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The majority of the ''Bowman Acts'' are unrevealed at this time; however, one thing that is known is that there are definite protocols in place for the conduct of telepathic citizens within ''Bowman Act''-signatory countries. Another known section of the ''Acts'' is the 'mutual-defense treaty' portion, in which all nations have promised to join forces for the purpose of defending the entire planet from imminent threats of natures specifically stated in the ''Acts''. There is also a statute in place that regulates the overt use in public of metahuman abilities (similiar in concept and function to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizarding_world#Government_and_politics Wizarding World]'s ''International Confederation of Wizards' Statute of Secrecy.'') Other known statutes in the ''Acts'' are specific regulations dealing with the use of mystical and telepathic citizens and their abilities (the infamous 'Article Ten'), transient metahuman children with active abilities, and standardization of various terminology used in dealing with metahumans.
The Bowman Acts also contain language that defines the legal rights and status of any metahuman citizens of any signatory nation, should they somehow come into situations where the Acts come into play, and the legal mechanisms that have been put into place to service these citizens. it should be noted that the rights, status and legal mechanisms put into play by a nation's signing of the Acts does not circumvent, restrict or remove any legal standing or civil rights that a citizen currently possesses and in many cases provides those citizens rights that they previously did not possess as regular citizens of their nation; for example, the rights guaranteed by 'Article Three' of the ''Bowman Act of 1982'' is fundamentally similar to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_v._Arizona the rights afforded to American citizens in ''Miranda v. Arizona'' (the iconic '' 'Miranda rights'' ').] Further rights guaranteed by 'Article Three include the right of a metahuman citizen to not have his or her powers permanently disabled or removed without a separate trial (if the person is sentenced to long-term incarceration) to determine if this is warranted, justifiable, and if doing so constitutes 'double jeopardy'; it also establishes a ''Commission for Oversight on Metahuman Rights and Legal Affairs''.
A curious statistic noted is that all countries that have hosted the Olympic Games since its resurgence in the modern era are also signatories to the ''Bowman Acts''. It is also considered tradition that any country that hosts the Games becomes a signatory beforehand. On two occasions, nations that were believed certain to host the Games lost to other nations; this occurred because they refused to sign, and several nations .
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