Laws
- It is against the law for a Shinigami to give their spiritual
power to Humans.
- It is against the law for a Shinigami to use forbidden Kidō.
- 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 Shinigami has not
been ordered to kill.
- It is by ancient law that two Shinigami cannot hold the same
Zanpakutō. They must fight for the honor of bearing the spirit, with the
spirit going to the winner, and the loser being executed.[7]
- It is against the law for the Gotei 13 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 Shinigami to remain in the Human World
longer than a certain time limit.
Punishment
- Exile: Certain crimes allows for the punishment of exile,
commonly stripping a Shinigami of their powers and banishing them to
the real world.
- Detention: A not-well-known punishment among the citizens
of Soul Society is the detention of high-level Shinigami. 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
Onmitsukidō.
There are several forms of executions in Soul Society, although only
two have been revealed:
- Spirit-sealing pit: The spirit-sealing pit is an ancient
form of execution in which Shinigami criminals are thrown into a pit
walled with sekki sekki rock – a type of stone that absorbs spiritual
power, preventing those nearby from using their powers. Hollows are then
thrown into the pit with the criminals as the means of execution. The
practice was considered too barbaric and discontinued.[8]
- Sōkyoku (双): The "ultimate punishment", Sōkyoku
is a form of execution usually reserved for those with extremely strong
spiritual powers, namely Shinigami captains. The Sōkyoku is a giant
halberd that utterly destroys a soul on contact. When released, Sōkyoku
takes on the form of a phoenix, its true form, called Kikōō.[9] The Kikōō has the destructive power of one
million Zanpakutō, and that power is multiplied by a factor of 10 at
the moment it pierces its victim.[10] It plays a central role ..... Bleach: Shattered Blade.
