The Recognition Reconnaissance Law

REALIZING that the military is a weak point for protection and control for the duty of the state,

UNDERSTANDING that the expected issuance of awards by the government may be conducive to an emotional and unstable military,

I, Emperor Conall Colis, officially enact THE RECOGNITION RECONNAISSANCE LAW and enforce it immediately with the following provisions.

SECTION I - DECLARATION OF TERMS

ARTICLE I - A watched individual is a defined person who is on the military recognition watchlist and is under monitoring by the Intelligence Bureau among other agencies.

ARTICLE II - An addeum punishment is a punishment that is just an addition to another punishment.

ARTICLE III - Goods are anything received for a discount or for free due to the use of the status as a former or current military member. Goods are also defined as anything received that's given specially to former or current military members.

SECTION II - DECLARATION OF RECONISSANCE

ARTICLE IV - All military members, including the highest members of the Defense Department, shall hereinafter be declared as "watched individuals" from the time of conscription to the time of discharge.

ARTICLE V - A discharged military member may be declared as a "watched individual" in the happenstance that they have or had one (1) or more military merits or awards.

ARTICLE VI - As decided by the Intelligence Bureau, a military member, currently conscripted or otherwise, may be declared as a "watched individual".

ARTICLE VII - The Emperor may at any point, declare any amount of military members, conscripted or otherwise, as a "watched individual".

ARTICLE VIII - Any military member who seeks, asks, or seems to want, merits or awards is subject to be a "watched individual" for the rest of their life.

SECTION III - DISCOSURE OF LIST ADDITIONS AND REMOVALS

ARTICLE IX - All government agencies are prohibited, besides the Emperor, of disclosing to a military member, a member of their family, friends of theirs, or anybody else, if they are or are not or have been on the military recognition watchlist.

ARTICLE X - Article VII is nullified in the event of government agencies sharing information between agencies, ex. National Police to Ministry Of Interior.

SECTION IV - FUTURE CONSCRIPTIONS

ARTICLE XI - If an individual who is not currently in the military but is looking to enter the military is on the military recognition watchlist, they are forbidden from joining the military.

ARTICLE XII - Recruiters and the government are forbidden from stating the reason of denial.

SECTION V - DESTRUCTION OF MERITS & AWARDS

ARTICLE XIII - All merits and awards issued to military members both during conscription and after dischage before this legislation was passed must be found and destroyed. Any hesitation from members to give their merits and awards is prohibited and shall be tried in a military tribunal.

SECTION VI - PROHIBITION OF MERITS & AWARDS

ARTICLE XIV - Merits and awards issued to military members both during conscription and after discharge before this legislation was passed no longer hold any status or place on military uniforms.

ARTICLE XV - Merits and awards shall not be issued to military members both former and current on and after the date this legislation was passed.

ARTICLE XVI - Military uniforms shall no longer have a place, pursuant to Article XII, for merits & awards of any kind, including but not limited to, badges, pins, medals, etc.

SECTION VII - CRIMES & PUNISHMENTS

ARTICLE XVII - Purchasing military merits, both fake and real, is a crime punishable with up to 5 years for fake merits and up to 10 years for real merits, with forced labor.

ARTICLE XVIII - Boasting status as a military veteran is a crime punishable with forced rehabilitation with any failed rehabilitation receiving a punishment not more than 15 years in length, with or without forced labor.

ARTICLE XIX - Attempting to leverage status as a currently conscripted military member or as a military veteran to obtain "goods" is a crime punishable with no less than life imprisonment with forced labor. Capital punishment may be exercised for this crime should it be deemed a serious breach. Should the accused be a currently conscripted military member, a military tribunal will try this crime.

ARTICLE XX - As defined in Article XIII, refusal to hand over legally issued military merits and awards to be destroyed is a crime to be tried in a military tribunal, punishable with no less than 10 years but not more than 15 years imprisonment per merit or award in possession with hard labor. A dishonorable discharge is also enforced.

ARTICLE XXI - Any individual, military or otherwise, who attempts to or conspires to, offer "goods" to former or current military members is subject to prosecution as defined in this article. Punishment cannot exceed more than life imprisonment with hard labor. Any individual who violates this article, military or otherwise, will become a "watched individual" for the rest of their life.

SECTION VIII - MILITARY TRIBUNAL PROCEEDINGS

ARTICLE XXII - Any crimes and punishments stipulated in this legislation that are tried and/or handed down by a military tribunal shall be further defined for special circumstances as stipulated in this section.

ARTICLE XXIII - Serious crimes such as the one defined in Article XIX, shall have issuance of a dishonorable discharge for the accused, no matter if currently conscripted or a veteran.

ARTICLE XXIV - Military tribunals are authorized to exit the scope of allowed punishments for crimes stipulated in this legislation only if it is a more serious or on level punishment than what is already allowed.

ARTICLE XXV - Military tribunals may issue discharges for both conscripted soldiers and veterans, for any crime stipulated in this legislation, of either general or dishonorable. Unless otherwise specified, discharges are not a required punishment.

ARTICLE XXVI - Discharges are, unless otherwise specified or defined by the Ministry Of Defense or the Emperor, for the specific case "addeum punishments".

ARTICLE XXVII - The Emperor can call for a trial for a crime listed under this legislation to be tried by a military tribunal for any reason, at any time, for any person.

ARTICLE XXVIII - All cases tried in military tribunals shall be sealed and never disclosed to anybody other than other government agencies and the Emperor.

ARTICLE XXIX - All accused tried in military tribunals, regardless of guilt or innocence or military or non-military, shall become a "watched individual" for the rest of their life.