Amended Law document

[Steve M]

Also also; in the two occasions where a DoF's powers of arrest are laid out on page 4, only one of them includes blasphemy. Also not called on page 10 (Arrest and bail).

More edits needed then, cheers

[063whii]

Cool cool;

So just to clarify; arrest for heresy under the powers of a DoF has been a thing for as long as heresy has been a thing, and just never made it into the doc?

[Palthera]

Cool cool;

So just to clarify; arrest for heresy under the powers of a DoF has been a thing for as long as heresy has been a thing, and just never made it into the doc?

I'm pretty sure it's always been in the law document. Same as GPs arresting for guild secrets.

Mostly because a certain DoF of Crowa many years ago used to arrest people for heresy - because they attacked him.

EDIT (found the passage):
"Defenders of the Faith and Guild Protectors These are counted as lawmen in some respects as detailed below. Defenders of the Faith refers only to those properly appointed by the Undercouncils of the churches of light. Where a suspect is believed to have broken Guild or Church law or has committed the crimes of Practicing Guild Secrets (and use of restricted weapons/poisons in the case of the Scouts and Mercenaries Enforcer and Witchcraft in the case of the Witchfinder) or Heresy, then the Guild Protector of the relevant guild (for guild secrets/use of restricted weapons/witchcraft) or the Defender of the Faith (for heresy and breaking Church law) may arrest the suspect. If the accused is a member of the relevant organisation then the Guild Protector or Defender of the Faith will administer punishments as they and the Undercouncil see fit. If the accused is not a member of the organisation they will be surrendered to the courts. "

[063whii]

Bugger; I meant blasphemy.


Repost for clarity
So just to clarify; arrest for blasphemy under the powers of a DoF has been a thing for as long as blasphemy has been a thing, and just never made it into the doc?

[Whiteraven]

Yes, as blasphemy is also a ‘church’ law, like heresy (effectively, a lesser version of heresy)

[063whii]

Heresy is not a church law though...

[SR K&R]

Defenders of the faith are just that

Their remit is anything that can cause a issue to the faith of the seven or the church.

The blasphemy rule only came in last year, so was missed from the update of the law doc, this was a error, this has now been fixed

[TimC]

I believe the point Anthony is making is that it is a national law, rather than one included in the guild/church section at the bottom (such as second prayer book)

[Steve M]

Repost for clarity
So just to clarify; arrest for blasphemy under the powers of a DoF has been a thing for as long as blasphemy has been a thing, and just never made it into the doc?

Exactly that, yes.

[The_CC]

Should all be fixed now.