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Debate: Constitutional and Legislative Amendments Act (2015)
Topic Started: 24th January 2015 - 09:25 PM (533 Views)
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The following bill, suggested by our honorable Vice Chancellor, CGJ, will be up for debate until at least 1/27/2015. Bicker away.

Oh, and as he's the one who originally wrote it, I'm giving CGJ permission to participate in advance.
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Constitutional and Legislative Amendments Act (2015)

An act to amend the Constitution of the Independent Order, as well as the Vice Chancellor Act (2014), Privy Council Act (2014), Imperial Administration Act (2014), Emergency Procedures Act (2014), Peerage Act (2013), Intelligence Agency Act (2014) and Criminal Code (2013), to implement gender-neutral language in Independent Order law.


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(1) This act may be referred to as the Constitutional and Legislative Amendments Act (2015).

Constitutional Amendments

(2) Where, in sections (18) and (24), a gender-specific pronoun has been used, these shall be omitted and replaced with ‘they’.

(3) Where, in sections (24), (30) and (32), a gender-specific possessive determiner has been used, these shall be omitted and replaced with ‘their’.

(4) Section (42) shall be removed.

Amendments to the Vice Chancellor Act (2014)

(5) In section (2), omit the word ‘his’ and insert ‘their’.

Amendments to the Privy Council Act (2014)

(6) In section (5) shall be amended thusly:

“(5) The Council shall be headed by the Grand Chancellor, and shall consist of the Cabinet of the day, the Vice Chancellor, and any such members of the nobility as the Grand Chancellor sees fit to be sworn.“

(7) In section (7), omit the word ‘his’ and insert ‘their’.

(8) Section (8) shall be amended thusly:

“(8) All powers, authorities, and functions of the Grand Chancellor granted by the Constitution or Acts of the Senate are to be exercised by the Grand Chancellor with the advice of the Council. “

(9) In section (9), insert: ’(4)’ following: ‘those powers granted under Sections (3)’.

Amendments to the Imperial Administration Act (2014)

(10) In section (25), omit the words ‘him/her’ and insert ‘them’, omit the words ‘he/she’ and insert ‘they’.

Amendments to the Emergency Procedures Act (2014)

(11) Where, in sections (4) and (6), a gender-specific pronoun has been used, these shall be omitted and replaced with ‘they’.

Amendments to the Peerage Act (2013)

(12) Where, in sections (8) and (9), a gender-specific possessive determiner has been used, these shall be omitted and replaced with ‘their’.

(13) In section (9), omit the words ‘he/she’ and insert ‘they’.

Amendments to the Intelligence Agency Act (2014)

(14) In section (5), omit the word ‘his’ and insert ‘their’.

Amendments to the Criminal Code (2013)

(15) In section (15), omit the words ‘him/her’ and insert ‘them’.

Amendments to the Electoral Systems and Procedures Act (2014)

(16) In section (10), omit the word 'he' and insert 'The Grand Chancellor'.

Miscellaneous

(17) Whereby sections have been added or removed in this act, all section numbers shall be renumbered accordingly.

(18) All future legislation passed following this act must not use gender-specific terminology, unless a distinction is required.

(19) Should a gender-specific term be found in any other Act of the Senate not included in this act, section (2) of the Grammatical, Formatting and Spelling Error Corrections Act (2014) shall be interpreted to allow the Speaker to amend it to a gender-neutral term.
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Nothing I can see that's wrong with it....although I.thought the grammar correction type act we had would cover this
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24th January 2015 - 10:24 PM
Nothing I can see that's wrong with it....although I.thought the grammar correction type act we had would cover this
Since gender-specific terms are not really grammar mistakes on their own (as it was intended to write them like that), I think it is best we make most of the required amendments now and expand the Grammar Nazi Act to include this in future. Hence: "(19) Should a gender-specific term be found in any other Act of the Senate not included in this act, section (2) of the Grammatical, Formatting and Spelling Error Corrections Act (2014) shall be interpreted to allow the Speaker to amend it to a gender-neutral term."

Other amendments: Constimendments section, it states: "(4) Section (42) shall be removed." While not related to gender-items this removes a repeat line in the constitution that needs rectifying. Also for the Privy Council Act, I have rephrased section (5).
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If there are no further objections, I'd like to take this to a vote. Thus, I move that we take this to a vote.
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With three seconds, the motion carries. Moving to vote.
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