On 18May2019 1428, Richard Aiken wrote:

> IMTU, how to handle that is written into the Imperial Charter. While
> a world government can restrict legal access by it's citizens to the
> downport/upport located there, once anyone actually makes it onto the
> port (whether or not this was done legally by local lights), that
> person becomes a Temporary Imperial Citizen and is *exempt* from
> local law until and unless they voluntarily return to local
> jurisdiction. Travel to/from downport/upport/jump is specfically
> identified as falling within Imperial jurisdiction. Technically, the
> local Imperial authorities could elect to apprehend and voluntarily
> remand such persons to local jurisdiction, but they RARELY choose to
> do so . . . since most such persons seem to "volunteer" for the
> various Imperial services at an extremely high ration. :)

That's much the same as IMTU, except that if you're wanted for a major
crime that is also a crime in Imperial jurisdictions, and relationships
with the local law/administration isn't currently antagonistic, there's
a good chance you'll be extradited back through the starport boundary.
Thus being wanted for murder or slavery and making a run through the
starport boundary isn't very helpful. Blasphemy, and the like, plus
minor crimes like common assault and breaches of civil law (like
breaking contracts), and the starport is a safe haven. OTOH, if the
injured party can show that your little fraud had interstellar reach and
affected trade, the starport is probably the very last place you want to go.

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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
Chief Assistant to the Assistant Chief