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Constitution of the Kingdom of the Celtic Lands ~Preamble~ In order to provide a safe and secure as well as a powerful haven within which all may reside happily and to ensure the people of this region that capable and intelligent personnel constantly and vigilantly staff the plethora of offices which so smoothly run our most gracious government; and to provide a method of governing by which all may be able to enjoy their game experience to the fullest, I Alexander I, King of the Celtic Lands, lay down this mandate which shall define the government of the Kingdom. The Kingdom of the Celtic Lands, desiring to establish justice, liberty, and security, and to promote the well-being of all its members, in the exercise of its sovereignty proclaims its will to: guarantee the existence of elements of democracy within the Constitution and the laws in accordance with a just economic and social order. This document, shall set forth a general outline of Government in the NationStates Region, the Celtic Lands, and guarantee basic and inviolate Rights to all Citizens of the Region excluding those who wish to do damage to the region. This document shall guarantee that all sexes and religions shall be treated equally and have the same legal rights under this Constitution. ~Article I~ Initiatory Article Section 1. Principles and National Sovereignty. 1.) The Kingdom of the Celtic Lands constitutes itself into a socialially democratic state of law which advocates liberty, justice, equality, and political pluralism as the overruling values of its legal order. 2.) Regional sovereignty belongs to the Celtic people from which the powers of the state are derived. Section 2. National Unity 1. The Constitution is based on the imperishable belief and knowlege of the unity of the Kingdom of the Celtic Lands, the common and indivisible homeland of all Royal Subjects. Section 3. HRH Armed Forces. 1.) His Majesty's Armed Forces, have as their mission, the guarantee of the sovereignty and independence of the Kingdom of the Celtic Lands the defense of its territorial integrity and the constitutional order. 2.) The King is the ceremonial head of the military. He may appoint a Marshall to lead in his stead if he so pleases. 3.) The Lord High Marshall of the Kingdom of the Celtic Lands shall be the leader of the Ministry of Regional Defence and shall be the most experienced member of the Royal Army of the Kingdom of the Celtic Lands. 4.) The Lord High Marshall of the Kingdom of the Celtic Lands shall serve as the head of the military branch of the Kingdom. 5.) The Royal Army of the Kingdom of the Celtic Lands is strictly independent from adherence to Kingdom legislative laws. Any discrepancies therein shall be decided between the Marshall and the King. 6.) The Marshall may be removed from office by the King or the Prime Minister at any time for any reason. 7.) The King shall serve as the ceremonial head of the military and shall lead it in the event that there is no Marshall. The King’s orders countermand those of the Marshall. 8.) The Lord High Marshall shall have a seat in the House of Lords for as long as he remains Marshall or until the seat is stripped from him. Section 4. Rule of Law. 1.) The citizens and public powers are subject to the Constitution and the legal order. 2.) It is the responsibility of the public powers to promote conditions so that liberty and equality of the individual and the groups they join will be real and effective; to remove those obstacles which impede or make difficult their full implementation, and to facilitate participation of all citizens in the political, economic, cultural, and social life. 3.) This Constitution guarantees the principle of legality, the normative order, the publication of the norms, the non-retroactivity of punitive provisions which are not favorable to, or which restrict individual rights, legal security, and the interdiction of arbitrariness of public powers without lawful right. ~Article II – Guaranteed Rights~ Section 1. Participation, Election, Office. 1.) Citizens have the right to participate in public affairs, directly or through representatives freely elected in periodic elections by universal suffrage. 2.) They also have the right to accede, under conditions of equality, to public functions and positions, in accordance with the requirements established by law. Section 2. Petition. 1.) All citizens shall have the right to personal and collective petition, in writing, in the form and with the effects the law shall define. 2.) Members of the Armed Forces, Institutes, or the Corps subject to military discipline, may exercise this right only individually and in accordance with the provisions of their specific legislation. Section 3. National Heritage. 1.) The public authorities shall guarantee the preservation, and promote the enrichment, of the historical, cultural, and artistic heritage of the peoples of the Kingdom of the Celtic Lands and the property that makes them up, regardless of their legal status and their ownership. The penal law shall punish any offenses against this heritage. ~Article III – Monarchy~ Section 1. Head of State. 1.) The King is the Head of State, the highest official of the Kingdom and the symbol of its unity and permanence. He arbitrates and moderates the regular functioning of the institutions, assumes the highest representation of the Kingdom of the Celtic Lands in international relations, especially with the nations of its historical community, and exercises the functions expressly attributed to him by the Constitution and the laws. 2.) His title is that of "By the Grace of God, His royal Highness, Alexander alpin Lóegaire, Founding Father and First King of the Celtic Lands, Defender of the Faith." and he may use the others which belong to the Crown. 3.)The person of the King is inviolable and is not subject to responsibility. His acts shall always be in the manner established in Article III, Section 8 and shall lack validity without that countersignature, except as provided for by Article III, Section 7. 4.) Should His Majesty choose, he may create a Privy Council to advise him on matters of State. This Privy Council consists of (in order) the King, Prime Minister and any other minister or citizen appointed by the King. Section 2. Line of Succession. 1.) The Crown of the Kingdom of the Celtic Lands is hereditary for the successors of HM King Alexander I of alpin Lóegaire, legitimate heir of the historic dynasty. Succession to the throne will follow the regular order of primogeniture and representation, the first line always having preference over subsequent lines; within the same line, the closer grade over the more remote; and in the same sex, the elder over the younger. 2.) The hereditary Prince, from his birth or from the time he acquires the claim, will have the title of Crown Prince and the other titles traditionally linked to the successor to the Crown of the Kingdom of the Celtic Lands. 3.) If all the lines entitled by law become extinct, the National Parliament on the advice of the Privy Council, shall provide for the succession to the crown in the manner which is best for the interests of the Kingdom of the Celtic Lands. 4.) Those persons, who having the right to succession to the throne, contract matrimony against the express prohibition by the King and the National Parliament, shall be excluded, along with their descendants, from succession to the Crown. 5.) Abdications and renunciations and any doubt in fact or in law which may occur in the order of succession to the Crown, shall be resolved by an organic law. Section 3. Incapacity. 1.) If the King becomes incapable of exercising his authority and this incapacity is recognized by the National Parliament, the Prince heir to the Crown shall immediately begin to exercise the Regency if he is of age. If he is not, the procedure outlined in the previous paragraph will be adhered to until the Prince heir reaches adulthood. 2.) If there is no person who can exercise the Regency, it shall be appointed by the National Parliament Parliament and shall be composed of one, three, or five persons. 3.) In order to exercise the Regency, it is necessary to be Celtic Citizen and of age. 4.) The Regency shall be exercised through constitutional mandate and always in the name of the King. Section 4. Oath. 1.) The King, on being proclaimed before the National Parliament, will swear to faithfully carry out his functions, to obey the Constitution and the laws and ensure that they are obeyed, and to respect the rights of citizens and the commonwealth. 2.) The Prince heir, when coming of age, and the Regent or Regents when they assume their functions, will swear the same oath as well as that of loyalty to the King. Section 5. Foreign Relations, Treaties, War. 1.)The King accredits ambassadors and other diplomatic representatives. Foreign representatives in the Kingdom of the Celtic Lands are accredited before him. 2.) It is incumbent on the King to express the consent of the State to obligate itself internationally through treaties in conformity with the Constitution and the laws. 3.) It is incumbent on the King, after authorization by the National Parliament, to declare war and make peace. Section 6. Countersignature. 1.)The actions of the King shall be countersigned by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Celtic Lands and, when appropriate, by the competent ministers. 2.) The persons who countersign the acts of the King shall be responsible for them. Section 7. Remuneration. 1.) The King freely appoints and relieves the civilian and military members of his Household. ~Article IV – The National Parliament~ Section 1. Structure, Competences, Inviolability. 1.) The National Parliament represents the Celtic people and is formed by the the Citizen's Assembly and the House of Lords. 2.) The National Parliament exercises the legislative power of the State, approves its budgets, controls the action of the Government, and has the other competences assigned by the Constitution. 3.) The National Parliament is inviolable. Section 2. Incompatibility, Free Mandate. 1.) No one may be a member of the two Houses simultaneously nor be a member of a commonwealth Assembly at the same time. 2.) The members of the National Parliament are not bound by an imperative mandate. 3.) The meetings of parliamentarians, which are held without the regulatory convocation, shall not be binding on the Houses and they may not exercise their functions nor exercise their privileges. Section 3. Citizen's Assembly. 1.) The lower house of the National Parliament shall be known as the Citizen's Assembly, a body including all Citizens of the Region. Each Citizen of the Celtic Lands shall have one vote in the Citizen's Assembly. 2.)Entry into the Citizen's Assembly is achieved through completing the citizenship application. When a nation’s citizenship oath is approved, they automatically attain access to the Citizen's Assembly. 3.) The Citizen's Assembly shall be responsible for the debate, creation and passage of the Laws of the Celtic Lands; however, no one can bind his successor, meaning no one can pass a law that cannot be changed or repealed. 4.) The Citizen's Assembly may pass any law in accordance with the preceding clause; however, should the majority of the National Parliament choose to repeal a law already in place, the same bill will not be considered again for at least one month. 5.) Once a Parliament term has begun the citizenry will choose from amongst their number, a Speaker to organise the Assembly and chair committees and other work involving the Assembly. 6.) Any member of government (excluding the royal family) may vote in the Assembly provided they are not a lord or a member of the judiciary. Section 4. House of Lords. 1.) The House of Lords is the House appointed by the King. Once appointed, the new Lord takes his/her seat immediately and may decline the seat, or resign, at any time. 2.) The House of Lords is appointed every three months. 3.) Lords can be removed or replaced anytime by the King. 4.) The Lords have the power to veto any law passed through the Assembly, for a period of one month; or until the next parliamentry term. 5.) On the Convening of a Parliamentry term, the Lords will select from amongst their number a Lord Chancellor to organise the House of Lords and chair committees and other work involving the House of Lords. 6.) Both the Lord Chief Justice and the Lord High Marshall have seats in the House of Lords and are treated like any other Lord. 6.) The King, has a ceromonial seat on the House of Lords and may vote on legislation. Section 5. Indemnity, Immunity, Remuneration. 1.) Lords enjoy indemnity for the opinions expressed during the exercise of their functions. 2.) During the period of their mandate, the MPs and Lords enjoy immunity and may only be tried in case of flagrante delicto. They may not be indicted or tried without prior authorization of the respective House. 3.) In actions against Lords, the High Court shall be competent. 4.) The Lords shall receive a remuneration, which shall be fixed by the respective House. Section 6. Self-Organization. 1.) The Chambers establish their own regulations, autonomously approve their own budgets, and by common accord regulate the Personnel Statute of the National Parliament. The Regulations and their reform shall be submitted to a final voting in their entirety, which shall require an absolute majority. 2.) The Houses elect their respective Speakers and the other members of their committees. Joint sessions shall be presided over by the King and shall be governed by a Regulation of the National Parliament approved by an absolute majority of each House. 3.) The Speakers of the Houses will exercise in their name all administrative powers and police authority in the interior of their respective Houses. Section 7. Majority. 1.The Chambers shall meet in joint sessions to exercise the non-legislative competences which Article II expressly authorizes for the National Parliament. 2. The decisions of the National Parliament specified in Sections Article IV, Section 16 and Article IX, Section 3 shall be adopted by the majority of each of the Houses. Section 8. Investigating Commissions. 1.) The Assembly and the Lords, and if necessary both Houses jointly, may appoint investigating Commissions on any subject of public interest. Their conclusions shall not be binding on the courts nor will they affect judicial decisions, but they may be transmitted to the Minister of Justice for the exercise of the necessary actions when required. 2.) Appearance before the Houses on request shall be obligatory. The law shall regulate the sanctions, which may be imposed for noncompliance with this obligation. Section 9. Petitions. 1.) The Houses may receive individual and collective petitions, always in writing, while direct presentation by citizens is prohibited. Section 10. Presence, Quorum, Personal Vote. 1.) In order to adopt agreements, the Houses must be in a regular session with the attendance of the majority of their members. 2.) In order to be valid, such agreements must be approved by the majority of the members present, without prejudice to the special majorities which may be established by the Constitution or the organic laws or the Regulations established by the Houses for the election of persons. 3.) The vote of the Lords and Citizens is personal and cannot be delegated. Section 11. Organic Laws. 1.) Organic laws are those relative to the exercise of fundamental rights and public liberties, those approved by the commonwealth Assemblies, and the general electoral system, and the others provided for in the Constitution. 2.) The approval, modification, or repeal of organic laws shall require an absolute majority of the Lords in a final vote on the entire bill. Section 12. Initiative, Proposal, Public Initiative. 1.) Legislative initiative belongs to the Citizen's Assembly and the Lords, according to the Constitution and the regulations of the Houses. 2.) An organic law shall regulate the forms and requirements for the exercise of the popular initiative for the presentation of proposals of law. In any case no fewer than 10 valid signatures will be required. This initiative is not applicable to organic laws, taxation, or international affairs, nor to the prerogative of pardon. Section 13. Rejection, Passage, and Amendment of Bills. 1.) Once an ordinary or organic bill has been approved by the Assembly, its Speaker shall immediately notify the Lord Chancellor, who shall submit it for its deliberation. 2.) The Lords, within a period of two weeks after the day of the receipt of the text, may, through a message explaining the reasons, reject it, pass it, or introduce amendments to it. The rejection must be approved by a majority. The bill cannot be submitted to the King for approval unless the Lords ratifies the text, in the case of a rejection by an absolute majority, or by a simple majority once two weeks have passed since the presentation of the text, or express itself on the amendments, stating whether or not it accepts them by a simple majority. 3.) The period of two weeks which the Lords has to reject, pass, or amend the bill shall be reduced to five calendar days for those bills declared urgent by the Assembly. 4.) At the moment when both Houses have passed a bill, it shall be sent to the King for signature. Exceptions of this are stated in Article IV, Section 14. Section 14. Proclaimation of Laws. 1.) The King shall ratify the laws approved by the National Parliament within the period of five days and shall promulgate them and order their immediate publication. Should the King refuse to sign the bill into law, or parts of the bill into law, the Houses of Parliament may pass the bill, or parts of the bill, into law without the Kings’s signature with a simple majority vote re-passing the bill into law. Section 15. Consultative Referendum. 1.) Political decisions of special importance may be submitted for a consultative referendum of all the citizens. 2.) The referendum shall be convoked by the King at the proposal of the Prime Minister. 3.) An organic law shall regulate the conditions and the procedure of the different kinds of referendums provided for in this Constitution. Section 16. Prior Authorization. 1.) The giving of the consent of the State to obligate itself to something by means of treaties or agreements shall require prior authorization of the Parliament in the following cases: a.) Treaties of a political nature; b.) Treaties or agreements of a military nature; c.) Treaties or agreements which affect the territorial integrity of the State or the fundamental rights and duties; d.) Treaties or agreements which imply important obligations for the public treasury; e.) Treaties or agreements which involve modification or repeal of some law or require legislative measures for their execution. 2.) The Assembly and the Lords shall be immediately informed of the conclusion of the treaties or agreements. Section 17. Conflict With Constitution. 1.) The conclusion of an international treaty which contains stipulations contrary to the Constitution shall require a prior constitutional revision. 2.) Either of the Houses may request the High Court to declare whether or not such a contradiction exists. Article V – Government and Administration Section 1. Directing Policy. 1.) The Government directs domestic and foreign policy, civil and military Administration, and the defense of the State. It exercises the executive function and regulatory power in accordance with the Constitution and the laws. Section 2. Composition, Prime Minister, Incompatibilities. 1.) The Government is composed of the Prime Minister, Ministers, and in some cases members the law may establish. 2.) The Prime Minister directs the actions of the Government and coordinates the functions of the other members of it without prejudice to their competence and direct responsibility in their activity. 3.) The members of the Government may not exercise representative functions other than those of the parliamentary mandate itself, or any other public function, which does not derive from their office, nor any professional or mercantile activity whatsoever. 4.) A law shall regulate the Statute and the incompatibilities of the members of the Government. Section 3. Election. 1.)To be elected to the post of a Prime Minister a candidate must receive a majority of votes cast. Should no one receive a majority on the first ballot, the two bottom vote-getters are eliminated, and another ballot is taken. Should no candidate receive a majority on the second ballot, the bottom vote-getter is eliminated and another ballot taken. Should no candidate receive a majority on any ballot after the third, the bottom vote-getter is eliminated until there are only two candidates remaining. Then, voting shall occur on as many ballots until one candidate receive a majority and is elected. 2.) The Prime Minister-elect is then required to go before the House of Lords for a vote of confidence. If the House of Lords, by an absolute majority of its members, grants its confidence to said candidate, the King will inaugurate him Prime Minister. If said majority is not obtained, the same proposal shall be submitted to a new vote 12 hours after the former, and confidence shall be understood to have been granted if a simple majority is obtained. 3.) If after the aforementioned votes are cast, confidence is not granted for investiture, successive proposals will be made in the manner foreseen in the foregoing paragraphs. 4.) If within one week from the first voting for investiture, the Prime Minister-elect has not obtained the confidence of the House of Lords, the King shall choose the Prime Minister-Elect. Section 4. 1.) The other members of the Government shall be appointed and dismissed by the King at the proposal of the Prime Minister. Section 5. Resignation. 1.) The Government shall resign after the holding of general elections in the cases of the loss of confidence by parliament as stipulated in this document, or because of the resignation or death of the Prime Minister. 2.) But the outgoing Government shall continue in its functions until the new Government takes office. Section 6. Criminal Responsibility. 1.) The High Court shall have jurisdiction in the cases of criminal responsibility of the Prime Minister and the other members of the Government. 2.) If the charge were treason or any crime against the security of the State in the exercise of their functions, it could only be brought against them through the initiative of one-fourth of the members of the House of Lords and with the approval of the absolute majority thereof. ~Article VI – Government and Parliament~ Section 1. Responsibility. 1. The Government in its political conduct is collectively accountable before the High Court and the House of Lords. Section 2. Information, Assistance. 1. The Houses and their Commissions may request, through their Speakers or Chairmans, the information and assistance they need from the Government and its Ministries and from any authority of the State and the commonwealth Communities. Section 3. Interpellation. 1.) The Government and each of its members are subject to interpellations or questions put to them in the Houses. The rules shall establish a weekly minimum time for this type of debate. 2.)Any interpellation may lead to a motion in which the House can express its position. Section 4. Vote of Confidence. 1.) The Prime Minister, may pose before the Citizen's Assembly the question of confidence on his program or on a declaration of general policy. Confidence shall be taken as granted when the absolute majority of the deputies vote for it. Section 5. Motion of Censure, Vote of No-Confidence. 1.) The House of Lords may require political responsibility from the Government by means of the adoption by an absolute majority of a motion of censure. 2.) The motion of censure cannot be voted on until five days after its presentation. During the first two days of this period, alternative motions may be presented. 3.) If the motion of censure is not approved by the House of Lords, its signers cannot present another during the same period of sessions. Section 6. Resignation, New Appointment. 1.) If the House of Lords denies its confidence to the Government, it must present its resignation to the King, then Prime Ministerial election must be called. 2.) The King, may demand the resignation of any minister, excluding the Prime Minister should he feel decide that their position is not being carried out with the vigour or activity it needs. Section 8. Dissolution of Parliament. 1.) The Prime Minister, and on his exclusive responsibility, may propose the dissolution of the National Parliament, which shall be decreed by the King. The dissolution decree shall establish the date of the elections. 2.) The proposal for dissolution may not be presented when a motion of censure is in process. 3.)The King may, at his discretion dissolve the National Parliament should they determine that it is for the betterment of the region. Section 9. Alarm and Emergency. 1.) An organic law shall regulate the states of alarm, emergency and the corresponding competences and limitations. 2.) The state of alarm shall be declared by the Government, by means of a decree agreed upon by the Prime Minister and the King, for a maximum period of fifteen days informing the House of Lords, which has convened immediately for that purpose and without whose authorization the period cannot be extended. The decree shall determine the territorial area to which the effects of the declaration shall be excluded. 3.) The state of emergency shall be declared by the Government by means of a Decree agreed upon in the Prime Minister and the King after authorization by the House of Lords. The authorization and proclamation of a state of emergency must expressly determine its purposes, the territorial area to which it is extended and its duration, which cannot exceed thirty days but which may be extended for a like period with the same requirements. 4.) In the event that the Citizens Assembly has been dissolved or its mandate has expired if one of the situations exists which leads to one of the aforementioned states, the competences of the Assembly shall be assumed by its Permanent Deputation. 5.) The declaration of the states of alarm, emergency, and siege shall not modify the principle of the responsibility of the Government or its agents as recognized in the Constitution and in the laws. 6.) In the event of such an emergency, the Monarch may, at will suspend the National Parliament and Rule by Decree. Such an act must only be used in the most extreme cases and can be overturned by a vote in the House of Lords. ~Article VII – Judicial Power~ Section 1. Independence, Courts, Tribunals. 1.) Natural Justice emanates from the people of the Kingdom and is administered in the name of the King by Judges who are members of the judicial power and are independent, responsible and subject only to the rule of the law. 2.) The Judges cannot be separated, suspended, transferred, or retired except for causes and with the guarantees provided for in the law. 3.) The exercise of jurisdictional power in any type of processes passing judgments and having judgments executed belongs exclusively to the Courts as determined by the laws, according to the norms on the competence and procedure which they establish. 4.) The Courts shall not exercise any functions other than those set forth in the previous paragraph and those expressly attributed to them by law to guarantee any right. 5.) The principle of jurisdictional unity is the basis of the organization and operation of the Tribunals. The law shall regulate the exercise of the military jurisdiction within a strictly military framework and in the event of a state of emergency, in accordance with the principles of the Constitution. Section 2. Powers. 1.)It is obligatory to comply with the firm sentences and other resolutions of the Judges, as well as to provide the collaboration required by them during the course of the process and in the execution of the judgment. Section 3. Publicity, Oral Proceedings. 1.) Judicial proceedings shall be public, with the exceptions provided for by the laws on procedure. 2.) The procedure shall be predominantly oral, particularly in criminal matters. 3.) The sentences shall always be motivated and shall be pronounced in public audience. Section 4. Indemnification. 1.) Damages caused by judicial error and those which may result from the abnormal operation of the Administration of Justice shall provide the right to an indemnification by the State, in accordance with the law. Section 5. High Court. 1.) The High Court, with jurisdiction all over the Kingdom of the Celtic Lands and it's respective territories, it is the highest jurisdictional organ in all orders, except in matters concerning constitutional matters. 2.) The King, in the manner determined by law, shall appoint the Lord Chief Justice of the High Court and the other Judicial Officers. 3.) All Justices of the High Court are required to be approved by two-thirds of the House of Lords to take their seat at the bench. 4.) As stated before, the Lord Chief Justice has a seat within the House of Lords ~Article VIII – Constitutional Amendments~ Section 1. Procedure. 1.)Bills on Constitutional amendment must be approved by a majority of two-thirds of the members of each House. If there is no agreement between the Houses, an effort to reach it shall be made by setting up a Joint Commission of Citizens and Lords which shall submit a text to be voted on by the Assembly and the Lords. 2.) If adoption is not obtained by means of the procedure outlined in the foregoing paragraph, and provided that the text has obtained a favorable vote by an absolute majority of the Lords, the Assembly may approve the amendment by a two-thirds vote. 3.) Once the amendment has been passed by the Parliament, it shall be submitted to a referendum for its ratification, if so requested by one-tenth of the members of either House within five days after its passage. Section 2. Revision. 1.)When a total revision of the Constitution is proposed, or a partial revision thereof, affecting any part of the Constitution, the principle shall be approved by a two-thirds majority of the members of each House and the Parliament shall immediately be dissolved. 2.) The House elected must ratify the decision and proceed to examine the new Constitutional text, which must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the members of both Houses. 3.) Once the amendment has been passed by the Parliament, it shall be submitted to ratification by referendum. 4.) Any constitutional revision requires the signature and royal seal of his majesty and his approval. Section 3. Constitutional Restriction. Any Constitutional amendment may not be initiated in time of war or in a time of emergency. ~Article IX~ Errata 1.) Any document that has passed through the National Parliament will gain the same legal binding as this document. 2.) 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