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The succession to the throne Viktor The First Aleksandr Act
THE SUCCESSION TO THE THRONE VIKTOR THE FIRST ALEKSANDR ACT
WHEREAS, Emperor Ivan II Viktor has no natural descendants, and he was abdicated from the Imperial throne and
WHEREAS, the House of Lords nominate Baron Robert von Lothringen, Prime Minister of Thrace, for new Emperor;
THEREFORE, the Parliament of Thrace hereby:
1. Admits Baron Robert von Lothringen for the NEW EMPEROR OF THRACE
2. It grants the under mentioned Title to the new emperor:
His Imperial Majesty,
Viktor the First Aleksandr, by the Grace of God and the Acclamation of the People,
Emperor of Thrace, Grand Duke of Dacia, Moesia, Macedonia,
Count of Panonia, Baron of Dardania, Eternal Defender of the Faith,
Head of the Imperial House of Von Lothringen
His Majesty’s Declaration of Abdication Act (2006)
An Act to give effect to His Majesty’s declaration of abdication;
and for purposes connected therewith.
Whereas His Majesty by His Imperial Message of the 30 day of December in this past year has been pleased to declare that He is irrevocably determined to renounce the Throne for Himself and has for that purpose executed the Instrument of Abdication set out in the Schedule to this Act, and has signified His desire that effect thereto should be given immediately:
Be it therefore enacted by the Emperor’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1. Immediately upon the Imperial Assent being signified to this Act the Instrument of Abdication executed by His present Majesty on 30 day of December 2006, set out in the Schedule to this Act, shall have effect, and therupon His Majesty shall cease to be Emperor and there shall be a demise of the Crown, and accordingly the member of the Royal Family then next in succession to the Throne shall succeed thereto and to all the rights, privileges, and dignities thereunto belonging.
His Majesty, His issue, if any, and the descendants of that issue, shall not after His Majesty’s abdication have any right, title or interest in or to the succession to the Throne, and section one of the Act of Settlement shall be construed accordingly.
In conclusion the parliament indicates following :
The House of the Lords indicates about a successor of the throne Baron Robert von Lothringen, the Prime Minister of the Empire
With this decision the parliament finds the following inaccuracies:
In ARTICLE IV: THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CROWN
2.) The person of the Emperor is inviolable and is not subject to responsibility. His ministers are responsible.
9.) The Emperor shall appoint and dismiss members of the government on the advice of the Prime Minister.
In ARTICLE VIII. THE EXECUTIVE POWER
1.) The Executive Power shall be vested in a Prime Minister and a Cabinet of Ministers.
2.) The Emperor appoints The Prime Minister. The Prime Minister, as Head of Government shall be elected from the party-in-majority, or in the event a party possesses a plurality and subsequently forms a governing coalition, the Prime Minister shall come from the majority member within that coalition.
3.) The Prime Minister may recommend to the Emperor the appointment or dismissal of ministers to head each department within the Government bureaucracy.
Because the parliament doesn’t approve the absolutism and Thrace must stay a constitutional monarchy, the House of the Lords and the House of the Deputies make the under mentioned decision on the issue:
If the said heir presumptive of the throne Baron Robert von Lothringen, the Prime Minister of the Empire, agrees to be the new emperor, He immediately has to leave the prime minister’s position!
Baron Robert von Lothringen, the Prime Minister of the Empire must take the decision in 3 days after publishing the present statute. It must appoint a deputy on the prime minister post, form the members of the Imperial Government.
In impossibility deputy is being settled its call ARTICLE VIII. THE EXECUTIVE POWER
6.) In the event of the resignation, death, or permanent incapacitation of the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Parliament shall assume the role of Prime Minister until the next scheduled election.
Schedule:
INSTRUMENT OF ABDICATION
I, Ivan the Second Viktor, of Thrace, Dacia, Moesia, Macedonia, Paionia, Dardania, do hereby declare My irrevocable determination to renounce the Throne for Myself and My desire that effect should be given to this Instrument of Abdication immediately. In token whereof I have hereunto set My hand this 30 day of December, 2006, in the presence of the witnesses whose signatures are subscribed
IVAN II VIKTOR
EMPEROR OF THRACE
This Act may be cited as His Majesty’s Declaration of Abdication Act, 2006.
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This Act is approved by the two houses of the parliament with broad majority. The act is observed from the constitution and is wholly allied with her.
Act Of Thracian Parliament Regarding Genocide
ACT OF THRACIAN PARLIAMENT REGARDING GENOCIDE
BE IT KNOWN that the Empire of Thrace does herewith subscribe and adopt the CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE as prescribed below:
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Approved and proposed for signature and ratification or accession by General Assembly resolution 260 A (III) of 9 December 1948 entry into force 12 January 1951, in accordance with article XIII
The Contracting Parties,
Having considered the declaration made by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 96 (I) dated 11 December 1946 that genocide is a crime under international law, contrary to the spirit and aims of the United Nations and condemned by the civilized world,
Recognizing that at all periods of history genocide has inflicted great losses on humanity, and
Being convinced that, in order to liberate mankind from such an odious scourge, international co-operation is required,
Hereby agree as hereinafter provided:
Article 1
The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish.
Article 2
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Article 3
The following acts shall be punishable:
(a) Genocide;
(b) Conspiracy to commit genocide;
(c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;
(d ) Attempt to commit genocide;
(e) Complicity in genocide.
Article 4
Persons committing genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III shall be punished, whether they are constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials or private individuals.
Article 5
The Contracting Parties undertake to enact, in accordance with their respective Constitutions, the necessary legislation to give effect to the provisions of the present Convention, and, in particular, to provide effective penalties for persons guilty of genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III.
Article 6
Persons charged with genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III shall be tried by a competent tribunal of the State in the territory of which the act was committed, or by such international penal tribunal as may have jurisdiction with respect to those Contracting Parties which shall have accepted its jurisdiction.
Article 7
Genocide and the other acts enumerated in article III shall not be considered as political crimes for the purpose of extradition.
The Contracting Parties pledge themselves in such cases to grant extradition in accordance with their laws and treaties in force.
Article 8
Any Contracting Party may call upon the competent organs of the United Nations to take such action under the Charter of the United Nations as they consider appropriate for the prevention and suppression of acts of genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III.
Article 9
Disputes between the Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation, application or fulfilment of the present Convention, including those relating to the responsibility of a State for genocide or for any of the other acts enumerated in article III, shall be submitted to the International Court of Justice at the request of any of the parties to the dispute.
Article 10
The present Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall bear the date of 9 December 1948.
Article 11
The present Convention shall be open until 31 December 1949 for signature on behalf of any Member of the United Nations and of any nonmember State to which an invitation to sign has been addressed by the General Assembly.
The present Convention shall be ratified, and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
After 1 January 1950, the present Convention may be acceded to on behalf of any Member of the United Nations and of any non-member State which has received an invitation as aforesaid. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 12
Any Contracting Party may at any time, by notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, extend the application of the present Convention to all or any of the territories for the conduct of whose foreign relations that Contracting Party is responsible.
Article 13
On the day when the first twenty instruments of ratification or accession have been deposited, the Secretary-General shall draw up a proces-verbal and transmit a copy thereof to each Member of the United Nations and to each of the non-member States contemplated in article 11.
The present Convention shall come into force on the ninetieth day following the date of deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.
Any ratification or accession effected, subsequent to the latter date shall become effective on the ninetieth day following the deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession.
Article 14
The present Convention shall remain in effect for a period of ten years as from the date of its coming into force.
It shall thereafter remain in force for successive periods of five years for such Contracting Parties as have not denounced it at least six months before the expiration of the current period.
Denunciation shall be effected by a written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 15
If, as a result of denunciations, the number of Parties to the present Convention should become less than sixteen, the Convention shall cease to be in force as from the date on which the last of these denunciations shall become effective. Article 16
A request for the revision of the present Convention may be made at any time by any Contracting Party by means of a notification in writing addressed to the Secretary-General.
The General Assembly shall decide upon the steps, if any, to be taken in respect of such request.
Article 17
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall notify all Members of the United Nations and the non-member States contemplated in article XI of the following:
(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions received in accordance with article 11;
(b) Notifications received in accordance with article 12;
(c) The date upon which the present Convention comes into force in accordance with article 13;
(d) Denunciations received in accordance with article 14;
(e) The abrogation of the Convention in accordance with article 15;
(f) Notifications received in accordance with article 16.
Article 18
The original of the present Convention shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations.
A certified copy of the Convention shall be transmitted to each Member of the United Nations and to each of the non-member States contemplated in article XI.
Article 19
The present Convention shall be registered by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the date of its coming into force.
Thracian Flag Law
1 §
The Thracian flag includes a dark blue cross on white background. The flag is either national or state flag.
2 §
The national flag is rectangular and its proportions are:
1) 2:3 and width of the cross equal to 1/5th of the flag width
2) The coat-of-arms in the middle
3 §
The state flag is either rectangular or swallow-tailed. It includes the coat-of-arms of the state in the middle formed by the arms of the cross.
The rectangular state flag has the same proportions as the national flag.
4 §
Everybody has the right to use the national flag.
All Thracian vessels use as a nationality sign the national flag, apart from those mentioned in the fifth paragraph. A yacht may use as its nationality sign a special flag; a separate statute will be given for further regulations.
5 §
The rectangular state flag is to be used by the Parliament; the Government and its ministries; the His Majesty’s High Court (HMHC); central administration boards and all comparable civil service departments and institutions; provincial governments; ecclesiastical chapters; the Orthodox Synod; His Majesty’s embassies and consulates and all comparable diplomatical representations; the Bank of Thrace; the Thracian Academy; frontier guard; state universities and high schools; and state’s vessels.
Institutions, apart from those mentioned in the first clause, can be given the right to use the rectangular state flag with a separate statute.
The swallow-tailed state flag is to be used by the Defence Forces, its departments, institutions, units, and vessels.
The Emperor uses a swallow-tailed state flag with a Thracian Emperor’s crown in the upper hoist field.
6 §
It is not allowed to add any extra signs to the Thracian flag, apart from cases mentioned in this law.
A swallow-tailed flag with a special sign in the upper hoist field may be used as a command flag of His Majesty’s Minister of Defence or Commander of the Defence Forces and as a navy command flag in armed vessels. The Emperor determines the form of that sign.
7 §
The Government will give more detailed specifications about the colours of the Thracian flag.
8 §
The one who damages the Thracian flag, or treats it in an disrespectful way, or without permission takes off an openly out-put Thracian flag, shall be fined for disgracing the Thracian flag.
The one who without permission uses the flag of the Emperor or other state flag, or sells a Thracian flag with extra signs that are prohibited in the sixth paragraph, or sells as a Thracian flag such flag that does not fulfill the regulations in this law or other instructions, shall be fined for disobeying regulations about the Thracian flag.
9 §
More detailed regulations about enforcing of this law and about flagging with the Thracian flag will be given in a separate statute.
10 §
This law takes effect on December 1, 2007.
A association flag or other flag that is against the sixth paragraph of this law may be used till the end of year 2008.
His Majesty’s Government Act
WHEREAS, Empire of Thrace is growing, and
WHEREAS, the acting ministries are inadequate now, and
WHEREAS, we are the Monarchy, and the ministries belonging to the Emperor
THEREFORE: the Parliament hereby enacts that:
His Majesty’s Government, or when the Sovereign is female, Her Majesty’s Government, abbreviated HMG or HM Government, is the formal title used by the Government of the Empire of Thrace. It is called “His/Her Majesty’s Government” since in the Thrace executive authority is theoretically vested in the monarch and exercised through his or her ministers. In effect, the government is an executive authority consisting of the Sovereign’s ministers. In Thracian usage, the term “government” does not relate to Parliament or the Courts. As such the term government refers to the executive branch alone. Him Majesty’s Government is headed by the Prime Minister and also includes the Him Majesty’s Cabinet and junior ministers.
The Present government was restructured The more following order:
Ministerial Ministrys
• His Majesty’s High Court (HMHC)
• The Attorney General
• Prime Minister Office (PMO)
• His Majesty’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (HMMFA)
• His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) former Ministry of Finance
• His Majesty’s Ministry of Internal Affairs (HMMIA)
• His Majesty’s Ministry of Defense (HMMoD) – former War Ministry
• His Majesty’s Ministry of the Information (HMMoI)
• His Majesty’s Ministry of Immigration (HMMI)
• Thracian Protection Agency* (TPA)
* Executive Agency – with rank of ministry
This Act may be cited as His Majesty’s Government Act
Imperial Council Act
Presented: 2007, May 10
Believing that the Imperial Council of State should be composed of all Ministers appointed by the Emperor the following Act is proposed to replace Article VII of the Constitution:
ARTICLE VII: THE IMPERIAL COUNCIL OF STATE (Imperial Cabinet)
1.) The Imperial Council of State shall consist of the Ministers appointed to the Imperial Government. It shall act as an Imperial Cabinet. It’s function is to advise and assist the Emperor in the governing of the realm. Ministers shall hold executive powers relative to their particular Ministries with authority granted them by the Sovereign. .
2.) The Imperial Council of State shall consist of members chosen to represent a broad spectrum of Thracian society. Persons holding national elective office may not sit on the Imperial Council of State.
3.) The Emperor shall appoint persons as Ministers to sit on the Council. Ministers appointed by the Emperor shall sit upon the Council at the Emperor’s pleasure.
4.) The Prime Minister shall act as chief presiding officer over the Imperial Council of State (Cabinet) when the Ministers meet together.
Comments:
The Lord Chancellor is the chief officer of Parliament and, therefore, cannot be head of the Imperial Cabinet. It is the Prime Minister who should be the chief presiding officer of the Imperial Cabinet. The Ministers should act as advisers to the Crown and hold power within their respective Ministries.
In terms of absence of the Monarch(s) it is the Heir Apparent who should act as Sovereign during such times and not any other government officer until such time as the Monarch(s) return.
Imperial seal of the Empire of Thrace
Art. 1. The Imperial seal of the Empire of Thrace shall have a round shape. Depicted in the middle shall be the coat of arms of the Empire of Thrace. Around the coat of arms in the upper half of the circle it shall be written “Empire of Thrace”, and in the lower half – “Imperial seal”.
Art. 2. (1) The Imperial seal may be a wax relief seal which is laid to red wax, and dry relief seal.
(2) The cases in which the respective type of seal is used shall be regulated by this law.
Art. 3. (1) A plastic standard and plastic metal carriers shall be manufactured in single copies which shall be used for laying a wax or dry relief seal under this law envisaged order.
(2) The graphic depiction on the Imperial seal with defining the type and size of the print type, description of the composition, way of laying the wax or dry relief seal pursuant to supplement No. 1 which is an inseparable part from this law.
Art. 4. The Imperial seal of the Empire of Thrace shall be kept by the Lord Chancellor of Parliament and in this capacity of his he shall be referred to as “KEEPER OF THE STATE SEAL”.
Art. 5. (1) The plastic standard under Art. 3, para 1 together with an electronic recording on a magnetic carrier of the Imperial seal shall be preserved in a special safe of the National Bank of Thrace the key to which shall be kept by the Lord Chancellor of Parliament.
(2) The wax and dry relief seals under Art. 3, para 1 shall be kept by an order, determined by an order of the Lord Chancellor of Parliament.
Art. 6. (1) The wax and dry relief seal under Art. 3, para 1 shall be renewed if need be on the order of the Lord Chancellor of Parliament.
(2) The substituted seals under para 1 shall be destroyed by an order, determined by an order of the Lord Chancellor of Parliament for which he shall draft a protocol.
Art. 7. (1) The Imperial seal shall be laid by the Lord Chancellor of Parliament after signing by the Emperor of the laws.
(2) The Imperial seal shall be laid by the Lord Chancellor of Parliament after signing by Emperor of the originals of the passed laws:
1. law of amendment and rider to the Constitution of the Empire of Thrace;
2. decision for holding elections for Parliament;
3. decision for holding a national referendum;
4. decision for the establishment, transformation and closure of ministries;
5. the Imperial seal shall be laid by the Emperor of the originals of the passed Imperial Decrees
(3) The Lord Chancellor of Parliament shall affix with a wax relief seal an adopted new Constitution of the Empire of Thrace, as well as the law of amendment and rider to the Constitution and decision for holding elections for Parliament. In the rest of the cases under para 1 and para 2 he shall affix the respective bills by a dry relief seal.
(4) The Imperial seal shall be laid by the Lord Chancellor of Parliament not later than one day upon receipt of the bills under para 1 and para 2.
Art. 8. (1) The Imperial seal shall be laid by Emperor after the signature on the originals of the decrees for:
1. scheduling elections for Parliament, determining the boundaries of the election regions and approval of the election papers;
2. convocation of the first sitting of a newly elected Parliament;
3. disbandment of the Parliament, the appointment of a caretaker government and fixing a date of the elections for a new Parliament;
4. fixing a date for holding a national referendum and approval of the standards of the referendum papers;
5. scheduling elections for bodies of the local self-rule;
6. approval of changes in the boundaries and centres of the administrative-territorial units;
7. naming sites of national significance and settlements;
8. promulgation of a law;
9. reversing for another consideration of a Parliament passed law;
10. appointing or relieving of posts of the heads of diplomatic missions and the permanent representatives of the Empire of Thrace to international organizations;
11. appointing or dismissing the supreme command staff of the Armed forces and conferring senior military ranks;
12. appointing and dismissing state employees in the cases when this is envisaged by law;
13. decoration with orders and medals;
14. declaration of war or any other emergency state;
(2) In the cases requiring a re-signing of Emperor issued decree by the Prime Minister or by the respective minister, the Imperial seal shall be laid by the Lord Chancellor of Parliament upon re-signing by the Emperor;
(3) The Imperial seal shall be laid by the Lord Chancellor of Parliament not later than one day upon receipt of the decrees.
Art. 9. (1) The Imperial seal shall be laid by the Lord Chancellor of Parliament on the originals of the documents for ratification, endorsement, adoption or joining an international treaty, drafted on the basis of a Parliament adopted a law of ratification or an act of the His Majesty’s Government under which the Empire of Thrace joins an international treaty.
(2) The Imperial seal shall be laid by the Emperor on the originals of the documents by which the heads of the diplomatic missions and of the permanent representatives of the Empire of Thrace to international organizations are accredited.
(3) The Imperial seal shall be laid by the Lord Chancellor of Parliament not later than one day upon receipt of the documents under para 1 and para 2.
Art. 10. (1) The laying of the Imperial seal is of a certification significance. The decrees which are not re-signed by the Prime Minister or the respective minister, shall be effected as of the moment of their decreeing by the Emperor, while all the rest – after their re-signing.
Art. 11. (1) The wax relief seal shall be laid by the Lord Chancellor of Parliament immediately below the signature which is certified.
(2) Dry relief seal shall be laid by the Lord Chancellor of Parliament on the signature which is certified.
Art. 12. His Imperial Majesty appoints a minister to lay the Imperial seal in the absence or in the event of an impossibility of the Lord Chancellor of Parliament to lay it.
Art. 13. (1) The Lord Chancellor of Parliament shall keep a special register in which all acts on which the Imperial seal has been laid are entered according to the order of their entry.
(2) The documents on which the Imperial seal has been laid also bear the number, the date of entry in the register respectively.
Art. 14. (1) A copy of a document bearing the Imperial seal shall be legalized at the Lord Chancellor of Parliament which certify that the original is bearing the state seal.
(2) The original of an act or a document on which the Imperial seal has been laid shall be kept in the Parliament, in the administrative office of the president respectively. A legalized copy of the original from which the copies under para 1 are legalized, shall be kept in the Lord Chancellor of Parliament.
Art 15. Conclusions
(1) Lord Chancellor shall laid the Imperial Seal to documents already enacted by Parliament or by decree of the Emperor!
(2) The Lord Chancellor of Parliament will cannot laid the Imperial Seal before signing or re-signing by the Emperor
(3) The Lord Chancellor of Parliament cannot refuse to laid Imperial Seal.
(4) The Lord Chancellor of Parliament shall have only ceremonial functions on this law.
Sovereign’s Act
This Act shall be known as The Sovereign’s Act.
The Sovereign’s Act is a proposed change to the Constitution allowing the Emperor to name the Empress as co-ruler of the Empire. It would invest the Empress with the same powers and authorities held by the Emperor so that the Emperor and Empress would rule the Empire jointly.
ARTICLE IV: THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CROWN
18.) The Sovereign shall have the power to name his or her spouse as co-ruler on the Imperial Throne so that an Emperor and Empress may rule jointly as sovereigns and heads of State.
Act For Return To Unicameral Parliament
in memory of Mr. Carl Brand – Prime Minister of Thrace
Jan 22, 2007 – March 23, 2007
28, January, 2007
Introduction:
Realizing the small number of citizens in the Empire of Trace and realizing the minimal participation in voting, debating, and considering Acts put before the Parliament we feel that returning to a unicameral (one) house style of Parliament may be more evicient in governing matters.
This Act, if passed, would dissolve the Chamber of Deputies and House of Lords and combine them into one House of Parliament to be simply called, “House of Parliament.”
Proposed Act:
ARTICLE VIII: PARLIAMENT (amendment to the constitution)
1.) The Legislative Power shall be vested in a Unicameral Parliament composed of one House. Members of the Parliament shall be composed of the adult citizens and nobility of the Empire.
2.) The Parliament enacts the laws, determines taxes and decides how public funds shall be used, and shall use all means necessary and proper to do so.
3.) All treaties and foreign agreements must receive the endorsement of the Parliament in order to be valid and binding.
4.) All legislative bills, except matters discussed in Clause 6 of this Article, must be approved by Parliament before they can be submitted to the Crown for the Imperial Assent.
5.) The Parliament will elect a Lord Chancellor from among it’s members to preside over each session.
6.) Parliament may implement its own rules, and in the event the expulsion of a member is necessary, it shall be done by a two-thirds vote of the body.
7.) Legislation must be passed and approved by Parliament before being presented to the Crown for acceptance or veto.
8.) Bills passed by the House of Parliament shall first be presented to the Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister approves the legislation he/she will then present it to the Emperor for final approval and enactment as law or Imperial veto. The Prime Minister shall provide recommendations to the Emperor regarding the proposed legislation suggesting that the Emperor approve or disapprove of the legislation. If the Prime Minister rejects the proposed legislation then the proposal shall be sent back to Parliament with a statement from the Prime Minister reflecting his/her reasons for rejection and his/her recommendations for changes. Parliament may then amend the proposed legislation, approve it by another majority vote, and send the amended proposal back to the Prime Minister for consideration and forwarding to the Emperor.
9.) At any point when the Prime Minister feels the Parliament is ineffective in it’s duties he may suspend all actions of Parliament and request that the Emperor legislate by Imperial Decree until the Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor jointly feel that Parliament is again able to function properly.
10.) Each member in the Parliament shall cast one vote including the Emperor, Prime Minister, and all other citizens of the Empire.
11.) Members of Parliament may propose legislative bills to the House of Parliament.
Conclusions:
Once this Act is passed by a majority of the Parliament it shall become effective immediately and replace Article VIII of the Constitution.
Presenter(s)
Carl Brandt, Prime Minister
Act Establishing the Coronation Oath
Whereas by the law and ancient usage of this Empire, the Emperors and Empresses thereof have taken a solemn oath upon the Evangelists at their respective coronations, to maintain the statutes, laws, and customs of the said Empire, and all the people and inhabitants thereof, in their spiritual and civil rights and properties: but forasmuch as the oath itself on such occasion administered, hath heretofore been framed in doubtful words and expressions, with relation to ancient laws and constitutions at this time unknown: to the end therefore that one uniform oath may be in all times to come taken by the Emperors and Empresses of this Empire, and to them respectively administered at the times of their and every of their coronation: may it please your Majesties that it may be enacted:
II. And be it enacted by the Emperor’s and Empresses most excellent majesties, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the oath herein mentioned, and hereafter expressed, shall and may be administered to their most excellent majesties Emperor ______(name)_______ and Empresses ______(name)____ (whom God long preserve) at the time of their coronation, in the presence of all persons that shall be then and there present at the solemnizing thereof, by the Archbishop of Thrace, or the Archbishop of Moesia, or either of them, or any other bishop of this Empire, whom the Emperor’s majesty shall thereunto appoint, and who shall be hereby thereunto respectively authorized; which oath followed, and shall be administered in this manner; that is to say,
III. The archbishop of bishop shall say, “Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this Empire of Thrace, and the provinces thereto belonging, according to the statutes in Parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same?”
The Emperor and Empresses shall say, “I solemnly promise so to do.”
Archbishop or bishop, “Will you to your power cause law and justice in mercy to be executed in all your judgments?”
Emperor and Empresses, “I will.”
Archbishop or bishop, “Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel and the Protestant reformed religion established by law, and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this Empire, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them?”
Emperor and Empresses, “All this I promise to do.”
After this, the Emperor and Empresses laying his and her hand upon the holy Gospels shall say,
Emperor and Empresses, “The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep: So help me God.”
Then the Emperor and Empresses shall kiss the book.
IV. And be it enacted, That the said oath shall be in like manner administered to every Emperor and Empresses, who shall succeed to the imperial crown of this Empire, at their respective coronations, by one of the archbishops or bishops of this Empire of Thrace, for the time being, to be thereunto appointed by such Emperor or Empresses respectively, and in the presence of all persons that shall be attending, assisting, or otherwise present at such their respective coronations; any law, statute, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
Parliament Act of 2008
Subject: Members of Parliament to be Appointed & Creation of an Appointment Committee
Summary:
Under this legislation it is proposed the beginning 1 January, 2009 members of the Imperial Parliament be appointed by a Committee.
Proposed Legislation Provisions:
1. Members of Parliament shall be appointed by an Appointment Committee to serve a term of one (1) year as a representative in the Imperial Parliament.
2. The Appointment Committee shall consist of the Emperor, the Prime Minister, and the Lord Chancellor.
3. Members shall be voted upon by the Appointment Committee and those members receiving a majority vote from the Committee shall be appointed to the Parliament for 1 year terms.
4. Members of Parliament who have completed their service of 1 year may be reappointed to serve another one (1) year term by majority vote of the Appointment Committee.
5. If this legislation is approved then the Lord Chancellor of Parliament shall post and keep current a list of members of Parliament and the dates each members term begins and ends. This list will be posted and kept current under the “Parliament” section of the public forum.
6. If this proposed legislation is approved I will then present legislation to the Parliament amending the Constitution so that it reflects the appointment of members of Parliament.
Submission:
Submit this 25th day of November, 2008 by:
Baron Erik von Braun, Premier of Thrace
Formation of a Thracian Orthodox Church
A RESOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT
Summary:
A Proposal to the Imperial Parliament Requesting a Resolution for the Formation of a Thracian Orthodox Church. This is a Resolution only and not a legislative law.
Text of Resolution:
WHEREAS our Constitution guarantees that citizens shall enjoy the right of Freedom of Religion this resolution is not meant to misconstrue or limit such freedom.
WHEREAS this resolution does NOT establish a State Church but seeks the establishment of the Thracian Orthodox Church as an entity of Thracian culture.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Imperial Parliament does herewith sanction the formation and establishment of the Thracian Orthodox Church
AND does approve of the establishment of such Church and formation of it’s hierarchy to be headed by a Patriarch.
FURTHER let it be known that the Imperial Parliament does call upon this religious body to establish its own bylaws and charter to be developed and that such bylaws and charter INCLUDE a provision calling for the creation of an ecclesiastical governing body within said Church that reflects democratic values.
SO BE IT PROCLAIMED that on the day the Imperial Parliament approves this RESOLUTION that said Church be established and it’s detailed formation shall publicly commence.
LET it also be known that this document is a RESOLUTION and not a Law as indicated by the sponsor(s) of this RESOLUTION.
Submitted this 6th day of February in the year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Nine.
This resolution signed by the Crown 23/2/2008
Viktor I Aleksandr, Emperor
The Imperial Crown does herewith sign this resolution making the establishment of a Thracian Orthodox Church official. Formation of the Church shall be under the direction and leadership of the Empress and whomever she wishes to assist her in this endeavor.
Section 1: Responsible Officials
His Majesty’s Minister of the Information shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
His Majesty’s Minister of the Information may appoint other officials to assist him or her in his duties.
Section 2: Electoral Procedure
This section shall apply equally to elections to Parliament and to referendums.
In this Act, the phrase “ballot paper” shall be taken to mean a physical ballot paper, the visual interface of an online voting system, or any other means which the His Majesty’s Minister of the Information might design under the provisions of this section. “Electors” shall signify all citizens of the Empire eligible to vote.
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the His Majesty’s Minister of the Information shall for each vote establish a voting system which enables all citizens willing and eligible to vote to do so. The Secretary shall not be liable for citizens being unable to vote due to unforeseeable circumstances.
This system may involve online voting, paper ballots, or any other method of recording votes consistent with this Act and with the Constitution. If the election is to be conducted electronically, the His Majesty’s Minister of the Information will also devise and publish a non-electronic method of voting to ensure the rights of citizens who lack such access.
Every method of voting used shall be anonymous, whereby each voter’s identity is recorded as having voted, but it is not possible to connect any voter with any particular vote.
The voting period for all votes shall be fourteen days, beginning once the ballot paper has been made available to all electors. The His Majesty’s Minister of the Information may, if in the circumstances it seems expedient to the creation of fairer elections, extend the deadline for voting.
The ballot paper shall be designed as provided elsewhere in this Act. It may also contain other impartial information, including instructions on how to cast a valid vote. The His Majesty’s Minister of the Information shall not publish any information that can reasonably be seen to create an advantage for any party to the vote.
The His Majesty’s Minister of the Information shall maintain a list of electors, with their electronic and postal details attached, and shall communicate the ballot paper and voting instructions to the electors once the ballot paper is available, as well as making this information publicly available on the National Webspace. The His Majesty’s Minister of the Information shall issue two reminders with the same information to voters, the first no later than seven days before the deadline for voting, and the second no later than three days before the deadline for voting.
All vote totals and count details, except those which might undermine the secrecy of the ballot, shall be published by the His Majesty’s Minister of the Information after the election is completed, to ensure the transparency of the system. No details of votes or counts shall be published before the election is completed.
All people who are or become citizens of the Empire of Thrace during the voting period, and are of at least fourteen years of age, are eligible to vote in any election covered by this Code.
A citizen may petition the High Cort for a judicial review of an election if he/she feels that his/her rights under the constitution and law of the Empire have been violated. On receipt of such a petition a judge of the High Cort shall conduct an inquiry into the charges and shall present his/her finding no later than one week after the receipt of the petition. In the event that the charges are upheld by the examining judge, the Cort may order that:
there be a recount of the ballots by a person or persons independent of the Office of the His Majesty’s Minister of the Information, and that the result of this recount shall be certified as the official result of the election
that the election be declared void and a new election held under the procedures outlined in this Act.
Appointment Committee & The Appointment of MP
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE & THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT Members of Parliament to be Appointed & Creation of an Appointment Committee
Subject:
Summary:
Under this legislation it is proposed the beginning 1 January, 2009 members of the Imperial Parliament be appointed by a Committee.
Proposed Legislation Provisions:
1. Members of Parliament shall be appointed by an Appointment Committee to serve a term of one (1) year as a representative in the Imperial Parliament.
2. The Appointment Committee shall consist of the Emperor, the Prime Minister, and the Lord Chancellor.
3. Members shall be voted upon by the Appointment Committee and those members receiving a majority vote from the Committee shall be appointed to the Parliament for 1 year terms.
4. Members of Parliament who have completed their service of 1 year may be reappointed to serve another one (1) year term by majority vote of the Appointment Committee.
5. If this legislation is approved then the Lord Chancellor of Parliament shall post and keep current a list of members of Parliament and the dates each members term begins and ends. This list will be posted and kept current under the “Parliament” section of the public forum.
6. If this proposed legislation is approved I will then present legislation to the Parliament amending the Constitution so that it reflects the appointment of members of Parliament.
Act of Thracian Parliament Regarding Genocide
BE IT KNOWN that the Empire of Thrace does herewith subscribe and adopt the CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE as prescribed below:
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Approved and proposed for signature and ratification or accession by General Assembly resolution 260 A (III) of 9 December 1948 entry into force 12 January 1951, in accordance with article XIII
The Contracting Parties,
Having considered the declaration made by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 96 (I) dated 11 December 1946 that genocide is a crime under international law, contrary to the spirit and aims of the United Nations and condemned by the civilized world,
Recognizing that at all periods of history genocide has inflicted great losses on humanity, and
Being convinced that, in order to liberate mankind from such an odious scourge, international co-operation is required,
Hereby agree as hereinafter provided:
Article 1
The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish.
Article 2
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Article 3
The following acts shall be punishable:
(a) Genocide;
(b) Conspiracy to commit genocide;
(c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;
(d ) Attempt to commit genocide;
(e) Complicity in genocide.
Article 4
Persons committing genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III shall be punished, whether they are constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials or private individuals.
Article 5
The Contracting Parties undertake to enact, in accordance with their respective Constitutions, the necessary legislation to give effect to the provisions of the present Convention, and, in particular, to provide effective penalties for persons guilty of genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III.
Article 6
Persons charged with genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III shall be tried by a competent tribunal of the State in the territory of which the act was committed, or by such international penal tribunal as may have jurisdiction with respect to those Contracting Parties which shall have accepted its jurisdiction.
Article 7
Genocide and the other acts enumerated in article III shall not be considered as political crimes for the purpose of extradition.
The Contracting Parties pledge themselves in such cases to grant extradition in accordance with their laws and treaties in force.
Article 8
Any Contracting Party may call upon the competent organs of the United Nations to take such action under the Charter of the United Nations as they consider appropriate for the prevention and suppression of acts of genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III.
Article 9
Disputes between the Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation, application or fulfilment of the present Convention, including those relating to the responsibility of a State for genocide or for any of the other acts enumerated in article III, shall be submitted to the International Court of Justice at the request of any of the parties to the dispute.
Article 10
The present Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall bear the date of 9 December 1948.
Article 11
The present Convention shall be open until 31 December 1949 for signature on behalf of any Member of the United Nations and of any nonmember State to which an invitation to sign has been addressed by the General Assembly.
The present Convention shall be ratified, and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
After 1 January 1950, the present Convention may be acceded to on behalf of any Member of the United Nations and of any non-member State which has received an invitation as aforesaid. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 12
Any Contracting Party may at any time, by notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, extend the application of the present Convention to all or any of the territories for the conduct of whose foreign relations that Contracting Party is responsible.
Article 13
On the day when the first twenty instruments of ratification or accession have been deposited, the Secretary-General shall draw up a proces-verbal and transmit a copy thereof to each Member of the United Nations and to each of the non-member States contemplated in article 11.
The present Convention shall come into force on the ninetieth day following the date of deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.
Any ratification or accession effected, subsequent to the latter date shall become effective on the ninetieth day following the deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession.
Article 14
The present Convention shall remain in effect for a period of ten years as from the date of its coming into force.
It shall thereafter remain in force for successive periods of five years for such Contracting Parties as have not denounced it at least six months before the expiration of the current period.
Denunciation shall be effected by a written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 15
If, as a result of denunciations, the number of Parties to the present Convention should become less than sixteen, the Convention shall cease to be in force as from the date on which the last of these denunciations shall become effective. Article 16
A request for the revision of the present Convention may be made at any time by any Contracting Party by means of a notification in writing addressed to the Secretary-General.
The General Assembly shall decide upon the steps, if any, to be taken in respect of such request.
Article 17
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall notify all Members of the United Nations and the non-member States contemplated in article XI of the following:
(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions received in accordance with article 11;
(b) Notifications received in accordance with article 12;
(c) The date upon which the present Convention comes into force in accordance with article 13;
(d) Denunciations received in accordance with article 14;
(e) The abrogation of the Convention in accordance with article 15;
(f) Notifications received in accordance with article 16.
Article 18
The original of the present Convention shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations.
A certified copy of the Convention shall be transmitted to each Member of the United Nations and to each of the non-member States contemplated in article XI.
Article 19
The present Convention shall be registered by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the date of its coming into force.
