ABUSE OF AUTHORITY FROM A MEMBER OF THE FACULTY OF HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
The faculty staff of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is to be held at the highest standards, and abuse of the authority and power that comes with the position is one of the worst offenses to the integrity of the school.
Actions that can be interpreted as an abuse of authority can include:
Favoring a particular House or student due to personal feelings.
Belittling as well as or intimidating a particular student or students of a particular House due to personal feelings.
Harboring an innapropriate relationship with a student.
Deducting House points as well as or administering detentions to a student or students for unnecessary reasons.
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If a student suspects a teacher or other member of faculty of abusing their authority, they are to report to either their Head of House or Headmaster.
Reports are to be verified via either application of reveraqua1 or a pensieve memory2.
The identities of any and all students reporting a case of abuse of authority are to remain strictly confidential.
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Should a claim of abuse prove substantial, the following punishments may be administered:
If a member of faculty should be proven abusive for the first time, the member in question shall be placed on probation for no less than one month and no more than six months. Should the member in question be proven offensive again during his or her term of probation, his or her employment shall be terminated no more than one week following the complaint.
If a member of faculty is reported again after his or her term of probation has expired, then he or she is fined by the Ministry of Magic to the sum of one hundred Galleons and is suspended from his or her duties for the remainder of the term.
If a member of faculty is reported for a third time, then his or her employment is to be terminated no more than one week following the complaint. The member in question shall also be fined by the Ministry of Magic to the sum of five hundred Galleons as well as or in place of a maximum prison sentence of three years in a minimum security prison facility.
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1A truth serum. This potion has fallen out of use following the advent of Veritaserum in 1483 anno domini.
2This option was added in 1744 anno domini following the discovery of memory extraction, as well as the invention of the pensieve memory basin used to store and display them.
Last updated 17 of June 1834.
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This is the rule that Harry looks up when he goes to report Snape in chapter 6. I thought that this would interest some people.
And I apologize if this doesn't seem "authentic" enough. I don't speak Legalese.
Enjoy.
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