that the accused struck, drew or lifted up a weapon against, or offered violence against, a certain commissioned officer;
- c) that the officer was the superior commissioned officer of the accused;
- d) that the accused then knew that the officer was the accused’s superior commissioned officer; and
- e) that the superior commissioned officer was in the execution of office.
- f) disobeying;
- g) that the accused received a lawful command from a certain commissioned officer;
- h) that this officer was the superior commissioned officer of the accused;
- i) that the accused then knew that this officer was the accused’s superior commissioned officer; and
- j) that the accused willfully disobeyed the lawful command.
- (6) Insubordinate conduct towards a non commissioned officer:
- a) strikes or assaults a warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, or petty officer, while that officer is in the execution of his office;
- b) willfully disobeys the lawful order of a warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, or petty officer; or
- c) treats with contempt or is disrespectful in language or deportment toward a warrant officer, non-commissioned.
- (7) Failure to obey order:
- a) violates any lawful general order or regulation;
- b) having knowledge of any other lawful order issued by a member of the national guard and fails to obey the order; or
- c) is derelict in the performance of his duties.
- (8) Unlawful detention:
- a) that the accused apprehended, arrested, or confined a certain person; and
- b) that the accused unlawfully exercised the accused’s authority to do so.
- 9) Misbehaviour before the enemy:
- a) run away;
- b) shamefully abandon, surrender, or deliver up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is his duty to defend;
- c) through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endanger the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military property;
- d) cast away his arms or ammunition;
- e) is guilty of cowardly conduct;
- f) quit his place of duty to plunder or pillage;
- g) cause false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the national guard;
- h) willfully fail to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is his duty so to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy; or
- i) does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels, or aircraft of the national guard belonging to the State of Raritan or their allies when engaged in battle.
- 10) Loss, damage, waste or other wrongful use of military property.
- a) sells or otherwise disposes of;
- b) willfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or
- c) willfully or through neglect suffers to be lost, damaged, destroyed, sold, or wrongfully disposed of; any military property of the Raritan National Guard.

### SECTION 21. - RULES OF PROCEEDINGS
Whenever a general or special court-martial is to deliberate or vote, only the members of the court shall be present. After a general court-martial has finally voted on the findings, the court may request the law officer and the reporter to appear before the court to put the findings in proper form, and such proceedings shall be on the record. All other proceedings, including any other consultation of the court with counsel or the law officer shall be made a part of the record and be in the presence of the accused, the defense counsel, the trial counsel, and in general court-martial cases, the law officer

### SECTION 22. - CONTEMPT
A court-martial, provost court, or military commission may punish for contempt any person who uses any menacing words, signs, or gestures in its presence, or who disturbs its proceedings by any riot or disorder. Such punishment shall not exceed confinement for 30 days or a fine of $100.00, or both.

### SECTION 23. - RECORD OF TRIALS
- (a) Each general court-martial shall keep a separate record of the proceedings of the trial of each case brought before it, and such record shall be authenticated by the signature of the governor and the law officer. In case the record cannot be authenticated by either the governor or the law officer, by reason of the death, disability or absence of such officer, it shall be signed by a member in lieu of him. If both the governor and the law officer are unavailable for such reasons, the record shall be authenticated by two members.
- (b) Each special and summary court-martial shall keep a separate record of the proceedings in each case, which record shall contain such matter and be authenticated in such manner as may be required by regulations which the Governor may prescribe.
- \(c) A copy of the record of the proceedings of each general and special court-martial shall be given to the accused as soon as authenticated."

## CHPT. 10 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

### SECTION 1. - PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Each county shall provide and maintain the following public buildings: suitable jails, county sheriff’s office space and public buildings for administration and the land necessary for the county to properly administer itself.

### SECTION 2. - ELECTION; TENURE
The qualifications and tenure of elective officers shall be proscribed in the home rule charters of the counties.

### SECTION 3. - MEETINGS; FREQUENCY
The meetings of county commissioners for the running of the county shall be frequently and as prescribed in the home rule charters of the counties.

### SECTION 4. - RECORDS
The manner for the keeping of records of the county shall be provided in their respective charters, and frequently deposited with the secretary of state.

### SECTION 5. - POWERS TO PUNISH FOR CONTEMPT
As assumed under common law, the power for legislative bodies to hold those who fail to give accurate statements and evidence before them shall be determined by the court of equal jurisdiction.

## CHPT. 11 - COUNTY CHARTER PROCESURES; ABOLITION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT

### SECTION 1. - POWER TO ADOPT OR REVISE CHARTERS
The power for counties to adopt and revise charters are laid out in the Reorganization of Counties Act 1935, allowing for the counties to amend their charters and have them submitted to the assembly for passage as a bill, to be readopted should the amendments be successful.

### SECTION 2. - ABOLITION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Should the assembly determine that a county’s government is detrimental to the body politic of the state and the public, it shall have the power, by resolution, under the Reorganization of Counties Act 1935 to abolish that form of government and either call for new elections of the county’s elective officers or to create a new charter altogether, and directly control the affairs of the county government in the interim.

## CHPT. 12 - SHERIFFS

### SECTION 1. - CONSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENT; ELECTIONS
Pursuant to the constitution, the sheriff as an ancient judicial office shall be appointed to the government, with the consent of the council. Yet owing to convention, the governor is inclined to allow a non-binding election of the sheriff to be permitted in each county, which is overwhelmingly accepted by the governor and the council to be the best choice for sheriff, and barring no obstructions with county qualifications, is duly appointed.

### SECTION 2. - OATH
A sheriff, before performing any official act, shall be sworn conditioned to perform faithfully the duties of the office of sheriff and be responsible for the official acts of their deputies.

### SECTION 3. - DEPUTIES; APPOINTMENT AND OATH
A sheriff may appoint deputies, who shall be sworn before performing any official act, the number of deputies determined by law. The employment of deputies shall continue to have the same authority to serve upon the vacancy of the office of sheriff, as if the sheriff had continued in office.

### SECTION 4. - DUTIES OF SHERIFFS AND THEIR DEPUTIES
Sheriffs and their deputies shall serve and execute, within their counties, all writs and warrants issued to them and all other processes required of them by law.

Sheriffs and their deputies shall have the power to call upon bystanders to aid them in the execution of their office, in the preservation of peace, and in the apprehension of a person for a breach of the peace and in cases of escaped prisoners, with penalties prescribed by law.

Sheriffs and their deputies shall attend and keep the peace at courts held in their counties, acting as bailiffs to the trial and appellate courts as and when required by the judge, and to protect public meetings of the county commissioners when requested.

Sheriffs and their deputies shall be responsible under the provisions of this section to transport prisoners or other person in custody including but not limited to:
- Prisoners in their custody to and from a courthouse or the county jail
- Prisoners in the custody of another agency to and from a courthouse or the county jail

### SECTION 5. - EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED TO SHERIFF OFFICES
The sheriff shall have the power to equip their office with equipment designated for law enforcement, and to give every deputy a warrant card which they shall carry at all times according to law.

## CHPT. 13 - MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

### SECTION 1. - JURISDICTION OF MUNICIPALITIES
Except as provided by law and municipal charters, city councils shall have the power of towns as prescribed in the Municipalities Act 1935. The boundaries of towns and cities shall be determined by the assembly.

### SECTION 2. - CITY CHARTERS; POWERS AND RIGHTS OF CITIES
Each city shall have the right to make and adopt a city charter as their plan of local government as prescribed by law. Each charter, authorized by the assembly, is individually accorded its own rights and privileges dependent on the city and its previous ancient rights and customs.

## CHPT. 14 - ORVILLE MUNCIPAL COURT

### SECTION 1. - JURISDICTION
Orville is the only remaining municipal court in Raritan, retaining its city-wide jurisdiction but now limited to imposing fines not exceeding $2,500.00, and only being able to imprison those for a maximum of 3 days for failure to pay a fine imposed by the court.

### SECTION 2. - APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES
The appointment of judges to the court is determined by the city charter, whilst the clerk of the court is appointed by the supreme court.

## CHPT. 15 - ELECTIONS

### SECTION 1. - TYPES OF ELECTION
Elections shall be held for all publicly-elected offices from town to the state government. Elections shall include those to win public office, for changes to local laws or constitutional amendment or other such things as state law provides.

### SECTION 2. - RUNNING ELECTIONS
Elections shall be run by the Raritan Electoral Committe, consisting of the administrators of the state and the secretary of state, ensuring that elections are free and fair.

### SECTION 3. - BALLOT BOXES AND POLLING STATIONS
The location and requirements of polling stations shall be stipulated by the electoral committee.

### SECTION 4. - ELIGIBILITY; SUFFRAGE
Every resident, not being incarcerated over the course of an election day, shall have the undeniable right to vote in any election held in the state.

### SECTION 5. - FINAL DAY OF REGISTRATION
The registration of voters shall be frozen during and for 24 hours before the time an election is due to start.

## CHPT. 16 - RARITAN ELECTORAL COMMITTEE

### SECTION 1. - MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE
An electoral committee consisting of administrators and the secretary of state shall run and hold all elections in the state.

### SECTION 2. - POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEE
The committee may investigate all matters pertaining to the legality, validity and accuracy of all nominations, nominees, electors, votes, voters and results in all elections held in the state.

### SECTION 3. - HEARINGS OF IMPROPRIETY
The committee, upon application by any resident, shall hear complaints of impropriety as to how an election was run or held, and upon such hearing shall decide whether recommend voiding an election, submitting its decision to the assembly, or secretary of state if it is pertaining to an election of the assembly, who shall determine whether to void the election or not.

## CHPT. 17 - ELECTORAL LAWS

### SECTION 1. - TO BE DETERMINED
To be determined...

## CHPT. 18 - RARITAN LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY

### SECTION 1. - JURISDICTION
There shall be a law enforcement training academy established to oversee the professional training requirements of state peace officers, supervised by a director appointed by the governor, and any staff the director may seem fit to employ.

### SECTION 2. - REQUIREMENT OF CERTIFICATION
All peace officers in the state shall be required to have an active certificate of the academy in order to serve as a police officer.

## CHPT. 19 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF PEACE OFFICERS

### SECTION 1. - QUALIFICATIONS OF STATE PEACE OFFICERS
The terms "police officer", "trooper", "deputy", "chief of police", "sheriff" or "colonel of the state police" or any other term to describe a sworn law enforcement officer shall mean to be a peace officer of the state.

### SECTION 2. - JURISDICTION OF STATE PEACE OFFICERS
All peace officers duly appointed to a law enforcement agency shall be able to exercise their powers only within the limits of their department's jurisdiction, unless exigent circumstances require swift action to prevent the loss of life or serious damage to property, or to forestall the imminent escape of a suspect.

### SECTION 3. - OFFICE OF CONSTABLE
The colonel of the state police, sheriffs of the counties, chiefs of police and their subordinate peace officers shall all serve the office of constable, sworn and certified by the law enforcement training academy as required by law.

### SECTION 4. - RIGHTS OF PEACE OFFICERS; EQUIPMENT
Peace officers may carry within the state such equipment and weapons as the department head shall determine, and may carry equipment off duty according to department guidelines, so long as they are able to prove they are peace officers.

### SECTION 5. - RIGHTS OF PEACE OFFICERS; POWERS OF DISPERSAL, KEEPING THE PEACE, ETC.
Peace officers may disperse any assembly of three or more persons for good reason and enter any building to suppress a breach of peace or riot, and have any other such powers as law shall provide for.

### SECTION 6. - RIGHTS OF PEACE OFFICERS; DETAINING, ARREST AND STOP AND SEARCH
Any person suspected of committing a crime, or attempting to commit a crime, may be detained and subsequently arrested and charged with a crime by the police, to be thereafter imprisoned or otherwise punished according to law.

If a person is stopped by a peace officer for questioning, and that person is reasonably suspected of committing a crime, or attempting to commit a crime, they may be detained and searched for weapons, and confiscate them, returning only weapons lawfully possessed after questioning.

## CHPT. 20 - STATE FIRE CODE AND DELEGATED AUTHORITY

### SECTION 1. - DEFINITIONS
In this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings:
- “Marshal”: the state fire marshal
- “Department”: the various county fire departments responsible for fire prevention and safety
- “Fire Chief”: the chief officer of a fire department

### SECTION 2. - INVESTIGATION OF FIRES OR EXPLOSIONS BY LOCAL OFFICES
The marshal or designated fire chief shall investigate the cause and circumstances of any fire or explosion in their jurisdiction in order to determine the origins, which shall be documented and forwarded to the chief of police of the municipality, sheriff of the county or colonel of the state police dependent on the location of the fire or explosion.

### SECTION 3. - REGULATIONS RELATING TO FIRE SAFETY
The marshal delegates fire safety regulations to the appropriate local authority through amendments to the Municipalities Act and Reorganization of Counties Act (both of 1935), ensuring that their local expertise understands the most suitable arrangements for local fire codes and building codes to comply with state fire-safety legislation.

### SECTION 4. - FIRE ESCAPES IN HIGH RISE BUILDINGS
All buildings above four stories in height, or lower if prescribed by home rule charter, shall be required to install fire escapes which comply with state law, unless given an exemption certificate issued by the marshal.

### SECTION 5. - CLUBS, PUBLIC HOUSES AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES
Every club, public house or venue which is a centre of entertainment shall be required to evaluate the fire safety of their premises annually, to be transmitted to the marshal and the fire chief of their locality for inspection.

### SECTION 6. - OBSTRUCTION OF FIRE ESCAPES
No person shall obstruct the area directly below or immediate to a fire escape with trash cans, motor vehicles or any such object which could hamper the safe use of a fire escape. Any person found guilty of this shall be punished by … .

### SECTION 7. - DUTIES OF A FIREFIGHTER
If a fire breaks out, the nearest fire department, station or lookout tower shall immediately respond and designate the firefighting duties there required to put the fire out again.

### SECTION 8. - FIRE OBSERVATION TOWERS
The state may construct forest fire lookout towers, the construction of which shall be subject to the direction of the department of park service.

### SECTION 9. - FIREFIGHTERS; FIREARMS
No firefighter shall be required to carry firearms in the performance of fire duties.

## CHPT. 21 - RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED

### SECTION 1. - INFORMATION UPON ARREST
Any person arrested has a right to know from the arresting officer the true grounds on which the arrest has been made, and an officer who refuses to answer a question relative to the reason of arrest, or answers untruthfully, shall be guilty on an offense, punishable by...

### SECTION 2. - RIGHT OF COUNSEL
Any person arrested shall be allowed to speak with counsel, to defend themselves and to produce witnesses and evidence in their favor, and to meet the witnesses and evidence against them face to face, according to law.

### SECTION 3. - TRIAL BY JUDGE
A person before a court shall be tried by the judge of that court, either by admitting to the charges laid before them or contesting them, pleading guilty or not guilty.

### SECTION 4. - ACQUITTAL
A person shall not have to answer for charges by which they have already been tried and found guilty or acquitted, according to law.

## CHPT. 22 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON
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## CHPT. 23 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
### SECTION 1. - [WIP]

## CHPT. 24 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
### SECTION 1. - [WIP]

## CHPT. 25 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC SAFETY
### SECTION 1. - [WIP]

## CHPT. 26 - ORAGANIZED CRIME
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## CHPT. 27 - INCHOATE CRIMES
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## CHPT. 28 - FIREARM LAWS
### SECTION 1. - FIREARMS LICENSING
State law requires that an individual must hold a valid firearms license in order to possess a handgun, rifle or shotgun which does not exceed the restrictions stipulated in Section 5 of this chapter, unless the individual is an active duty national guardsman, or a police officer.

### SECTION 2. - SERIAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS ON FIREARMS
To be determined...

### SECTION 3. - BRANDISHING IN A PUBLIC PLACE
Any person who brandishes a firearm in a public place shall be guilty of an offense, punishable by ...

### SECTION 4. - DEALING OF A FIREARM
Any person who buys, sells, gifts or transfers a firearm without a permit issued by the colonel of the state police is guilty of an offense, punishable by ...

### SECTION 5. - RESTRICTIONS ON MAGAZINE SIZES
To be determined...

## CHPT. 29 - FELONIES, ACCESSORIES AND ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT CRIMES
### SECTION 1. - FELONIES AND MISDEMEANORS
A crime punishable by imprisonment for more than 30 minutes is a felony. All other crimes which hold a possible sentence of incarceration are misdemeanors.

### SECTION 2. - AIDING OR ACCESSORY BEFORE FACT
Any person who aids in the commission of a felony, shall be punished as if they committed the crime itself.

### SECTION 3. - ACCESSORY AFTER FACT
Any person who, after the commission of a felony, aids, conceals or harbors a felon or accessory before the fact, shall be guilty of an offense.

### SECTION 4. - ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT A CRIME
Any person who attempts to commit a crime by doing any act towards its commission, but fails in its perpetration, shall be guilty of an offense.

### SECTION 5. - SOLICITATION OR ENTICEMENT OF A CRIME
Any person who solicits, advises or entices another person to commit a crime shall be guilty of an offense.