Laws of he Soul Society

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L A W S of the Soul Society

• It is against the law for a Soul Reaper to give their spiritual power to Humans.
  
  
• It is against the law for a Soul Reaper to use forbidden Kidô.
  
  
• It is against the law for any citizen of Soul Society to create weapons of a dangerous nature not sanctioned by the feudal government. To do so is treason.
  
  
• It is against the law to attack a captain. To do so is treason.
  
  
• It is against the law to commit terrorist action or attempt overthrow of the balance of Soul Society. To do so is treason.
  
  
• It is against the law to commit murder.
  
  
• It is against the law to kill a human that a Soul Reaper has not been ordered to kill.
  
  
• It is forbidden for a Soul Reaper to acquire or attempt to gain Hollow-like powers.
  
  
• It is by ancient law that two Soul Reapers cannot hold the same Zanpakutô. They must fight for the honor of bearing the spirit, with the spirit going to the winner, and the loser being executed or exiled.
  
  
• It is against the law for the 13 Court Guard Squads to meddle in the affairs of the noble families unless the family in question breaks one of the laws of Soul Society beyond a shadow of a doubt.
  
  
• It is a crime for a Soul Reaper to remain in the human world longer than a certain time limit as this is viewed as living a second life.
  

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[li]Exile: Certain crimes allows for the punishment of exile, commonly stripping a Soul Reaper of their powers and banishing them to the real world.

[/li][li]Detention: A not-well-known punishment among the citizens of Soul Society is the detention of high-level Soul Reapers. It is commonly reserved for those who have either broken the law, quit the Gotei 13 or those who just seem dangerous and mentally unstable (as per the government's interpretation). This is carried out by the Special Forces.

[/li][li]Sokyoku: The "ultimate punishment", Sôkyoku is a form of execution usually reserved for those with extremely strong spiritual powers, namely Soul Reaper captains. The Sôkyoku is a giant halberd that utterly destroys a soul on contact. When released, Sokyoku takes on the form of a phoenix, its true form, called Kikoo. The Kikoo has the destructive power of one million Zanpakutô, and that power is multiplied by a factor of 10 at the moment it pierces its victim.
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