The following actions are crimes (along with those listed in Law 1 of Act 40, Law 4 of Acts 29 and 85, and Law 6 of Act 85.) [This law has been added to – see Act 111, Laws 2-3]
Espionage – obtaining, delivering, transmitting, communicating or receiving classified information (see Act 51) without permission, and/or with the intent to use the information to damage the security of the Empire of Austenasia or to the advantage of any foreign nation.
Perverting the course of justice – preventing justice from being served. This can be by:
Forging or disposing of evidence.
Lying to a police officer when being questioned after having committed a crime
Threatening, intimidating or bribing a witness, police officer or Representative/Town Council member due to take part in a trial.
Lying when giving a witness statement or producing evidence in court.
Assisting an offender – assisting a person who has committed a crime by:
Helping them to escape apprehension and/or arrest.
Hindering the investigation into the crime, for example by lying to, bribing, threatening or intimidating a police officer.
Mutiny – refusing to follow legal orders from commanding officers, or opposing, changing or overthrowing the legal military authority whom one is under the command of. This crime can only be committed by those who have sworn the oath in Law 17 of Act 80.
Desertion – abandoning one’s duty or post without permission from one’s commanding officer or the Ministry of Defence. This crime can only be committed by those who have sworn the oath in Law 17 of Act 80.
Escape from police custody – escaping a police station while being held there, the custody of a police officer after arrest, or from a punishment imposed by a trial.
Being an Enemy of the State/Government/People – being declared by the Cabinet an Enemy of the State, Government or People (see Act 89). This is only a crime if the Enemy was declared such for an action which was not in itself a crime.
Act 29, Law 4, Paragraph P is hereby repealed. The crime formerly known as Lying to a Court is now the crime of Perverting the course of justice.
In regards to Law 1, Paragraph C of this same Act, it is not a crime for certain professionals (including, but not limited to, doctors, clergymen, lawyers and solicitors) to impart legal, moral and medical advice and/or information to an offender, so long as it does not further a crime or aid the offender in escaping justice.
In regards to Act 89, Law 12, if an Enemy of the State, Government or People is arrested and brought to an Austenasian Police Station and the Prime Minister informed, then the Enemy may be tried for any crime he/she is known to have committed but not yet have been tried for, even if it was not committed in Austenasia and not involving Austenasian residents.
If an Enemy arrested is a citizen of a foreign country, then the Prime Minister will decide whether or not to have him/her removed to their own country.
If an Enemy arrested is not a foreign national (or the Prime Minister decides not to remove them), then the Prime Minister will decide whether to try them in Parliament or in the Town Council of the Town that the enemy was arrested in.
If the Austenasian Police has enough evidence to prove beyond doubt that a person is guilty of committing, attempting to commit, conspiring to commit or soliciting to commit a crime then they may issue an arrest warrant.
Only a Police/Detective Inspector can issue an arrest warrant for all police officers in his/her police force. For all of the Austenasian Police to receive an arrest warrant of an individual, the Home Secretary or Chief Inspector must authorise it.
Once a police force has received an arrest warrant for a criminal/suspected criminal, all officers in that police force must arrest that person on sight.
In regards to Act 89, Law 12, arrest warrants are automatically issued for all Enemies of the State, Government or People. All border officials must be aware of Enemies and immediately report to the Austenasian Police should an Enemy attempt to cross the border.
An arrest warrant must contain:
The full name and any known aliases of the criminal/suspected criminal.
A photograph of the criminal/suspected criminal, if one is available (Act 97 does not apply).
The date of birth and last known address of the criminal/suspected criminal.
The crime(s) that the criminal/suspected criminal has committed.
Amounts of reward money to be given out for information leading to the arrest of the criminal/suspected criminal, information directly leading to the arrest of the criminal/suspected criminal, and the physical capture and subsequent arrest of the criminal/suspected criminal.
Information as to whether or not the criminal/suspected criminal is to be considered armed and/or dangerous.