"In order to affect a timely halt
to deteriorating conditions


and to ensure the common good,


a state of emergency is declared
for these territories


by decree of Lord Cutler Beckett,


duly appointed representative
of His Majesty, the king.


By decree, according to martial law,


the following statutes
are temporarily amended:


Right to assembly, suspended.


Right to habeas corpus, suspended.


Right to legal counsel, suspended.


Right to verdict by a jury of peers,
suspended.


By decree, all persons
found guilty of piracy,


or aiding a person convicted of piracy,


or associating with a person
convicted of piracy...


...shall be sentenced to
hang by the neck until dead."