Slaves Act (Makko Oko)
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| Slaves Actt | |
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| Citation | 2022 c. XX |
| Enacted by | Emperor Conall Solis |
| Date enacted | September 25th, 2022 |
| Date effective | September 25th, 2022 |
| Status: Struck down | |
The Slaves Act (c. XX) was an Act of the Monarch of Makko Oko which was decreed on September 25th, 2022 and came into force the same day. The act was the first law since the legalization of slavery to restrict it. Prior to the act, slavery was fully unregulated and no government office or agency could regulate it as such. This law gave the government the authority to regulate it, and in that, severely tempered down the level of slavery that could be enjoyed, prohibiting the selling and buying of people (the slave trade) and any and all forms of indentured servitude except for imprisonment, debt or for a specific statutory exception. It was made ineffective by the Supreme Court case Vanita Marissen v. Ministry of Diplomatic Affairs et al..
