Criminal Offences Act 2024

Legislative Branch


Criminal Offences Act 2024
EXPLANATORY NOTES
This bill creates a criminal code and establishes crimes of the United Kingdom.


[AS INTRODUCED]
A
BILL
TO


establish a penal code; to establish criminal offences; and for connected purposes

BE IT ENACTED by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

PART 1: CRIMINAL OFFENCES IN GENERAL

1     Criminal Offences and Punishments

  1. This Act shall include a list of criminal offences of the United Kingdom, but this shall not be an exhaustive list, as criminal offences may elsewhere be established.
    1. Breaking any statute law, which does not explicitly establish a criminal offence for such action, shall be an unclassified offence, unless it falls within the scope of a defined criminal offence, in which case said criminal offence shall be applied.
  2. There shall be the following classes of criminal offences, which shall have the following maximum punishments:
    1. Class A or indictable offences, which shall be the highest class of criminal offences, and shall hold a maximum punishment of Ban on Sight placement and a minimum punishment of two (2) strikes.
    2. Class B or either-way offences, which shall be the second highest class of criminal offences, and shall hold a maximum punishment of dismissal and the minimum punishment of one (1) strike.
    3. Class C or summary offences, which shall be the lowest class of criminal offences, and shall hold a maximum punishment of one (1) strike and shall hold no minimum punishment.
    4. Unclassified, which shall not hold either maximum or minimum punishments.
      1. Breaking any law which does not have a class assigned to it may be given any punishment seen as fit by the Court, which shall go into Common Law.
  3. The following shall be the punishments in the United Kingdom, from most severe to least severe:
    1. Placement on the Ban on Sight list
    2. Dismissal from employment
    3. Removal of peerage titles or honours or appointments such as to the Privy Council or as King’s Counsel 
    4. Demotion to a lower rank
    5. Issuance of strikes for a set period of time
    6. Docking of duty quota points or transfer of duty quota points to the plaintiff, if the plaintiff were the victim of the criminal offence in question

 

PART 2: PENAL CODE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

1     Offences against the person

  1. Sexual harassment shall be a Class A criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of—
    1. committing any conduct of a sexual nature that is without consent, or has the effect of threatening or intimidating the person against whom such conduct is directed;
    2. the act of engaging in any conduct of a sexual nature with a minor, who shall be any person under the age of eighteen (18);
    3. obtaining sexual gratification or causing distress and harm to another person by exposing pornographic materials or contents without consent;
    4. intentionally or knowingly distributing explicit, intimate or obscene materials of a person without said person’s consent or threatening to do so;
    5. distributing of materials consisting of child pornography or child sexual abuse.
    6. condoning or promoting child pornography or the sexual attraction of children;
  2. Criminal Intimidation shall be a Class B criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of—
    1. threatening a person or entity with an injury to their employment contract or reputation;
    2. causing a person to do any act which they are not legally bound to do, or to omit to do any act which the person is legally entitled to do;
  3. Extortion shall be a Class B criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of threatening a person with the intention to obtain anything of value or any acquittance, advantage or immunity.
  4. Defamation shall be a Class B criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of making a false statement concerning a person or entity subsequently damaging the person’s or entity’s reputation.
  5. Harassment shall be a Class B criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of intentionally and repeatedly harassing another person by engaging in a course of unbecoming conduct.
  6. Disrespect shall be a Class C criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of treating a person with contempt or negativity.

2     Offences against the state

  1. Terrorism shall be a Class A criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of—
    1. using, or intending to use, digital and cyber platforms to obtain information and use the information in a malicious or threatening manner;
    2. planning, attempting, threatening or succeeding in raiding, trashing, damaging or defacing any part of the United Kingdom, its website or its resources;
    3. planning, attempting, threatening or succeeding in harming or abusing any member of the United Kingdom;
    4. practicing or endorsing Illegal Warfare, which shall further be defined as engaging in various forms of cybercrime, such as—
      1. Doxxing, which shall be defined as releasing or distributing personal information of any person, including real and full names, addresses, contact information, social media, information related to the person’s, or anything else as determined by the court in an interpretation or disciplinary hearing;
      2. DDoS-ing, which shall be defined as attacking mail, name and web servers (among others), through multiple systems by using malicious data or requests;
      3. DoS-ing, which shall be defined as attacking mail, name and web servers (among others), through a single system by using malicious data or requests;
      4. Phishing, which shall be defined as scamming an individual(s) into providing personal information by acting as a financial entity;
  2. Treason shall be a Class A criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of intentionally usurping or overriding lawful authority or creating, in concert with any other individual, any disturbance or revolt.
  3. Espionage shall be a Class A criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of intentionally communicating, delivering or transmitting, either directly or indirectly, any non-public information to the injury of the United Kingdom or the advantage of a foreign organization.
  4. Unlawful disclosure shall be a Class A criminal offence, which shall be fefined as the act of intentional or negligent dissemination, transmission or provision of confidential or sensitive information without lawful authority or consent of lawful authority to unauthorized individuals, entities or the public, thereby infringing upon the rights to privacy, intellectual property or security interests of individuals or the United Kingdom;
  5. Room rights abuse shall be a Class A criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of intentional or negligent violation of the rights and privileges given by the Cabinet Office in any of the official rooms of the United Kingdom with the intention of—
    1. injuring the United Kingdom;
    2. causing nuisance to a person;

3     Offences against justice

  1. Obstruction of Justice shall be a Class A criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of—
    1. preventing the course of justice in any capacity;
    2. disrupting the operations of prosecutors during ongoing investigations in any capacity;
    3. withholding information in an ongoing investigation or disciplinary hearing while under oath;
    4. tampering with evidence that is relevant to an ongoing investigation or disciplinary hearing;
    5. resisting formal summons, orders or subpoenas relating to ongoing investigations;
  2. Perversion of Rights shall be a Class A criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of denying an individual their rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution of the United Kingdom or statute law.
  3. Forgery, Fabrication and Falsification shall be a Class A criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of—
    1. intentionally misrepresenting materials or facts which aids or causes a loss to any individual;
    2. intentionally making a false document with the intent of said document being presented, used and acted on as if genuine;
  4. ​​Witness tampering shall be a Class B criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of improperly influencing, altering or preventing the testimony of a witness in a disciplinary hearing, or the attempt thereof.
  5. Perjury shall be a Class B criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of willfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath in a disciplinary hearing.
  6. Contempt of Court shall be a Class C criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of being disobedient to or showing disrespect toward a court of law and its officers in the form of behaviour that opposes or defies the authority, justice and dignity of the court.

4     Offences against property

  1. Bribery shall be a Class A criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of—
    1. offering, giving, receiving or soliciting something of value for the purpose of influencing the action of an official in the discharge of their public or legal duties;
    2. accepting the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting of something of value for the purpose of influencing the action of an official in the discharge of their public or legal duties;
  2. Property Misappropriation shall be a Class A criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of fraudulent appropriation of properties of the United Kingdom by a person to whom such property has been entrusted, or into whose hands it has lawfully come.
  3. Plagiarism shall be a Class C criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of appropriating the literary composition of another author, or excerpts, ideas, or passages therefrom, and passing the material off as one's own creation.

5     Conduct offences

  1. Corruption shall be a Class A criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of—
    1. exercising the powers granted by a position beyond the scope of its purposes or jurisdiction;
    2. exercising the powers granted by a position for personal benefit or the benefit of others without acceptable justification;
    3. exercising the powers granted by a position for dishonest or fraudulent conduct;
    4. exercising the powers granted by a position to abuse or to adversely affect others without acceptable justification;
    5. exercising the powers granted by a position to unjustly discipline another staff member or failure to follow disciplinary procedures;
  2. Insubordination shall be a Class B criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of not complying with a direct order from a superior without reasonable justification or just cause.
  3. Misconduct shall be a Class C criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of displaying unruly or inappropriate behaviour that is not conforming to the decorum set by the code of conduct.
  4. Mischief on foreign grounds shall be a Class B criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of displaying wrongful, improper or unlawful conduct on the grounds of any establishment or organization. 
  5. Double jobbing shall be a Class B criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of employing oneself in another establishment while employed in the United Kingdom as an employee.
    1. The minimum punishment for this criminal offence, statute law notwithstanding, shall be dismissal, which may be done summarily by said employee’s branch leadership.
  6. Self-promotion shall be a Class C criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of promoting one’s own rank, position or status without the approval or consent from the lawful authority.

6     Inchoate offences

  1. Abetment all be a Class B criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of—
    1. instigating any person to carry out an offence or criminal activity;
    2. engaging with one (1) or more other persons in any conspiracy to carry out an offence or criminal activity;
  2. Criminal Attempt shall be a criminal offence, which shall be defined as the act of attempting to commit any criminal offence. 
    1. The class of this crime shall be one lower than the class of the attempted criminal offence, except in cases of Class C or unclassified criminal offences, where this offence shall be unclassified.