Penalty & Punishment
_____If a Member should ever violate the rules and resolutions of this covenant, they may be subject to penalty or punishment as determined by a vote of this Council. The accused has the right to speak to their own defense and to have advocates and advisers as they require. They have the right to face their accuser in open council and question them. They have the right to examine the evidence being used against them and to present evidence to their defense to be examined by the council. They may not participate in final discussion or be witness to it, their vote is suspended, and they do not count for or against quorum. After due deliberation in private, the council shall decide the matter by ballot, and if the decision is to find the accused to be guilty, then they shall privately debate and decide upon the penalty by vote.
Low Crimes
_____For Low Crimes and mild infractions; appropriate penalties include Censure, Fine, and Conscription. For a Journeyman, the time for their probationary period and required tasks is held in suspension until they have completed the requirements and paid the costs of the penalties for their Low Crimes. Obstinate refusal to ever comply may result in expulsion. For a Master, the Council may choose to suspend their Salary or Office until they comply, and may even go so far as to vote for Confiscation. A Master may not be expelled for failing to comply with the penalties of a Low Crime, but they may be asked to resign with honor or face further charges. As with any honorable resignation, they shall be entitled to the status of Past Master. If a Pontifex fails to comply with the penalties for Low Crimes, the initial steps taken for other Masters may be used. Instead of the ultimatum of resignation or further charges, the Council may instead or at any time previous position the Council of Pontifici for satisfaction. The Pontifici are obligated by Charter to satisfy the Council of Masters, and as such the covenant is authorized to take payment for fines directly from the accounts of the Pontifici, and to fine the Pontifici if they fail to satisfy their petition. For guests, the council may choose to simply rescind their invitation for non compliance or in lieu of another penalty. For an Honored Guest or Past Master, obstinate contempt may cause the council to reconsider the worth of their accolades.
Censure
_____Censure is a formal statement of disapproval, denouncing the actions of the magus, as a whole or in some aspect thereof. In the most mild form, it is scolding the magus for a poor decision or unwise choice. In more severe form, it is a strongly worded reprimand admonishing the magus for their actions and warning against further activities of that nature and placing them on notice that future miscreant behavior shall not be tolerated.
Fine
_____Fines may be levied if the council feels that the magus owes some form of restitution. This may take the form of silver, vis, or some other materials. The covenant is never authorized to deprive a magus of his Talisman, Familiar, Apprentice, or Arcane Heirloom. The maximum fine for a Low Crime is a Rook of Vim or an equivalent thereof. A Fine may be used in conjunction with Censure, or in place of Censure.
Conscription
_____The highest penalty for a Low Crime is Conscription, which is to mean assignment to a specific Service or requirement of a certain Task. The time required should be between three and seven seasons, rarely more than nine, and the magus is responsible to bear expenses. The council may choose to waive the burden and accept all or part of the cost, depending on the nature and cause of the Conscription.
High Crimes
_____For High Crimes and severe infractions; appropriate penalties include Confiscation, Suspension, and Expulsion. A Journeyman convicted of High Crime forfeits all time and credit they have towards completion of their probationary period. Further, the council must vote to decide if he may attempt completion of probation again, or if he is to be demoted to being merely a guest. Obstinate refusal to comply with assigned penalties results in Expulsion. Short of Expulsion, a Master convicted of High Crime does not loose rank or status, nor any rights and privileges other than those duly Suspended for the allotted period. Obstinate refusal to comply with penalties may result in additional or alternative penalties, or a request to resign as a final option. A Ponifex is, for the most part, treated no differently than another Master in these regards. The primary exception is that, instead of Expulsion, a Pontifex may face Exile.
Confiscation
_____Confiscation means to take time and/or material value from the magus, and is to be seen as an elastic clause allowing the Council to administer higher Fines and harsher Conscription for serious infractions or failure to fulfill the debts of the penalty of a Low Crime.
Suspension
_____Suspension is a moderate to sever penalty for serious infractions. Suspension may be applied to specific rights or privileges; such as a suspension of Salary, suspension from holding office, suspension from accessing the Master's Library, suspension from earning Wages, etceteraa. Suspension can be more severe, applying to multiple rights and privileges, to the extreme of just short of Exile or Expulsion. A period of Suspension should generally last three to seven years, rarely as high as nine.
Expulsion
_____Expulsion is the most severe penalty that the covenant may apply within the power of these resolutions, and requires a unanimous vote of the Council of Masters. Expulsion is the only means through which a Member of the covenant shall lose his basic rights; and requires that the former Member ceases to draw upon those basic rights subsequent to the first full moon after expulsion was enacted.
_____Should a magus be cast out from the Order, it is the duty and obligation of this covenant that he shall also and without delay be expelled from this covenant. Further, his possessions shall be immediately seized as property of this Council, and if a Wizard's March is called for against them, this covenant shall be dedicated to facilitating and participating in hunting them and administering justice.