Lex Imperia II

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II.III Acts and Declaration before the Imperial Authorities 
1. The records of Imperial Power shall declare year and day at which they shall be received; the declared name, surname (if existent and apposite), and age of those who shall be therein mentioned 
2. The Executor of Imperial Power shall insert nothing in the act other than what is declared by the parties relevant 
3. Warrants and papers of note shall be marked by glyph, in such a way as to be legible and traceable by Elder Scroll, and deposited in duplicate for the safekeeping of the Concordian Archives 
4. Any act done in a civil court of a Strange Place by a Citizen of Empire shall be deemed valid, if it is recorded in such a way as to be legible and traceable by Elder Scroll 
5. Every act done in a civil court of a Strange Place by a Citizen of Empire shall be deemed valid, if acknowledged conformable to Law by diplomatic agents or commissioners of Empire for commercial relations 
6. That offense to preceding articles committed by Executors of Imperial Power be prosecuted by Blood or Quill, and punished with a fine not exceeding 500 Septims or their lawful equivalent, or death

II.III.i Nascency 
1. Declarations of birth be made, within five days of delivery, to the Imperial Executor of the place of birth 
2. Be mentioned the day and place of birth, the sex of infant, the name which shall be given, birthsign, and parents and/or witnesses those names and professions, and domicile 
3. That of newborn orphans the finder shall carry these to an Executor of Imperial Power, or   Follower true to Maratic Law, or a Saint of Proven Infantine Disposition, and declare these the circumstances of time, and place, and also of the child apparent age and sex, and name 
4. If this the child be born at sea, that the act of birth be drawn up in nine hours, in the presence of a parent, if at hand, and of two witnesses chosen from the vessel's officers, or for want from the ship's crew 
5. If this the child be born on starlit sojourn, that the act of birth be drawn up in nine hours, presence of linear time permitting, in the presence of a parent, if at hand, and of two witnesses chosen from the vessel's officers, or for want from the vessel's crew
6. That the act of taking knowledge be inscribed in the registers, at its date

II.III.ii Marriage by Creed or Citizen Consent 
1. That the act of marriage may be performed either by consent or before a Deity or Spirit of choice 
2. That the Deity or Spirit of choice be manifest or be of proven Marital Disposition, be it the Divine Mara, a Servant Resplendent of the Divine Mara, a Saint of Marital Disposition, or otherwise a spirit or deity of Marital Disposition 
3. That the Deity or Spirit of choice be represented by a priest, preacher, initiate, monk, hermit, holy fool, elder, haeresiarch, curate, cleric, elder, primate, oracle, prelate or ecclesiastic proven knowledgeable of the inner mysteries of the Deity or Spirit of choice 
4. That the act of marriage by Citizen consent be witnessed by at least two attestors of good standing, or by a Representative or Executor of Imperial Power 
5. Declaration of marriage be made, within three days of union, to the Imperial Executor of the place of union, either by the two partners both present or by either partner accompanied by their witnesses, representatives of Deity, Saint or Spirit, or representative of Imperial Power, or by the equivalent attestation in writing 
6. Acts of opposition to a marriage be signed, both original and copy, by the parties in opposition, or their legal representatives, and communicated both to the part and the Imperial Executor, or else delivered at the domicile of these parties

II.III.iii Decease 
1. That no interment, cremation, moth-consumption, or other burial take place without a written authority from the Imperial Executor of the place of death, free of charge, and that this written authority may not be delivered until the Imperial Executor or their Representative have been conducted to the deceased person to assure themselves of the death actual 
2. The act of civil death be drawn up by an Imperial Executor or their Representative, or by a Servant of Arkayn Disposition, on the declaration of two witnesses, in good standing with the community 
3. The act of death shall contain the name, surname (if existent and apposite), age, profession, and domicil of the deceased person, name and surname (if existent and apposite) of their consort, if applicable, name, surname (if existent and apposite), age, profession, and residence of the deponents, and if related their degree of affinity 
4. In case of death in a Legion hospital, civil or public edifice, Maratic sanatorium, or Imperial Prison, the master of this edifice is required to notify the Imperial Executor within 48 hours. Furthermore register of death shall be kept in the aforesaid edifices 
5. When any sign or mark of violent death, or other circumstances which give rise to suspicion, shall appear, interment shall not take place until an Imperial Executor, Officer of the Watch, Servant of Arkayn Disposition, or doctor in the magic of physic, has drawn up a statement of condition, and of circumstances 
6. Keepers of record within an Imperial Prison are required, within 24 hours after the execution of justice resulting in death, to transmit to the Imperial Executor at the relevant place all relevant information, after which the act of death shall be reduced to writing 
7. Prisoners condemned to death by an Imperial Executor of justice, or prisoners in custody of the Imperial prison system who are deceased in any other manner, natural or unnatural, forfeit the rights of their mortal remains 
8. The mortal remains of prisoners thus executed or otherwise deceased in Imperial custody may be released to their next of kin in return for a fee, the weight of which is dependent on the crime committed by the deceased Citizen 
9. If no legitimate next of kin is willing to claim the mortal remains of the deceased, they may be disposed of by the master of this prison edifice or by a lawful Imperial Executor, either by interring the body with the proper Arkayn ritual, or by selling the body to an accredited mage, scholar, necromancer, or individual of noble birth

II.III.iv Acts of a Civil Nature regarding the Legion in the Provincial Territories 
1. Acts of a civil nature within the provincially administered territories, concerning the military or personae attached to the Legion, shall be committed to writing in forms prescribed by preceding regulations 
2. The captain or commander of every company shall discharge the functions of an Imperial Executor, wherever a Governor, Prefect, or other Representative of Imperial power is not present. The same function will be discharged by a military inspector at reviews 
3 With every body of troops, a register shall be kept of acts of a civil nature relative to individuals of the corps, and another with the staff-officer of the Legion or Legion division 
4. The register shall be endorsed and marked with glyph, in every corps, by the commanding officer 
5. Declarations of birth in the army shall be made within 10 days succeeding the delivery 
6. Declarations of marriage among the military shall be made at the last known domicil of both parties 
7. Acts of death shall be drawn up, in every company, by the quarter-master or officer, or by the inspector at reviews

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