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Mega City-One Laws

The laws listed are "required" to help keep order for nearly 1 billion people. Though some may seem rediculous, but try to follow them. If you get caught in violation, well life in an iso-cube isn't very pleasant.
 

Enforced Laws W/ Typical Sentences

 

Arson   25 Years to Life
ARV (Armed Robbery w/ Violence)   18 to 30 Years
Attempted Bribery of a Judge   10 Years
Body Sharking   30 Years to Life
Brawling   6 Months to 5 Years
Breach of Health Regulations   1 Year (w/o Pills)
Breach of Peace   6 Months to 5 Years
Burglary   10 to 20 Years
Cheeking a Judge   6 Months
Common Assualt   3 Months to 3 Years
Copycat Killing   Life
Defective Lights   500c Fine
Drug Possession   10 Years
Fare Dodging   6 Months
Fighting in a Block War   30 Years to Life
Futsie Murder   Life in a Kook Cube
Illegal Alien   Deportation
Illegal Boinging   20 Years
Illegal Mutant   Removal to Cursed Earth
Illegal Parking   3 to 10 Months
Illegal Sugar Possession   1000c to 2 Years
Illegal Trading   1 to 3 Years
Importing Sugar   1 Year
Jaywalking   100 Days to 2 Years
Jimping   10 Years
Kidnapping   30 Years to Life
Leaving the Scene of a Crime   6 Months to 3 Years
Littering   1 to 200 Days
Mass Murder   30 Years to Life
Murder   18 Years to Life
Murder of a Judge   Life
Obstruction   6 Months to 5 Years
Old Comicbook Selling   6 Months to 8 Years
Organ Legging   30 Years to Life
Overdue on the Meter   1 to 3 Months
Overdue Vid-slug   3 Months Each
Paying a Ransom (incitement to Kidnap)   5 Years
Petty Theft   1 to 5 Years
Possession of Stookie Pills   6 Months
Pranking   3 Months to 5 Years
Prohibited Books   1 Year
Prohibited Vid-slug   1 Year Each
Public Nuisance   6 Months to 3 Years
Rabble Rousing   1 to 5 Years
Receiving Stolen Goods   1 to 5 Years
Resisting Arrest   15 Years
Rioting   2 to 10 Years
Road Piracy   5 to 20 Years
Robbery   8 to 20 Years
Rumble   3 Months to 2 Years
Running on a Walkway   1 to 10 Months
Scrawling   3 Months to 2 Years
Sky Heist   20 Years
Tapping   5 to 8 Years
Treason   Life
Unlicenced Weapon   3 Years

Note : In certain cases, Revoking of Citizenship and exile in the Cursed Earth may be used as an alternative sentence.



Section 1 - Homicide
Grade 1 : The murder of an officer, or officers, in the service of the Justice Department. The murder of more than two civilians. The murder of a prominent public figure, especially with the intention of causing political or civil unrest. Fighting in a multiple-fatality Block War  30yrs - life.
Grade 2 : The murder of a civilian, or civilians, except where covered by the above. Also, a copycat killing inspired by another murder  18yrs - life.
Grade 3 : Murder while under the influence of Future Shock Syndrome  Internment in a Psycho-Cube.
Grade 4 : Incidental or accidental murder (manslaughter) while in the act of committing other crimes. Criminal or contributory negligence resulting in the death of a second party  8 - 25years.

Section 2 - Assault
Grade 1 : Serious assault of a Judge or a group of Judges, or a public figure  10years.
Grade 2 : Serious assault of a civilian, or a number of civilians  3 - 10years.
Grade 3 : Common assault, including brawling and assaulting a Judge  1 - 8years
Grade 4 : Endangerment, by negligence, behavior or deliberate act  5 - 10years.
Grade 5 : Coercion to suicide  10 - 15years.
Grade 6 : Menacing with criminal intent. Threatening behavior  6months - 4years.

Section 3 - Kidnap & Blackmail
Grade 1 : Chump dumping  Life.
Grade 2 : Kidbnap, including abduction by force  30years - Life.
Grade 3 : Blackmail  15 - 30years.
Grade 4 : Coercion by force  8 - 15years
Grade 5 : Incitement to Further Kidnapping (paying ransom)  5years

Section 4 - Burglary
Grade 1 : Burglary, including forced entry  10 - 20years
Grade 2 : Possession of burglar's tools  3 - 5years
Grade 3 : Trespass  1 - 5years

Section 5 - Robbery
Grade 1 : Armed Robbery with Violence  18 - 30years
Grade 2 : Armed robbery  10 - 20years
Grade 3 : Tapping (unless covered above)  5 - 15years
Grade 4 : Robbery or theft  5 - 12years
Grade 5 : Shop lifting and other petty thefts  2 - 7years

Section 6 - Theft Related Offences
Grade 1 : Passing, receiving and/or dealing and trading in stolen goods  6 - 10years
Grade 2 : Misuse of private property for storing illicit material  3 - 5years
Grade 3 : Possession of stolen property  1 - 5years
Grade 4 : Minor theft; fare dodging, illicit credit, overdue items, ect.  6months - 3years

Section 7 - Forgery
Grade 1 : Forgery  8 - 15years
Grade 2 : Possession of forging equipment  5 - 12years
Grade 3 : Possession of forged items  2 - 8years

Section 8 - Arson
Grade 1 : Arson - Life
Grade 2 : Endangerment or criminal negligence, resulting in fire - 5 - 10years

Section 9 - Criminal Damage
Grade 1 : Criminal Damage  2 - 6years
Grade 2 : Scrawling - 3months  3years

Section 10 - Public Order
Grade 1 : Rabble rousing  5 - 15years
Grade 2 : Rioting  2 - 10years
Grade 3 : Unlawful assembly  2 - 5years
Grade 4 : Disorderly conduct  1 - 5years

Section 11 - Public Nuisance
Grade 1 : Boinging in public  20years
Grade 2 : Breach of Peace, Breach of Health or Fire Regulations  6months - 5years
Grade 3 : Running in a Walking Area. Jaywalking on a civic highway  3 - 12months
Grade 4 : LIttering. Spitting in public  3 - 6months

Section 12 - Arrest Offences
Grade 1 : Perp running, abetting an escape  10 - 25years
Grade 2 : Resisting arrest  1 - 5years
Grade 3 : Leaving the scene of a crime. Obstructing an officer in the cource of his duty. Running from a Judge. Suspicious behavior. Wasting Justice Department time 6months - 3years
Grade 4 : Threatening language, cheecking a Judge, disrepectal behavior, ect  6months

Section 13 - Perverting the Course of Justice
Grade 1 : Perverting the Course of Justice  10years - Life
Grade 2 : Bribery  10years
Grade 3 : Bribery of a civilian  2 - 10years
Grade 4 : Perjury  1 - 5years

Section 14 - Impersonation
Grade 1 : Impersonation of a Judge or known perp with intention to commit a crime  10years
Grade 2 : Impersonation of a Judge for reasons other than crime. Defamation of a Judge's image. Use of Judge's image for gain  1 - 5years
Grade 3 : Imperonation of a known perp, for gain or otherwise  6months - 2years

Section 15 - Security Offences
Grade 1 : Treason, passing classified information to an enemy power  Life
Grade 2 : Attempting to gain acces to classified information for treasonable purposes or other wise  6months - 2years

Section 16 - Illegal Scientific Activities
Grade 1 : Body Sharking. Organ Legging  Life
Grade 2 : Illegal experiments  10years - Life

Section 17 - Controlled Substances
Grade 1 : Manufacturing or smuggling proscribed item into the Mega-City  10 - 25years
Grade 2 : Trading in proscribed item  5 - 18years
Grade 3 : Possession of proscribed item, for purposes other than above  6months - 10years

Section 18 - Gambling Offences
Grade 1 : Organising gambling or illegal event with intent to gamble  5 - 15years
Grade 2 : Illegal gambling. Attending illegal sporting event with intent to gamble  2 - 6years

Section 19 - Employment Offences
Grade 1 : Moonlighting  10years per job
Grade 2 : Trading without a licence, or in proscibed area such as public plaza  2 - 5years

Section 20 - Traffic Offences
Grade 1 : Driving dangerously, or under the infuence of drugs or drink  2 - 15years
Grade 2 : Light-jumping, erractic driving, slow driving, speeding  1000cred fine - 3years
Grade 3 : Unroadworthy vehicle  500cred fine - 2years
Grade 4 : Meter or parking violation, icluding petty theft or meter time  1000cred fine - 1year