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The Constitution of The United Kingdom of Ioras
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The Constitution of The United Kingdom of Ioras.
We the People of the Ioras, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of The United Kingdom of Ioras.
 
                                               
Article. I. - The Legislative Branch
Section 1 - The Legislature
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a House of Commons.

Section 2 - The House of Commons
1.   The House of Commons shall be composed of Members chosen every fifth Year by the People of the Kingdoms, and the Electors in each Kingdom.
2.   No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United Kingdom.
3.   When vacancies happen in the Representation the Monarch Cabinet thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.
4.   The House of Commons shall chose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Trial and Impeachment.

Section 3 - Compensation
1.   They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of The House, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in The House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.
2.   Representatives shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United Kingdom which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United Kingdom, shall be a Member of The House during his Continuance in Office.
 
Section 4 - Revenue Bills, Legislative Process, Prime Minister Veto
1.   All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Commons.
2.   Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Commons shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the Monarch; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to The House who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of The House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of The House 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. If any Bill shall not be returned by the Monarch within ten Days after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless The House by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.
3.   Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the House of Commons may be necessary shall be presented to the Prime Minister; and before the same shall take Effect, shall be approved by Monarch, or being disapproved by Monarch, shall be repassed by two thirds of the House of Commons, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.

Section 5 - Powers of House of Commons
1.   The House of Commons shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defence and general Welfare of the United Kingdom; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United Kingdom of Ioras;
2.   To borrow money on the credit of the United Kingdom of Ioras;
3.   To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and the United Kingdom of Ioras;
4.   To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United Kingdom of Ioras;
5.   To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
6.   To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United Kingdom of Ioras;
7.   To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;
8.   To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to
9.   Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
10.   To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;
11.   To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
12.   To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than five Years;
13.   To provide and maintain a Navy;
14.   To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
15.   To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
16.   To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such
17.   Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United Kingdom of Ioras the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by the House;
18.   To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District as may and the acceptance of the House, become the Seat of the Government of the United Kingdom of Ioras, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the Kingdoms, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And
19.   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 United Kingdom of Ioras, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
 
Section 6 - Limits on House of Commons
1.   The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the Kingdoms now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the House of Commons, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten Rolces for each Person.
2.   The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.
3.   No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.
4.   No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any Kingdom.
5.   No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one Kingdom over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one Kingdom, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.
6.   No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.
7.   Title of Nobility may be granted by the Monarch: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the House of Commons, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any other King, Prince or foreign State.

Section 7 - Powers prohibited of Kingdoms
1.   No Kingdom  shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
2.   No Kingdom shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection
3.   Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any Kingdom on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United Kingdom; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Control of the House of Commons.
4.   No Kingdom shall, without the Consent of House of Commons, lay any duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another Kingdom, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay. 

                                                     
Article.2. – The Executive Branch

Section 1 – The Monarch Of The Ten Crowns
1.   The Executive Power is vested in the King, or in the Queen if she has succeeded to the Crown. When the Executive Power is thus vested in the Queen, she has all the rights and obligations which pursuant to this Constitution and the Law of the Land are possessed by the King. 
2.   The King's person is sacred; he cannot be censured or accused. The responsibility rests with his Council. 
3.   The order of succession is lineal, so that only a child born in lawful wedlock of the Queen or King, or of one who is herself or himself entitled to the succession may succeed, and so that the nearest line shall take precedence over the more remote and the elder in the line over the younger. 
4.   An unborn child shall also be included among those entitled to the succession and shall immediately take her or his proper place in the line of succession as soon as she or he is born into the world. 
5.   The right of succession shall not, however, belong to any person who is not born in the direct line of descent from the last reigning Queen or King or a sister or brother thereof, or is herself or himself a sister or brother thereof. 
6.   When a Princess or Prince entitled to succeed to The Ten Crowns is born, her or his name and time of birth shall be notified to the first House of Commons in session and be entered in the record of its proceedings.
7.   If there is no Princess or Prince entitled to the succession, the King may propose his successor to the House of Commons, which has the right to make the choice if the King's proposal is not accepted.
8.   The age of majority of the King shall be laid down by law. 
9.   As soon as the King has attained the age prescribed by law, he shall make a public declaration that he is of age.
10.   As soon as the King, being of age, accedes to the government, he shall take the following oath before the House of Commons and People of The United Kingdom of Ioras: "I promise and swear that I will govern the United Kingdom of Ioras in accordance with its Constitution and Laws; so help me God, the Almighty and Omniscient."  If the House of Commons is not in session at the time, the oath shall be made in writing in the Council of The Ten Crowns and be repeated solemnly by the King at the first subsequent House of Commons. 
11.   The King shall reside in the The United Kingdom and may not, without the consent of the House of Commons, remain outside The United Kingdom for more than six months at a time, otherwise he shall have forfeited, for his person, the right to The Ten Crowns.
12.   The King may not accept any other crown or government without the consent of the House of Commons, for which two thirds of the votes are required. 
13.   The King himself chooses a Council from among Iorasian citizens who are entitled to vote. This Council shall consist of The Prime Minister and at least ten other Ministers and Secretaries.
14.   The King apportions the business among the Members of the Council of The Ten Crowns, as he deems appropriate. Under extraordinary circumstances, besides the ordinary Members of the Council of The Ten Crowns, the King may summon other Iorasian citizens, although no Members of the House of Commons, to take a seat in the Council of The Ten Crowns. 
15.   Husband and wife, parent and child or two siblings may never sit at the same time in the Council of The Ten Crowns. 
16.   During his travels within The United Kingdom, the King may delegate the administration of the the Several Kingdoms to the Council of The Ten Crowns. The Council of The Ten Crowns  shall conduct the government in the King's name and on his behalf. It shall scrupulously observe the provisions of this Constitution, as well as such particular directives in conformity therewith as the King may instruct. 
17.   The matters of business shall be decided by voting, where in the event of the votes being equal, the Prime Minister, or in his absence the highest-ranking Member of the Council of The Ten Crowns who is present, shall have two votes. 
18.   The Council of The Ten Crowns shall make a report to the King on matters of business which it thus decides.
19.   The King may appoint The United Kingdom Secretaries to assist Members of the Council of The Ten Crowns with their duties outside the Council of The Ten Crowns. Each Secretary shall act on behalf of the Member of the Council of The Ten Crowns to whom he is attached to the extent determined by that Member. 
20.   The King may issue and repeal ordinances relating to commerce, customs tariffs, all economic sectors and the police; although these must not conflict with the Constitution or with the laws passed by the House of Commons. They shall remain in force provisionally until the next House of Commons. 
21.   As a general rule the King shall provide for the collection of the taxes and duties imposed by the House of Commons. 
22.   The King shall ensure that the properties and prerogatives of the Kingdoms are utilized and administered in the manner determined by the House of Commons and in the best interests of the general public. 
23.   The King shall have the right in the Council of The Ten Crowns to pardon criminals after sentence has been passed. The criminal shall have the choice of accepting the King's pardon or submitting to the penalty imposed. 
24.   In proceedings which the Supreme Court of The United Kingdom of Ioras causes to be brought before the Court of Impeachment, no pardon other than deliverance from the death penalty may be granted. 
25.   The King shall choose and appoint, after consultation with his Council of The Ten Crowns, all senior civil, ecclesiastical and military officials. Before the appointment is made, such officials shall swear or, if by law exempted from taking the oath, solemnly declare obedience and allegiance to the Constitution Of The United Kingdom of Ioras, although senior officials who are not Iorasian nationals may by law be exempted from this duty. The Royal Princes must not hold senior civil offices. 

26.   The Prime Minister and the other Members of the Council of The Ten  Crowns, together with the United Kingdom Secretaries, may be dismissed by the King without any prior court judgment, after he has heard the opinion of the Council of The Ten Crowns on the subject. The same applies to senior officials employed in government offices or in the diplomatic or consular service, to the highest ranking civil and ecclesiastical officials, commanders of regiments and other military formations, commandants of forts and officers commanding warships. Whether pensions should be granted to senior officials thus dismissed shall be determined by the next House of Commons.
27.   In the interval they shall receive two thirds of their previous pay. 
28.   Other senior officials may only be suspended by the King, and must then without delay be charged before the Courts, but they may not, except by court judgment, be dismissed nor, against their will, transferred. 
29.   All senior officials may, without a prior court judgment, be discharged from office upon attaining the statutory age limit.
30.   The King may bestow orders upon whomever he pleases, as a reward for distinguished services, and such orders must be publicly announced, but no rank or title other than that attached to any office. The order exempts no one from the common duties and burdens of citizens, nor does it carry with it any preferential admission to senior official posts in the Kingdoms. Senior officials honourably discharged from office retain the title and rank of their office. This does not apply, however, to Members of the Council of The Ten Crowns or the United Kingdom Secretaries. 
31.   No personal, or mixed, hereditary privileges may henceforth be granted to anyone. 
32.   The King chooses and dismisses, at his own discretion, his Royal Household and Court Officials.
33.   The King is Commander-in-Chief of the land and naval forces of the Kingdoms. These forces may not be increased or reduced without the consent of the House of Commons. They may not be transferred to the service of foreign powers, nor may the military forces of any foreign power, except auxiliary forces assisting against hostile attack, be brought into the Kingdoms without the consent of the House of Commons. 
34.   The territorial army and the other troops which cannot be classed as troops of the line must never, without the consent of the House of Commons, be employed outside the borders of the Kingdoms.
35.   The King has the right to call up troops, to engage in hostilities in defence of the Kingdoms and to make peace, to conclude and denounce conventions, to send and to receive diplomatic envoys. 
36.   Treaties on matters of special importance, and, in all cases, treaties whose implementation, according to the Constitution, necessitates a new law or a decision by the Congress, are not binding until the Congress has given its consent thereto. 
37.   All Members of the Council of The Ten Crowns shall, unless lawfully absent, attend the Council of The Ten Crowns and no decision may be adopted there unless more than half the number of members are present. 
38.   Proposals regarding appointments to senior official posts and other matters of importance shall be presented in the Council of The Ten Crowns  by the Member under whose department they come, and such matters shall be dealt with by him in accordance with the decision adopted in the Council of The Ten Crowns. However, matters strictly relating to military command may, to the extent determined by the King, be excepted from proceedings in the Council of The Ten Crowns. 
39.   If a Member of the Council of The Ten Crowns is lawfully prevented from attending the meeting, if by law exempted from taking the oath, solemnly declare obedience and allegiance to the Constitution and the King, although senior officials who are not Iorasian nationals may by law be exempted from this duty. The Royal Princes must not hold senior civil offices. 
40.   If so many Members are lawfully prevented from attending that not more than half of the stipulated number are present, the requisite number of other men or women shall be temporarily appointed to take a seat in the Council of The Ten Crowns. 
41.   All the proceedings of the Council of The Ten Crowns shall be entered in its records. Diplomatic matters which the Council of The Ten Crowns decides to keep secret shall be entered in a special record. The same applies to military command matters which the Council of The Ten Crowns decides to keep secret. 
42.   Everyone who has a seat in the Council of The Ten Crowns has the duty frankly to express his opinion, to which the King is bound to listen. But it rests with the King to make a decision according to his own judgment. 
43.   If any Member of the Council of The Ten Crowns is of the opinion that the King's decision conflicts with the form of government or the laws of the United Kingdom, or is clearly prejudicial to the Kingdoms, it is his duty to make strong remonstrances against it, as well as to have his opinion entered in the records. A member who has not thus protested is deemed to have been in agreement with the King, and shall be answerable in such manner as may be subsequently decided, and may be impeached by the House of Commons before the Court of Impeachment. 
44.   All decisions drawn up by the King shall, in order to become valid, be countersigned. The decisions relating to military command are countersigned by the person who has presented the matter, while other decisions are countersigned by the Prime Minister, or if he has not been present, by the highest-ranking Member of the Council of The Ten Crowns present. 
45.   The decisions adopted by the Government during the King's absence shall be drawn up in the King's name and be signed by the Council of The Ten Crowns. 
46.   The King shall make provisions concerning titles for those who are entitled to succeed to The Ten Crowns. 
47.   As soon as the heir to the Throne has completed her or his eighteenth year, she or he is entitled to take a seat in the Council of The Ten Crowns, although without a vote or responsibility. 
48.   A Princess or Prince entitled to succeed to the Ten Crowns may not marry without the consent of the King. Nor may she or he accept any other crown or government without the consent of the King and the House of Commons; for the consent of the House of Commons two thirds of the votes are required. 
49.   If she or he acts contrary to this rule, they and their descendants forfeit their right to the Throne of the Ten Crowns.
50.   The Royal Princes and Princesses shall not personally be answerable to anyone other than the King, or whomever he decrees to sit in judgment on them. 
51.   If the King dies and the heir to the Throne is still under age, the Council of The Ten Crowns shall immediately summon the House of Commons. 
52.   Until the House of Commons has assembled and made provisions for the government during the minority of the King, the Council of The Ten Crowns shall be responsible for the administration of the Kingdoms in accordance with the Constitution. 
53.   If the King is absent from the Kingdoms unless commanding in the field, or if he is so ill that he cannot attend to the government, the person next entitled to succeed to the Throne shall, provided that he has attained the age stipulated for the King's majority, conduct the government as the temporary executor of the Royal Powers. If this is not the case, the Council of The Ten Crowns will conduct the administration of the Kingdoms. 
54.   The choice of trustees to conduct the government on behalf of the King during his minority shall be undertaken by the House of Commons. 
55.   The Princess or Prince who, conducts the government shall make the following oath in writing before the House of Commons: "I promise and swear that I will conduct the government in accordance with the Constitution and the Laws, so help me God, the Almighty and Omniscient". 
56.   If the House of Commons is not in session at the time, the oath shall be made in the Council of The Ten Crowns and later be presented to the next House of Commons. 
57.   The Princess or Prince who has once made the oath shall not repeat it later. 
58.   As soon as their conduct of the government ceases, the trustees shall submit to the King and the House of Commons an account of the same. 
59.   If the persons concerned fail to summon the House of Commons, it becomes the unconditional duty of the Supreme Court, as soon as four weeks have elapsed, to arrange for the House of Commons to be summoned. 
60.   The supervision of the education of the King during his minority should, if both his parents are dead and neither of them has left any written directions thereon, be determined by the House of Commons. 
61.   If the Royal Line has died out, and no successor to the Throne has been designated, then a new Queen or King shall be chosen by the House of Commons.

 
 
                                                       
Article III. - The Judicial Branch
Section 1 - Judicial powers
The judicial Power of the United Kingdom of Ioras, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the House of Commons may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services a Compensation which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.

Section 2 - Trial by Jury, Original Jurisdiction, Jury Trials
1.   The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United Kingdom, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; to Controversies to which the United Kingdom shall be a Party; to Controversies between two or more Kingdoms; between a Kingdoms and Citizens of another Kingdom; between Citizens of different Kingdoms; between Citizens of the same Kingdoms claiming Lands under Grants of different Kingdoms, and between a Kingdom, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.
2.   In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the House of Commons shall make.
3.   The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the kingdom where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any Kingdom, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the House of Commons may by Law have directed.

Section 3 - Treason
1.   Treason against the United Kingdom of Ioras, 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.
2.   The House of Commons shall have power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
 
                                                         
Article. IV. - The Kingdoms

Section 1 – Each Kingdom to honour all others
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each Kingdom to the public Acts, Records, and judicial
Proceedings of every other Kingdom. And the House of Commons may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.

Section 2 - Kingdom citizens, Extradition
1.   The Citizens of each Kingdom shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several Kingdoms.
2.   A Person charged in any Kingdom with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from
3.   Justice, and be found in another Kingdom, shall on demand of the executive Authority of the Kingdom from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the Kingdom having Jurisdiction of the Crime.

Section 3 - New States
1.   New States may be admitted by the House of Commons into this United Kingdom; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other Kingdom; nor any Kingdom be formed by the Junction of two or more Kingdoms, or parts of Kingdoms, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the Kingdoms concerned as well as of the House of Commons.
2.   The House of Commons shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United Kingdom; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United Kingdom, or of any particular Kingdom.

Section 4 - Constitutional Monarchy government
The United Kingdom guarantee to every Kingdom in this Union a Constitutional Monarchy Form of
Government and as Head of State The Monarch Of The Ten Crowns, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
 
                                                         
Article. V. - Amendment
The House of Commons, whenever two thirds of the House shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several Kingdoms, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several Kingdoms, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the House of Commons; Provided that no Amendment  shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article.

                                                 
Article. VI. - Debts, Supremacy, Oaths
1.   All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be valid against the United Kingdom under this Constitution.
2.   This Constitution, and the Laws of the United Kingdom which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United Kingdom, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every Kingdom shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any Kingdom to the Contrary notwithstanding.
3.   The Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several Kingdoms Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United Kingdom of the several Kingdoms, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United Kingdom.