Law 12 - Subversive Organizations

[Culture of Life]

LAW 12 - SUBVERSIVE ORGANIZATIONS
Enacted May 21, 2017

SECTION 1. A subversive organization shall be defined as a region, alliance, or group promoting the overthrow of the Right to Life government. The following shall be considered a subversive organization in Right to Life:

The Red Fleet

Except as provided in this law, no person, merely for holding membership in a subversive organization, shall be denied or deprived of his regional citizenship or his rights under regional law.

SECTION 2. The government of Right to Life officially expresses its condemnation of all persons who hold positions of leadership in a subversive organization, exempting those persons who either publicly renounce their organization's desire to overthrow the legitimate governing authorities of Right to Life or those unaware of these intentions.

SECTION 3. No citizen, having been made aware of this law, shall maintain membership in a subversive organization for more than three days, unless he publicly or privately notifies the Supreme Commander of the Army of said membership and receives said Commander's explicit, written permission.

SECTION 4. In applications for governmental employment and in declarations of candidacy to be the President or a senator, the regional government may ask citizens the following question:

If you are a member, have ever been a member, or ever become a member of a subversive organization, as determined by the regional code of laws, have you notified or will you immediately notify the Supreme Commander of the Army of said membership?

Any citizen who answers in the negative shall be denied governmental employment for the particular application or the right to be a candidate in the particular election in which he is attempting to run. Membership in a subversive organization, as not equivalent to endorsing the actions of the region, is never to be considered sufficient cause to deny a citizen an application or the right to be a candidate in an election.

SECTION 5. Any person who violates Section 3 or who falsely answers Subsection 4(a) shall have his citizenship temporarily suspended. Then, he shall be tried in regional court and, if determined to be guilty, shall be deprived of citizenship. If determined not guilty, citizenship shall be restored.

SECTION 6. In the NationStates Security Council, any citizen or group of citizens that authors or coauthors either a resolution to condemn the home region of a subversive organization or a resolution to repeal the commendation of the home region of a subversive organization shall be awarded ₤120, to be paid by the Bank of Right to Life and to be divided evenly among them.

SECTION 7. No action that the government of Right to Life takes against a subversive organization shall be construed as disapproval of the allies of that organization. Allies shall be held blameless.

SECTION 8. The Minister of Foreign Affairs or their designee shall alert all regions in Pro-Life International or with forum embassies in Right to Life of new additions or subtractions from the list of subversive organizations, as well as the reasons for this. Furthermore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be responsible for informing any publicly pro-life members of subversive organizations of the threat the group poses to Right to Life's government. The Minister of Internal Affairs, in cooperation with the Global Moderator, shall be responsible for informing all Right to Life citizens of the actions of subversive regions.

SECTION 9. The Justice Court of Right to Life may, after trial, remove a group from the list of subversive organizations, as may the Senate by a majority vote. A supermajority vote is required to add a organization to the list. In times in which the security of the region is in grave jeopardy, the Founder may adjust the list of subversive regions by Decree, thereby surpassing the Senate.