(Shingō: Civil Rights Protection Act)

# P.R. 0316

**Chapter 1: Protection of Freedoms**

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> * **(a)** If one or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any Prefecture, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District of the Imperial Republic of Shingō in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to them by the Constitution or laws of the Imperial Republic of Shingō, or because of his having so exercised the same; or
> * **(b)** If one or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured,
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> * They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, assault or an attempt to assault or maim, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both.
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> **§2)** Whoever, under the pretense of abiding by any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any Prefecture, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District of the Imperial Republic of Shingō to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the Imperial Republic of Shingō, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his appearance, ancestry, religion, or personal beliefs, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, assault or an attempt to assault, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both.
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> **§3)** No citizen possessing all other qualifications which are or may be prescribed by law shall be disqualified for service as grand or petit juror in any court of the Imperial Republic of Shingō, or of any Prefecture on account of appearance, ancestry, religion, or personal beliefs; and whoever, being an officer or other person charged with any duty in the selection or summoning of jurors, excludes or fails to summon any citizen for such cause, shall be fined not more than 5,000 Shingōan Yen or its equivalent at the time of conviction.
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> **§4)** Whoever, being a proprietor, manager, or employee of a public place of entertainment or amusement in the Imperial Republic of Shingō, causes any person wearing the uniform of any of the armed forces of the Imperial Republic of Shingō to be discriminated against because of that uniform, shall be fined.
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**Chapter 2: Protection of the Right to Access**

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> * **(a)** —Whoever—
> 	+ **(1)** by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injures, intimidates or interferes with or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise the Constitutional right of universal religious freedom at a place of religious worship; or
> 	+ **(2)** intentionally damages or destroys the property of a facility, or attempts to do so, because such facility provides legally authorized housing or sanctuary, or intentionally damages or destroys the property of a place of religious worship,
> * in the case of a first offense, be fined or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and in the case of a second or subsequent offense after a prior conviction under this section, be fined or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both;
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