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failure to appear before a Committee of Evidence as a witness or interested party when personally given summons or receiving summons by registered post; refusing to testify before a Committee of Evidence; showing contempt or disrespect to a Committee of Evidence when before it; destroying documents required by a Committee of Evidence or refusing to produce them; withholding evidence; false swearing on a signed statement or form; impeding Justice; refusing to serve on a Committee of Evidence; refusing to vote while a member of a Committee of Evidence; misconduct; issuing data or information to wrong grades or unauthorized persons or groups or issuing data or information broadly without authority. Such offenses are subject to direct punishment by order and for a staff member the punishment is the assignment of a personal condition of emergency for up to threeweeks and for an executive staff member the assignment of up to a three months personal condition of emergency. Personal conditions of emergency reduce pay or units one third for the period assigned. Recourse may be had by requesting a Committee of Evidence for return of pay but not damages. The same offenses may be used for a Committee of Evidence but not both a Committee and punishment by direct order-one or the other. However if any of these offenses become the subject of a Committee of Evidence the penalty for a misdemeanor may be increased to include suspension of a single certificate and/or classification (but no more) or a minor demotion or transfer, but not dismissal. None of these offenses may be made the subject of dismissal by direct order or Committee of Evidence. Persons may not be dismissed for misdemeanors. Nor may any certificates, classifications or awards be cancelled. Non staff or field or franchise Scientologists committing those of the above (except org) offenses applicable may have a Committee of Evidence convened on them. Where serious, repeated or of magnitude harmful to many, the same offenses can be re-classed as Crimes by a Convening Authority. 3. CRIMES. These cover offenses normally considered criminal. Offenses which are treated in Scientology as crimes are theft; mayhem; harmful flagrant and continued Code Breaks resulting in important upsets; non-compliance with urgent and vital orders resulting in public disrepute; placing Scientology or Scientologists at risk; omissions or non-compliance requiring heavy intervention by seniors consuming time and money, with Dev-T; failure or refusal to acknowledge, relay or execute a direct legal order from an International Board Member, or an assistant board member; being or becoming a Potential Trouble Source without reporting it or taking action; receiving auditing while a Potential Trouble Source; withholding from local Scientology executives that he or she is a Potential Trouble Source; failing to report a Potential Trouble Source to local HCO; organizing or allowing a gathering or meeting of staff members or field auditors or the public to protest the orders of a senior; being a knowing accessory to a Suppressive Act; using a local Scientology title to set aside the orders or policies from the International Board; following illegal orders or illegal local policies or alter-is, knowing them to be different or contradictory to those issued by the International Board; not directly reporting flagrant departures from International Board policy in a section, unit, department, org, zone or Division; being long absent from post while a senior executive without advising the board member of his or her division; permitting a section, unit, department, org, zone or Division to collapse; not taking over as a deputy in a crisis not otherwise being handled; passing org students or pcs to outside auditors for private commission; using an org position to build up a private practice; taking private fees while on staff to audit outside pcs, run private courses, coach or audit students or org pcs; embezzlement; taking commissions from merchants; reselling org materiel for private gain; using an org position to procure personal or non-Scientology funds or unusual favours from the public, a firm, student or pc; impersonating a Scientologist or staff member when not authorized; inciting to insubordination; instigating a local power push against a senior; spreading destructive rumours about senior Scientologists; pretending to express a multiple opinion (use of "everybody") in vital reports, which could influence assistant board or board decisions; not reporting the discovery of a Crime or High Crime to Saint Hill while in authority or as a member of a Committee of Evidence or as a witness before a Committee of Evidence; refusal to accept penalties assigned in a recourse action; refusal to uphold