''[[220laws:| <<< Deoch ~215 Mileth Law ]]'' \\ ===== Officer Act: Criminal Misconduct and Punishment ===== VI. Criminal Misconduct & Punishment This section outlines criminal officer misconduct and punishment. Criminal misconduct is investigated by judicial officers as per the Judicial Act. A. Abuse of Power Any of the following actions constitute abuse of power: i. Maliciously performing a demotion, removal from office, banishment, exile or barment without a valid warrant or basis in law, or pardoning an aisling who has not served their full defined punishment and/or without a valid order or basis in law. Ii. Maliciously adding or removing any law to/from the law board without following legislative procedures. iii. Maliciously deleting another's post from a non-official board. The officer's superior may investigate and determine whether the act(s) were malicious or accidental. Punishment: 1 Deoch Exile, 3 Deoch Barment B. Mass Abuse of Power An officer who commits multiple instances of abuse of power and/or abuses the shadow hunger by summoning an Aisling into the Sgath Pit or summoning of a shadow hunger upon an Aisling without a valid and lawful order. An officer official may not be charged with both abuse of power and mass abuse of power for the same case. Punishment: 2 Deoch Exile, Sgath Summoning C. Criminal Warning While In Office An officer who receives a criminal warning while in office will be punished with probation. D. Criminal Sentencing Being sentenced to jail by a Ranger while in office is strictly prohibited for any reason. Punishment: Removal from Office, 3 Deoch Barment