- The purpose of this Act is to enact various revisions and amendments to the criminal law of Austenasia.
- Paragraph 1, Subsection J of the Third Imperial Decree of HIM Emperor Declan I is hereby repealed. Refusal to pay an authorised tax is the misdemeanour of tax evasion. A person who is unable to pay an authorised tax may appeal to a magistrate, who may reduce or waive the amount owed at their discretion upon a review of the evidence.
- Paragraph 3 of LXVI Jon. I 2016 (Life and Death) is hereby repealed and replaced with the provisions of this same Paragraph. In regards to Paragraphs 3 and 6 of XXXIV Dec. I 2012 (Homicide), “unlawful killing of a homo sapiens” is hereby defined as committing an action (not excluded from unlawfulness by LXVI Jon. I 2016, Paragraph 4) which is an effective and more than a minimal cause of the death of a human being, or – if there is a contractual duty, a duty because of a relationship (e.g. parent-child), a duty which has been taken on voluntarily, or a duty which one automatically assumes after creating circumstances of a dangerous nature (e.g. accidentally starting a fire but failing to warn others in the building or contact the fire service) – a failure to act when one has a duty to do so which is an effective and more than a minimal cause of the death of a human being, neither case including a scenario whereby an enemy combatant is killed during a state of war.
- Paragraph 15 of II Jon. I 2013 (Offences Against the Person) is hereby repealed. Involuntary manslaughter is a first-class felony defined as the unlawful killing of a homo sapiens (as defined by Paragraph 3 of this same Act) caused by committing another crime which had a risk of doing some harm or by negligence which showed great disregard for the life and safety of others, but with no intention to kill or to cause serious harm to others.
- “£4” in Paragraph 3 of LXVII Jon. I 2016 (Employment Rights) is hereby amended to read “£9”.
- In regards to LXXXI Jon. I 2017 (Antiquities), Paragraph 8, no discovery shall be considered a treasure, fossil, or archaeological find for the purposes of concealing an antiquity where said discovery is of no historical, archaeological, financial, scientific or cultural importance, or where there is a reasonable and genuine belief that it is of no such importance.
- In regards to LXXXI Jon. I 2017 (Antiquities), Paragraph 9, a genuine and reasonable belief that said discovery is of no historical, archaeological, financial, scientific or cultural importance qualifies as a lawful excuse in regards to vandalism of an antiquity.
- Paragraph 7, Subsection K of XXX Jon. I 2014 (Parents, Guardians and Children) is hereby amended; from henceforth, the possession, production or sale of child pornography shall be a first-class felony.
