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Article 15: Law Enforcement and Police, Prohibition of Death Penalty, National Security, Maritime Protection Agency, Conventional Armed Forces, Emergency Powers, ....continued.

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Law Enforcement and Police, Prohibition of Death Penalty, National Security, Maritime Protection Agency, Conventional Armed Forces, Emergency Powers, participation in joint International humanitarian or military initiatives; Diplomatic and Consular Service: prohibition of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons.

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Section 15.1. Law enforcement is the responsibility of Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Services Authority. Transport Police and the Civil Nuclear Constabulary perform duties within their respective jurisdictions. All police powers, responsibilities and duties are as prescribed by law.

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Section 15.2. The law provides for participation with international law enforcement agencies.

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Section 15.3. The law will ensure appropriate penalties to be placed on those who commit crimes such as premeditated murder, serial killings and treason and on those who attack public service workers such as police, rescue workers, medical staff, prison officers and others serving the public.

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Section 15.4. Prohibition of Death Penalty. The Constitution prohibits Parliament from enacting any law allowing for the imposition of the death penalty even during a time of war or armed rebellion.

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Section 15.5. Security Agencies: Agencies will provide effective control of all borders; issue passports and visas; control customs and excise; ensure compliance with international standards of safety and human rights in the airspace over Scottish territories; and safeguard national cyberspace.

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Section 15.6. National Security. Under the oversight of the Scottish Government a National Security Agency will coordinate interactive strategy among the departments of the police, intelligence services, the armed forces, maritime protection agency, customs service and government agencies effecting national security.

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Section 15.7. A Maritime Protection Agency in co-operation with Police Scotland is tasked with: protection and policing of the natural and economic assets within Scottish Territorial Seas out to twelve nautical miles, a contiguous zone out to twenty-four nautical miles and of the Exclusive Economic Zone, as set out under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; effecting compliance with Maritime Law and coordination of search and rescue of at-sea operations.

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Section 15.8. To provide territorial defence and support in civil emergencies there is a conventionally armed Scottish Defence Force. The law provides for participation in humanitarian aid activities and in selected United Nations mandated peacekeeping operations.

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Section 15.9. During a national emergency the Executive can declare a State of Emergency that allows the Executive to immediately enact regulations to secure public order, safety and health. The declaration will expire after thirty days or the legislature can revoke it earlier. The actions of the executive cannot be found to be unconstitutional provided they are pursuing the humane conclusion of the emergency. These emergency powers will be restricted to the duration of the emergency and the immediate recovery period.

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Section 15.10. As codified in the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic and Consular Relations, Scotland will comply with the rights, duties and obligations for the sending and receiving of diplomatic and consular services and the law regarding diplomatic and consular staff.

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Section 15.11. Prohibition on nuclear, biological or chemical weapons. The Scottish State prohibits the presence, transportation or development of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, parts or components thereof, throughout its land, territorial waters or airspace, such actions being deemed a criminal offence. Any such material currently existing within Scotland must be removed within three years of the date of ratification of this Constitution.

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Section 15.12. War material, banned by the Geneva Convention, may not be used, stockpiled, manufactured in or transferred from Scotland. The export of any other such products may not be exported to regimes for use against their own or other people, the destruction of property or the environment.

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