Sol Central Government Law

The SEV Torch, like other deployed SCG vessels, will operate under abbreviated Sol Central Government Law. All crew, passengers, and visitors aboard the Torch are expected to know and follow these laws.

Due Process Procedures
A search warrant is a document listing all persons and areas to be searched with the signature of the authority authorizing the search. An arrest warrant is a document listing the individual to be arrested and on what charges with the signature of the authority authorizing the arrest.

An approved warrant must be presented before an arrest or search. Note that this changes depending on the alert status.

The persons authorized to approve a warrant are: The CO, XO, CoS, the departmental senior officer of the individual being searched or arrested, in that order. Higher priority persons may defer down the list at their discretion. Under normal circumstances, it can be assumed that the CO and XO have deferred this responsibility to the CoS.

Exceptions to presenting a warrant are:
 * In the event that every person on the prior list is dead or out of contact, the Brig Chief and lastly Masters at Arms may sign for charges and warrants but MUST have their actions reviewed and validated by the prior personnel as soon as possible. They may indefinitely hold individuals given a clear danger, but otherwise may only apply minimum charges.
 * Warrants against visitors should be handled as above, though they have no immediate superior.

Searches of public areas or of arrested individuals requires no extra warrant or authorisation.
 * Should security witness a crime, then a warrant can be approved and presented after the arrest.
 * If waiting for a warrant would cause further hazard to the ship or personnel, then a warrant may be approved and presented after the arrest or search.
 * Warrants required for the previous two circumstances can be approved by the Chief of Security. However, they can still be overruled by the XO or CO.

Crime

 * Crimes are divided into Low Crimes and High Crimes. Low Crimes can be charged, investigated, and punished directly by security. High Crimes must be heard and judged in an SCG Court.
 * Sol Central Government Uniformed personnel can be tried in a Court-Martial for committing any High Crime, with the maximum listed punishment being applicable by the court martial.
 * Each crime has at least three sections: Minimum Punishment, Maximum Punishment, and Special Considerations.
 * Any punishments below the maximum punishment can be administered, unless otherwise stated, and punishments below the minimum punishment can also be applied, as long as the minimum punishment is also applied.
 * In the event of multiple crimes in the same vein, like an individual that has committed maiming and murder on the same victim, only the charge for the most severe crime should be applied.
 * When applying charges extenuating circumstances can apply, lifting the punishment for the crime entirely or applying a reduced sentence. In this situation whether the commission of the crime is justified should be decided by the ranking member of security, the XO, or the CO. This includes situations such as: justifiable homicide, an emergency requiring trespassing, and self defence.

Sentencing Modifiers
Solicitation, Accessory, Attempts, and Conspiracy are to be treated and charged as if the perpetrator committed the associated crime. For example: an individual who is an accessory to murder will be punished as if they are charged with murder.


 * Solicitation: Encouraging, bribing, requesting, or instructing someone to commit a crime, with the intent that the person being solicited commit the crime.
 * Accessory: Assisting in the commission of a crime, without participating in the crime itself, knowing that a crime will be, has been, or is being committed.
 * Attempts: Attempting to commit a crime, with the intent to carry out that crime.
 * Conspiracy: Planning to commit a crime, with the intent to eventually carry out that crime.

Court Martial only punishments:

 * Execution: Termination of life. Anyone who has been given a sentence of death may choose which option suits them if more than one option is possible. They may also choose to receive painkillers, anesthesia, and/or tranquilizers if not otherwise required.
 * Firing Squad: Must consist of a minimum of three carbines or rifles, firing simultaneously
 * Lethal Injection: Must consist of three parts. First, the highest-strength painkiller available must be administered, followed by anesthesia, chemical or gaseous, then finally, life may be terminated with any appropriate chemical, as determined by ranking medical staff.
 * Airlocking: The airlock used must be filled with air and locked, and then have its exterior door forced open, without cycling, so that the subject is forced away from the vessel by air pressure.
 * Marooning: To be left on a habitable (possessing a breathable atmosphere, and an available source of food and water) planet, habitat, or vessel. The individual marooned must be left with food, water, and survival gear. A pistol can be included if the individual is non-violent.

Normal punishments

 * Extended Confinement: Confinement in the brig past the point of the next jump, or until transfer to the Sol Bureau of Corrections.
 * Restriction: The restriction of an individual to certain areas aboard a vessel or facility. Typically sleeping quarters, the mess hall, and required medical facilities. Aboard the Torch, this means that an individual on restriction is only permitted in: public hallways, the mess hall, the infirmary for medical care, cryogenic storage, bunk rooms, and hydroponics.
 * Confinement: Being held in the brig - either in a cell, solitary, or in a communal area - for some temporary period of time.

Treatment of Prisoners
Prisoners still have certain rights that must be upheld by law enforcement:


 * Prisoners must be granted adequate medical care. This includes psychiatric and spiritual counseling if requested.
 * Prisoners must be allowed access to communications equipment (PDA, Radio, intercom, etc) so long as they are not abused.
 * Prisoners must be granted clothing, food, water, shelter and safety. If the brig is no longer safe, confinement must be established in another location.
 * Prisoners must be given access to legal counsel during an interrogation if requested and available.
 * Prisoners must be granted freedom of movement, and should not be restrained with handcuffs or other devices after incarceration unless there is an undue risk to life and limb. Similarly, any prisoners held for extended or permanent confinement must be held in the communal brig, and must not be confined to a solitary cell unless they pose a risk to life and limb.
 * Use of implanted or worn tracking devices is authorized at the discretion of the CoS or Brig Chief only for prisoners with a high escape risk, or released prisoners on restriction.

Major Crimes

 * All maximum punishments marked with an asterisk (*) are court martial ONLY punishments.