Justice Act 2024

1     The Ministry of Justice

1. There shall be a Ministry of Justice, which shall be a ministerial department, consisting of—
   1. the Secretary of State for Justice (5iC);
2. The Secretary of State for Justice shall be responsible for—
   1. scheduling disciplinary hearings, appeal hearings and interpretation hearings;
   2. executing the verdicts ordered in disciplinary, appeal and interpretation hearings;
   3. overseeing and managing the justice process in the United Kingdom and ensuring the law is upheld in the proceedings thereof;
   4. overseeing and managing the Attorney General’s Office, and ensuring it operates as intended;
   5. discharging any other duties assigned by the Prime Minister or by statute law.
3. In the absence of the Secretary of State for Justice or in cases of conflict of interest, the duties and powers shall be exercised by a King’s Counsel, who is not a member of the Attorney General’s Office, appointed to do so by the Prime Minister.
4. The Secretary of State for Justice shall, upon appointment, take the same oath of office as established in section 2(2) of the Judiciary Act 2024 with the same punishment for breaching said oath, and if they refuse to take the oath, their appointment as Secretary of State for Justice shall be void.

2     The Attorney General’s Office

1. The Attorney General’s Office shall be a sub-unit within the Ministry of Justice, which shall be led by the Attorney General and consist of—
   1. the Attorney General (6iC), who shall be a Minister of the Crown;
   2. the Solicitor General (7iC), who shall be a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State;
   3. barristers and solicitors of the Judiciary, or other employees of the United Kingdom (discounting the Secretary of State for Justice or Justices on the Supreme Court), who shall neither count as Ministers of the Crown nor members of The Majesty’s Government, as approved and certified by the Attorney General in concert with the Secretary of State for Justice;
2. The Office of the Attorney General shall be responsible for—
   1. representing employees of the United Kingdom, if requested by them, who are the plaintiff or defendant or respondent in disciplinary hearings, appeal hearings or interpretation hearings;
   2. investigating breaches of law by employees of the United Kingdom;
   3. prosecuting breaches of law by employees of the United Kingdom;
   4. being the Prime Minister’s liaison with the Judiciary;
   5. discharging any other duties assigned by the Prime Minister or by statute law.
3. Despite being a part of the Ministry of Justice, the Attorney General’s Office shall be treated as distinct from the Ministry of Justice for the purposes of this act.
   1. The Secretary of State for Justice shall not assume the duties of the Attorney General’s Office and members of the Attorney General’s Office shall not assume the duties of the Secretary of State for Justice, unless where delegated by the Secretary of State for Justice, which may only be for the purposes of keeping justice records as described in section 9 of this Act.

3     Disciplinary Hearings

1. Disciplinary actions may be requested against employees and other affiliated people of the United Kingdom at the respective location on the website, and must include:
   1. Allegation(s) of breach of law;
   2. Whom the allegation(s) is lodged against;
   3. When and where the allegation(s) occurred;
   4. Relevant and legal evidence for the allegation(s);
   5. Any witnesses, if applicable;
2. Disciplinary hearings shall be scheduled by the Ministry of Justice within fourteen (14) days of submission, or may decline the disciplinary request.
3. Disciplinary hearings shall be open to the public, unless held in a closed-door session if determined to be of the interest—
   1. in the United Kingdom’s national security by the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Defence;
   2. in the plaintiff to respect their right to privacy under the Constitution by the Secretary of State for Justice.
4. The panel at the hearing shall, with a simple majority, either find the person against whom disciplinary actions are lodged guilty or not guilty.
   1. If found guilty, the person may be punished in accordance with statute law; if found not guilty, nothing shall happen.
   2. In cases of several alleged crimes, the panel shall rule on all the crimes separately.
5. Before a disciplinary hearing is scheduled, the plaintiff and defendant shall have an arbitration meeting which shall be overseen and mediated by the Secretary of State for Justice.
   1. The plaintiff and defendant may enter a settlement during the arbitration meeting.
      1. The settlement may not exceed the maximum punishment of the crime and may not be inferior to the minimum punishment of the crime.
      2. Settlements, if agreed to by both parties, shall be enforced as if ordered by the court, and may not be appealed unless the settlement breaches statute law.
   2. If, after an arbitration meeting, no settlement has been reached, the hearing shall be scheduled.

4     Appeal Hearings

1. An Appeal Hearing may be requested by someone appealing—
   1. their name on the Training Kick on Sight, Ban on Sight or National Punishment Lists;
   2. the rejection of their case by the Ministry of Justice;
   3. the verdict or punishment of their Disciplinary Hearing;
   4. the rejection of their Interpretation Hearing;
   5. their dismissal or demotion;
   6. anything else as mandated by law;
2. Appeal hearings shall be scheduled by the Ministry of Justice within fourteen (14) days of submission, or may decline the appeal request.
3. Appeal hearings shall be open to the public, unless held in a closed-door session if determined to be of the interest—
   1. in the United Kingdom’s national security by the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Defence;
   2. in the plaintiff to respect their right to privacy under the Constitution by the Secretary of State for Justice.
4. The panel at the hearing shall, with a simple majority, be authorized to either authorize or decline the appeal.
   1. If the panel authorizes the appeal, the action being appealed shall be overturned; if the panel declines the appeal, nothing shall happen.
   2. If the panel declines the appeal, and the appeal is in regards to the training kick on sight, ban on sight or national punishment lists, the panel may set a date, no further than four (4) months from said appeal, for when the plaintiff may again lodge an appeal request for that purpose.

5     Interpretation Hearings

1. Interpretation Hearings may be requested by employees for the Supreme Court to define words or phrases in primary or secondary legislation where there is no definition or interpretation or the definition or interpretation is vague, and such interpretations shall enter into law as common law.
   1. Such common law may be repealed by primary legislation, a newer interpretation or ruling by the Supreme Court or the Supreme Court removes it from common law.
2. Interpretation hearings shall be scheduled by the Ministry of Justice within fourteen (14) days of submission, or may decline the interpretation request if they deem that the request does not fall under the limitations outlined.
3. The panel at the hearing shall, with a simple majority, be authorized to rule on the interpretation hearing.

6     Composition of the Court

1. Disciplinary, appeal and interpretation hearings shall be heard by a panel of at least three (3) justices of the Supreme Court.
   1. Members serving on the panel shall remain impartial and shall judge based on the allegations and evidence presented at the disciplinary hearing and the merits of the case presented in cases of appeal and interpretation.
   2. If there are more than three (3) justices serving on the panel, it must be an odd number of members.
   3. If there are not enough Justices of the Supreme Court, the Secretary of State for Justice may appoint any employee of the United Kingdom whose iC-designation is seven (7) or higher who have also been appointed King’s Counsel to serve on the panel.
   4. In cases of appeal hearings, members cannot serve on the panel if they sat on the panel of a hearing or decision which is being heard as an appeal.

7     Rules of Court Procedures

1. The Secretary of State for Justice may by regulation establish the rules of court procedure for disciplinary hearings, appeal hearings and interpretation hearings, which may be amended by the same by order with approval of a majority of the Supreme Court.
   1. Said rules must be in line with the Constitution and statute law.

8     Evidence

1. Evidence shall only be legal if—
   1. it contain a date and time stamp;
   2. it contain full chat history and context of the relevant situation;
   3. it were obtained in a way that does not breach statute law;
2. Evidence which does not comply with this section shall be inadmissible and shall not be considered in a hearing.

9    Justice Records

1. The Ministry of Justice shall compile reports of people’s criminal history on said person’s employee database and in a document.
   1. “Criminal history” shall be defined as a guilty verdict in a disciplinary hearing.
   2. Reports published on employee databases must include the case docket, criminal offences and punishment.
   3. Reports in documents must include the case docket, plaintiff, defendant, justices on the panel, case description, criminal offences, date and time of disciplinary hearing, verdict and punishment.
      1. Reports in documents shall be displayed publicly on a page determined by the Ministry of Justice.
2. The Ministry of Justice shall compile hearing records of every disciplinary, appeal and interpretation hearing by way of capturing every speech bubble when the hearing is in session, and capture every speech bubble during the deliberation of the panel during the hearing.
   1. These records shall be compiled into a document and shall be made public, unless the hearing was conducted in a closed-door session.
3. The records established under this section must be made available within twenty-four (24) hours of the relevant hearing.

10    Investigative Authority

1. The Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General’s Office shall have the jurisdiction over investigations which relate to breaches of the statute law of the United Kingdom, except for treason, terrorism, espionage and double-jobbing.
   1. In its prerogative to conduct said investigations, the Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General’s Office shall administer an oath to any employees taken in for questioning, and must inform them of the consequences of lying or otherwise stating false information.
   2. At the conclusion of an investigation, the Ministry of Justice shall hand over evidence to the Attorney General’s Office for requesting a disciplinary hearing or the Attorney General’s Office must request a disciplinary hearing on the matter.
2. The Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General’s Office shall have the power to issue subpoenas.
   1. Subpoenas shall be a written command directing a person or entity to—
      1. produce documents or information in an investigation or hearing;
      2. provide testimony in an investigation or hearing;
   2. If an entity is subpoenaed, it shall be the leader of said entity who shall comply with the subpoena, or, in their absence, their deputy.

11     Pardons and Reprieves

1. The Head of State shall hold the power to grant pardons and/or remissions to persons found guilty in a disciplinary hearing.
   1. Pardons shall strike the guilty verdict and the punishment given by the panel in the disciplinary hearing, and shall completely absolve the person of their criminal offence.
   2. Remissions shall, at the discretion of the Head of State, alter the punishment given upon a guilty verdict to that of a lesser punishment.

12     Amendments

1. The Prime Minister may by order amend sections 1 and 2 of this Act.
2. The Secretary of State for Justice may by order with approval of the House of Commons amend sections 3–10 of this Act.