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- Provisional Constitution of Queendom of Harriet
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Royal Decree I - Provisional Constitution of the Queendom of Harriet
Preamble
We the individuals of the Queendom of Harriet, understanding that all people are created equal & independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness establish this Constitution for the Queendom of Harriet with us not forgetting that Liberty has here made her home, that her chosen altar will not be neglected, that willing votaries will constantly keep alive its fires and these shall gleam upon the shores of our great region, and joined with answering rays a stream of light shall pierce the darkness of ignorance and man's oppression, until Liberty enlightens the world.
Article I – The Legislature
Section 1 - The House of Peers
a) All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a House of Peers of the Queendom of Harriet, which shall be a unicameral system.
Section 2 – Membership
a) The House of Peers shall be composed of all active and citizens who are not facing criminal charges or are subject to a current criminal sentence.
Section 3 – Self Organization
a) The House of Peers may determine the Rules of its Proceedings punish its members for disorderly behaviour. In the absence of a formal Rules of its Proceedings the Lord/Lady High Steward may create a temporary Rules of its Proceedings. b) The House of Peers shall keep all records of votes and debates either in the House itself or in the archives. c) The House of Peers shall have the sole power of impeachments. d) The House of Peers shall have a Speaker known as the Lord/Lady High Steward, who shall be the presiding officer in the chamber and shall be responsible for overseeing debates and votes on legislation and the accurate and permanent tracking and storing of all vote tallies as directed by the House of Peers. The Lord/Lady High Steward shall appointed by the Monarch and serve at their pleasure.
Section 4 – Passage of the Bill
a) Every Bill which has passed the House of Peers with a simple majority of those voting, shall, before it becomes a Law, be presented to the Monarch; If they approve it they shall sign it into law, but if not they shall return it, with their objections to the House of Peers, who shall consider the objections at large, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such consideration two thirds of the voting members of House of Peers shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall become a Law. But in all such cases the votes of the House of Peers shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of the House of Peers. If any Bill shall not be returned by the Monarch within three days after it shall have been presented to them, the same shall be a Law.
Section 5 – Enumerated Powers
a) The House of Peers shall have power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defence and general Welfare of the Queendom of Harriet; b) To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization; c) To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, fix the Standard of Weights and Measures and to regulate the official time zone of Queendom of Harriet; d) To constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; e) To raise and support a military for the common defence; f) To make rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; g) To make laws regulating criminal activity, due process and civil offences; h) To make role play laws which have no binding effect; i) To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of Queendom of Harriet; j) To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Queendom of Harriet, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; k) To create laws regulating elections; l) To regulate compensation of the Monarchy and Executive Branch; m) To make laws regulating the World Assembly Delegate; n) To make laws regarding recruitment; o) To regulate the succession of the Lord/Lady High Chancellorship in case of the removal, resignation or death of the Lord/Lady High Chancellor; p) To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the Queendom of Harriet, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Section 6 – Separation of Powers
a) The House of Peers shall pass no Bills of Attainder, ex post facto Laws, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Article II – The Monarchy
Section 1 - Constitutional Monarchy
a) A Constitutional Monarchy shall exist in Queendom of Harriet with the Head of State of the region being the Monarchy, who will either be King or Queen of the region. b) The current King or Queen shall rule until resignation or removal for inactivity.
Section 2 – Powers of the Monarchy
a) The current King or Queen shall have sole power over succession and the regulation of the Royal family; b) To regulate their Privy Council and its membership; c) To commute or pardon all criminals in the region; d) To grant titles of nobility; e) To regulate administration and membership of the administration team; f) To grant honours and awards to the people and foreign dignitaries; g) To control the private military and civilian members of the household; h) To appoint Justices of the Courts with the advice and consent of the House of Peers; i) To receive foreign diplomats; j) To grant citizenship in absence of a uniform rule of naturalization; k) To have sole control over the founder account of region; l) To have sole control over the root administrator account of the forum; m) To have sole control of Coats of Arms and Heraldry. n) To make law or appoint/remove any member of government which also includes the power to change the Constitution by Royal Decree.
Section 2 – Privileges of the Monarchy
a) The current King or Queen shall have the privilege of being immune from all forms of prosecution.
Section 3 – Regency and Removal
a) If the King or Queen is on a leave of absent or been inactive for more than 7 days then the first in line to the throne shall be regent, if they are absent then it shall fall to the Consort, if they are also absent it shall fall to the next in line to the throne and so forth. b) If the current King or Queen has been absent without a leave of absence for more than a month they may be removed by a unilateral vote in the House of Peers however the founding Monarch cannot be removed.
Article III – The Judiciary
Section 1 - Membership and Hierarchy of the Courts
a) The judicial power of the Queendom of Harriet, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the House of Peers may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour, and may receive for their services compensation as voted by the House of Peers. b) The Supreme Court will consist of a maximum of three Justices, one Lord/Lady Chief Justice, the current King or Queen and a Lord/Lady High Justice. If the current King or Queen does not want to serve as a justice a Lord/Lady Justice may be appointed.
Section 2 – Judicial Power
a) The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the Queendom of Harriet, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority. The justices of the Supreme Court shall issue advisory opinions upon request of the House of Peers, members of the Executive or members of the public. b) The Supreme Court shall have the power of judicial review including laws of a role playing nature.
Section 3 - Treason
a) Treason against the Queendom of Harriet, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. The House of Peers shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason.
Section 4 - Self-Organization
a) The Supreme Court shall establish, and reform, their own internal customs and regulations, not inconsistent with the Constitution. These may be extended to lesser Courts established under the law. b) The Lord/Lady Chief Justice shall exercise in the court's name all administrative powers and police authority in the interior of their judiciary. c) In cases that involve the Monarchy the current King or Queen must recluse themselves from the bench for that case.
Article IV – Executive Branch
Section 1 – Lord/Lady High Chancellor and Election
a) The Lord/Lady High Chancellor is the head of the Executive Branch and has the outlined powers created in this article. b) The Lord/Lady High Chancellor is appointed by the Monarch by Royal Decree.
Section 2 – Executive Orders
a) The Lord/Lady High Chancellor has the power to issue Executive Orders with the consent of the Monarch that bear the force of law, necessitated by their means of securing the peace, order and good government of the Queendom of Harriet. b) Executive Orders may be overturned by a simple majority of voting members of the House of Peers.
Section 3 – Regulation of Departments
a) The Lord/Lady High Chancellor has the right to create or abolish departments with the advice and consent of the House of Peers. b) The Lord/Lady High Chancellor has the right to appoint ambassadors, consuls, secretaries and other officers these appointments may be overturned by a simple majority of the House of Peers.
Section 4 – Impeachment and Succession of Office
a) The Lord/Lady High Chancellor, Lord/Lady Great Chamberlain and all civil Officers of the Queendom of Harriet, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason and any Criminal offences. b) The Lord/Lady High Chancellor may appoint a deputy known as the Lord/Lady Great Chamberlain who will exercise the duties of the Lord/Lady Great Chancellor if the Chancellor is on a leave of absence or is removed from office.
Section 5 – Responsibilities of the Lord High Chancellor
a) The Lord/Lady High Chancellor shall from time to time give to the House of Peers Information of the State of the Region, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; the Lord/Lady High Chancellor shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; the Lord/Lady High Chancellor shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.
Section 6 – Treaties
a) The Lord/Lady High Chancellor shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the House of Peers, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the House of Peers and the Monarch concur.
Article V – Provisions and Amendments
a) The Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land. b) The Constitution can be amended by a two thirds majority of the House of Peers and the approval of the Monarch. The Monarch’s veto of an amendment cannot be overturned. c) The Constitution becomes valid as soon as signed by the Monarch. d) The Lord High Chancellor, Monarch, or Justice, may make any minor edits to a bill or law. A minor edit is when a bill or law requires grammatical or formatical change which does not take away the original meaning
Article VI – Bill of Rights
1) The House of Peers shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble/organise, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
2) That the people have an individual right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the State – and as standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power.
3) The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, messages, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation by a Justice of the Courts which particularly describes the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
4) No person shall be subject for the same offence twice, shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against themselves, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor be denied to equal protection of the laws and no private property shall be taken for public use.
5) The House of Peers shall make no law forcing a person to pay real life money for anything and no person shall be forced to serve in the armed forces or to recruit.
6) In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favour, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for their defence.
7) Excessive fines shall not be imposed, nor disproportionate punishment inflicted.
8) No law shall be created that infringes on an individual’s right to contract freely.
9) The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
10) The powers not delegated to the Queendom of Harriet by the Constitution, are reserved to the people.
The decree is signed in law by H.M Queen Harriet I on this day March Twelve of Year Two Thousand and Fourteen of the Common Era.
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