Radio Room Act

The Radio Room Act is a law in the Caseic Federation enacted by the Federal Council on ##-# 17 PC, whilst Siche Cujaen was attending the funerals of Emalk and Johnakar Oken. The act was drafted by Chuwe Brifam with the stated purpose of limiting irresponsible use of the Inter-governmental radio system, and with the ulterior motive of cutting off Cujaen's lines of communication with the leaders of other islands. On ##-# 19 PC, Cujaen was arrested under the Act, making Brifam the Acting Federal Foreign Minister.

Structure

The Act is written in a verbose and obfuscated style, intended to confuse the members of the Federal Council. It frequently makes use of outdated terms, mixes use of the old Caseic calendar with the post-calming calendar, and maximises its use of self-reference. As an example, here is an excerpt of the Act from §1273:

[...] §1273: Permissions granted to persons of quality defined by §§189-210

Under this Act, permission is granted to persons of quality defined by §§189-210 to engage in the following activities:

(a) Sharing of information, subject to restrictions defined in §832(k)(ii), with individuals born prior to 580-Y-23 or groups that satisfy at least three of the following conditions:

(i) Foundation of the group took place before C250-2-23

(ii) The group is sanctioned according to §831(l) or §1967(b)(iv)

(iii) No member of the group is an individual with quality defined by §§212-293, unless said individual joined the group, as defined in §1237(c), before 27-6 9 PC

(iv) The group in question has no ties to any of the individuals or groups listed in §2(b), §5(c)(iii), or §1967(b)(ii)

(b) Piloting<ref>Here, "piloting" refers to indirect command</ref> of hovercraft<ref>"Hovercraft" are defined as any artificial device which can hover</ref>, aircraft<ref>"Aircraft" has no definition in Caseic law. It is a word that Chuwe Brifam invented as a signifier with no signified.</ref>, watercraft<ref>In this context, "watercraft" refers to any system used for the distribution of water</ref>, or vehicle propelled through mechanisms described in §572(k), subject to restrictions in §700 and §1209(h)(xvii)

(c) Spacehalting<ref>"Spacehalting" is an archaic Caseic term referring to arrests</ref>, subject to restrictions defined in §1923(a), of any individual of quality defined by §1854(a). Subsequent to spacehalting, the procedures established by §1109(c)(vii) are to be enacted.

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The sections of the act are not arranged in any logical order. In fact, they are purposely arranged in the least logical order possible.

Sections §§1392-1485 caused notoriety among lawyers throughout the Caseic Federation, whether or not they were supporters of Brifam, because Brifam had found a way to phrase the Act such that voting against it in the Federal Council would inexorably lead to it becoming law through a bizarre series of loopholes. On ##-# 17 PC, there was a movement among the lawyers to not allow the Act to be voted on, but this movement was unsuccessful.