Constitutional (TP) Act 2003
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The Constitutional (Temporary Provisions) Act 2003 An Official Act of the Parliament of the Ibrosian Protectorate æcté d’wesetilk d’ŷe Protectoárat Iboroseỗean
AN ACT to make allowances for the governing of the Ibrosian Democracy in the absence of a Constitution. Be it enacted by Parliament, as follows--- 1. THE STATE – (1) The name of the state shall be the Ibrosian Protectorate, or in the Iboroseoean language, ỹe Protectoárat Iboroseỗean. (2) The Ibrosian Protectorate is a sovereign and democratic state under the rule of laws enacted by Parliament.
2. THE PROTECTORATE – (1) The office of Prime Minister and the First Secretary of State is hereby abolished, with the powers of both to be conferred upon the Acting Head of State to be styled the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. All powers of the National Executive are vested therein. (2) The Lord Protector shall be the serving Prime Minister, who shall retain the title for a period of one year, when the grande éhoi may choose to re-elect. (3) Judicial power remains vested in the Supreme Court of the Justiciary. (4) All legislative power is vested in the unicameral Parliament, consisting of the Great National Assembly, in which all citizens may vote on legislation. (5) The right to make and repeal treaties is hereby suspended. (6) The armed forces are at the absolute service of the Lord Protector, and may not be engaged in warfare with a foreign state without the consent of Parliament. (7) The Lord Protector may be impeached for violating laws of the Commonwealth by verdict of 2/3rd of the Justices of the Supreme Court, appointed by Parliament. (8) The Lord Protector shall take the following oath, before the Supreme Court, before taking up office—
“I, [name] to hereby affirm that I shall execute the powers of office of the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and the Keeper of the Great Seal to the utmost of my abilities in order to duly serve the people and protect the Constitution and Parliament of the Ibrosian Protectorate [So help me God]”
3. THE CONFEDERATION – (1) Provincial Governments shall remain in the manner in which they have been accustomed. (2) Save for the County of the Redéke Isles, the various provinces and the federal, no other legislatures and executives shall be recognised in the Ibrosian Protectorate. (3) No new estates may enter into the Confederation and no new provinces may be created.
4. RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES – The fundamental rights and liberties of the Ibrosian people shall not be infringed and are the birthright of anyone born in this land. As such, these rights shall remain as embodied in the United Nations’ and European Union’s declarations of human rights.
5. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT – (1) The Lord Protector shall be at the service of Parliament and shall approve all Bills properly enacted thereby, assuming that he possesses no reasonable doubt that the Bills were not properly enacted or may compromise the security of the State. (2) The Lord Protector’s decision to withdraw support for a Bill may be overturned by a Parliamentary petition to the Supreme Court.
6. THE PROTECTORATE GOVERNMENT – (1) The Government of the Ibrosian Protectorate shall consist of the Lord Protector, the Minister of State for Defence, the Minister of State for the Interior and the Lord Advocate-General. (2) The Government shall be appointed by the Lord Protector with the consent of Parliament. (3) The Government shall maintain direct control over all militias within the Ibrosian Protectorate, including, but not limited to, the Ibrosian National Militia. (4) It shall be an offence under this Act to establish a private militia within the Ibrosian Protectorate.
7. PUBLIC ORDER – The Lord Protector, with the approval of the Ministers of State mentioned in Section 6(1), may enact laws for the necessary public order by decree. (2) Such a decree may be overturned by a Parliamentary petition to the Supreme Court should it be considered--- (a) Not inkeeping with the rights and liberties of the citizenry guaranteed in Section 4. (b) Beyond reasonable measures required for public order. (c) Against the nature of this Act.
8. SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT – (1) This Act may be cited as the Constitutional (Temporary Provisions) Act 2003. (2) This Act shall come into effect on the ninth of June, 2003 and shall be cease to have effect on the tenth day of September, 2003. (3) This Act extends to all territories, provinces and areas commanded by the Ibrosian Protectorate absolutely.
‘Long Live the Ibrosian Nation’ |
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