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Summary
The Definition of Public Act specified the specific areas that were to be considered public for the purposes of Wintrean law.

History
2015.03.04 - Original Passage
2017.09.09 - Amended by the Omnibus Statutory Law Correctional Amendment Act
2018.01.20 - Amended by the Definition of Public Amendment Act

Current Text

Title
1. This shall be titled the Definition of Public Act.

Definition of Public
2. The term public, when used in reference to Wintreath properties for the purposes of all Wintreath law, shall be defined as, "Any official Wintreath property that is available to any citizen that holds no office, position, ranking, or membership in any organization or body that exists within Wintreath. The term availability shall not be construed to cover things outside of Wintrean control which includes but is not limited to such things as technological availability, ability, internet access, and/or administrative punishments including, but not limited to, banning or muting. Public spaces do include but are not limited to the Wintreath Forums, the Wintreath official Discord, and the Wintreath IRC channel, #wintreath".

Original Version

Time in Effect: March 4th, 2015 (passage of the Act) to September 9th, 2017 (passage of the Omnibus Statutory Law Correctional Amendment Act)

Legislative Votes: Underhusen | Overhusen

Version Text

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Title
1. This shall be titled the Definition of Public Act

Definition of Public
2. The term public, when used in reference to Wintreath properties for the purposes of all Wintreath law, shall be defined as, "Any official Wintreath property that is available to any citizen that holds no office, position, ranking, or membership in any organization or body that exists within Wintreath. The term availability shall not be construed to cover things outside of Wintrean control which includes but is not limited to such things as technological availability, ability, internet access, and/or administrative punishments including, but not limited to, banning or muting. Public spaces do include but are not limited to the Wintreath Forums and the Wintreath IRC channel, #wintreath"

Amended by the Omnibus Statutory Law Correctional Amendment Act

Summary: The Omnibus Statutory Law Correctional Amendment Act fixed spelling and grammar mistakes in a number of statutory laws, including the Definition of Public Act.

Time in Effect: September 9th, 2017 (passage of the amendment) to January 20th, 2018 (passage of the Definition of Public Amendment Act)

Amendment Votes: Underhusen | Overhusen

Amendment Text

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Title
1. This bill shall be cited as the Omnibus Statutory Law Correctional Amendment Act.

Amendment to the Citizenship and Demonym Act
2. Section 3.1 of the Citizenship and Demonym Act shall be amended to read:

3.1 The Storing shall have the authority to recognize any previous or current Citizen as a Paragon of Wintreath if it feels the individual was an essential member of the regional community, or performed invaluable service to the region, and/or otherwise embodied the principles, values, culture, or honour of the region.

Amendment to the Judicial Offices Act
3. Section 2.2 of the Judicial Offices Act shall be amended to read:

2.2 The term of a judicial appointment lasts either the length of a case or a duration of 1 month from appointment, whichever comes first. At the end of the 1 month period, if the case is still being heard, it falls to the Monarch to reappoint members of the Storting to the Judiciary, or to the Speaker of the Underhusen and the Speaker of the Overhusen in the case of Monarchical absence.

Amendments to the Charax Romanov Act
4. Section 3.1 of the Charax Romanov Act shall be amended to read:

3.1 Charax shall receive the Commendation of Wintreath for the following:

5. Section 3.1.1 of the Charax Romanov Act shall be amended to read:

3.1.1 Running the Foreign Affairs Department

Amendment to the Code of Criminal Laws
6. Section 8 of the Code of Criminal Laws shall be amended to read:

8. Statute of Limitation on this Act.

Amendment to the Definition of Public Act
7. Section 1 of the Definition of Public Act shall be amended to read:

1. This shall be titled the Definition of Public Act.

Amendment Effect

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Title
1. This shall be titled the Definition of Public Act.

Definition of Public
2. The term public, when used in reference to Wintreath properties for the purposes of all Wintreath law, shall be defined as, "Any official Wintreath property that is available to any citizen that holds no office, position, ranking, or membership in any organization or body that exists within Wintreath. The term availability shall not be construed to cover things outside of Wintrean control which includes but is not limited to such things as technological availability, ability, internet access, and/or administrative punishments including, but not limited to, banning or muting. Public spaces do include but are not limited to the Wintreath Forums and the Wintreath IRC channel, #wintreath"

Amended by the Definition of Public Amendment Act

Summary: The Definition of Public Amendment Act added the Wintreath Discord server, which had been regionalized in October 2017, to the list of official public properties.

Time in Effect: January 20th, 2018 (passage of the amendment) to present

Amendment Votes: Underhusen | Overhusen

Amendment Text

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Title
1. This bill shall be cited as the Definition of Public Act.

Amendment

2. Section 2 of the Definition of Public Act shall be amended to read:

2. The term public, when used in reference to Wintreath properties for the purposes of all Wintreath law, shall be defined as, "Any official Wintreath property that is available to any citizen that holds no office, position, ranking, or membership in any organization or body that exists within Wintreath. The term availability shall not be construed to cover things outside of Wintrean control which includes but is not limited to such things as technological availability, ability, internet access, and/or administrative punishments including, but not limited to, banning or muting. Public spaces do include but are not limited to the Wintreath Forums, the Wintreath official Discord, and the Wintreath IRC channel, #wintreath".

Amendment Effect

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Title
1. This shall be titled the Definition of Public Act.

Definition of Public
2. The term public, when used in reference to Wintreath properties for the purposes of all Wintreath law, shall be defined as, "Any official Wintreath property that is available to any citizen that holds no office, position, ranking, or membership in any organization or body that exists within Wintreath. The term availability shall not be construed to cover things outside of Wintrean control which includes but is not limited to such things as technological availability, ability, internet access, and/or administrative punishments including, but not limited to, banning or muting. Public spaces do include but are not limited to the Wintreath Forums, the Wintreath official Discord, and the Wintreath IRC channel, #wintreath".