Have you been neglecting your law studies? Equestrian Penal Code section 537(b)-42.42 clearly states that any pony who commits a felony shall henceforth be forbidden to hold any noble rank, excepting that any rank granted before the felony was committed may be maintained, or reinstated if it was revoked as an effect of the aforementioned felony, at the discretion of any noble of equal or greater rank, or at the discretion of a ruling council appointed in accordance with Equestrian Procedural Code section 932(x)-3.17 in the case that the title under review exceeds that of all nobles who are reasonably expected to be available to perform the review within a period of one moon. And Equestrian Penal Code section 10482(a)-1.1 clearly states that any non-consensual removal of cutie marks, including removals performed before this law was enacted, is a felony punishable by not less than one year in prison, excepting that the sentence may be commuted to probation at the discretion of a princess or noble of greater rank (per section 10482(a)-1.7). Similarly, Equestrian Penal Code section 125(d)-12.3 clearly states that any tampering with the timeline, including actions performed before this law was enacted or performed at a time that cannot be sensibly compared with the time at which this law was enacted, is a felony punishable by not less than five years in prison, although section 125(d)-12.39 provides an exception for tampering made under the authorization of a princess or noble of greater rank with the express purpose of undoing the effects of such a felony, and section 125(d)-12.2441 provides that the sentence may be commuted to probation at the discretion of a princess or noble of greater rank.



And Equestrian Penal Code section 537(b)-43.1 states that no pony may amend Equestrian Penal Code section 537(b)-42 in any way, before you ask, although if you kept up on your studies you wouldn't have to ask.