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• Type of Hearing: Request

• Submitted: 1 week ago (15/Aug/2026 10:23:16 AM UTC)
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I am submitting this interpretation request to seek clarification as to whether a Court of Appeals case may be settled outside of Court under the Prosecution Act 2025.

Part 8, Section 3 of the Prosecution Act 2025 states:

“All Supreme Court and District Court cases must make an attempt to settle outside of Court.”

My interpretation of this provision is that it establishes a mandatory requirement for Supreme Court and District Court cases to attempt settlement. However, the provision does not state that only Supreme Court and District Court cases may be settled, nor does it expressly prohibit a Court of Appeals case from being settled.

I believe the distinction between an obligation and a prohibition is important. Supreme Court and District Court cases MUST attempt settlement. A Court of Appeals case is not subject to that same requirement, but the Act equally does not state that a Court of Appeals case CANNOT be settled.

Elsewhere within the Prosecution Act 2025, where an action is intended to be prohibited or restricted, the legislation expressly provides for this.

For example, Part 8, Section 2, concerning the Statute of Limitations, states:

“No one may be sued for a crime that occurred over 2 months before the case submission date.”

The Act also expressly provides for Suppression Orders which may “prohibit or restrict” specified actions or disclosures.

These provisions demonstrate that where the legislation intends to establish a prohibition, language expressly establishing that restriction is used.

No equivalent provision appears within Part 8, Section 3 stating that a Court of Appeals case “may not”, “cannot”, or is otherwise prohibited from being settled outside of Court.

I have been advised that Court of Appeals cases cannot be settled outside of Court because this would not ordinarily occur under real life law. However, the Habbo White House operates under its own Constitution, Acts and legal framework, and I have been unable to identify a provision within White House law establishing this restriction.

I am not seeking an interpretation that Court of Appeals cases MUST attempt settlement. I am instead seeking clarification as to whether they MAY be settled where the relevant parties are willing to reach an agreement.

I therefore respectfully request an interpretation of the following:

1. Does Part 8, Section 3 of the Prosecution Act 2025 prohibit a Court of Appeals case from being settled outside of Court?

2. If not, may the parties to a Court of Appeals case voluntarily reach a settlement or agreed resolution?

3. If Court of Appeals cases are prohibited from settlement, from which provision of White House law does that prohibition come from?

The purpose of this request is to establish clearly whether the absence of Court of Appeals cases from the mandatory settlement requirement means that they are simply not REQUIRED to attempt settlement, or whether it should instead be interpreted as prohibiting settlement entirely.