Source: http://www.nooqland.org/constitution/
Timestamp: 2018-10-20 23:34:08
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 1', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 6', 'Art. 7', 'Art. 9', 'Art.10', 'Art.11', 'Art.14', 'Art.15', 'Art. 17', 'Art. 18', 'Art. 23', 'Art. 26', 'Art. 27', 'Art. 29', 'Art. 30', 'Art. 32', 'Art. 33', 'Art. 35', 'Art. 41', 'Art. 42', 'Art. 43', 'Art. 44', 'Art. 45', 'Art. 46', 'Art. 47', 'Art. 49', 'Art. 50', 'Art. 52', 'Art. 53', 'Art. 54', 'Art. 56', 'Art. 57', 'Art. 58', 'Art. 60', 'Art. 61', 'Art. 63', 'Art. 67', 'Art. 69', 'Art. 70', 'Art. 71', 'Art. 75', 'Art. 77', 'Art. 79', 'Art. 87', 'Art. 88', 'Art. 89', 'Art. 90', 'Art. 91', 'Art. 92', 'Art. 93', 'Art. 94']

The Constitution of the Principality
CHAPTER I. THE PRINCIPALITY - PUBLIC POWERS
CHAPTER Xl. THE REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION
Considering that the institutions of the Principality need to be improved, not only to meet the requirements of a Country’s good governance but also to satisfy the new needs emerged from the populations social evolution, we have decided to endow the State with a Constitution which, under Our Sovereign Will, shall be considered as the State's basic law and shall not be subject to amendment.
Art. 1. The Principality is a sovereign and independent State within the framework of the general principles of international law.
Art. 4. The legislative power is jointly exercised by the Prince and the major Ministers of the Government.
Art. 6. The separation of the administrative, legislative and judiciary functions is guaranteed.
Art. 7. The Princes Standard consists of the coat of arms of the House of Stewart upon a white ground.
The National Flag consists of two equal stripes, blue and white, arranged horizontally, the blue in the upper part, the white in the lower part.
The use of this Standard and flag is governed by the provisions of the sovereign ordinance dated April 4th 2016.
Art. 9. There is no official religion of the State.
Art.10. The succession to the Throne, opened by death or abdication takes place by the direct and legitimate issue of the reigning prince, by order of primogeniture with priority given to males within the same degree of kinship.
If the application of the preceding paragraphs does not fill the vacancy of the Throne, the succession passes to a collateral heir appointed by the Major Ministers of the Government. The powers of the prince are temporarily held by the Minister of the Interior. The Throne can only pass to a person holding Nooqland citizenship on the day the succession opens.
Art.11. The Prince can exercise His sovereign powers if He has reached His adult hood fixed at the age of eighteen.
Art.14. After consulting the Major Ministers of the Government the Prince signs and ratifies treaties and in international convention. He acquaints the Major Ministers of the Government through the Minister of the Interior with them before their ratification.
3° - Treaties and international agreements which entail the Principality’s adhesion to an international organisation the functioning of which implies the participation of the Major Ministers of the Government
4° - Treaties and international organisations the implementation of which results in a budget expenditure pertinent to expenditure type or use, which is not provided by the budget act
The Principality’s external policy is accounted for in an annual report prepared by the government and notified to the Major Ministers of the Government..
Art.15. After consulting the Major Ministers of the Government, the Prince exercises the right to pardon and amnesty as well as the right of naturalization and restoration of nationality.
Art. 17. All citizens of the Principality are equal before the law. There is no privilege among them.
Art. 18. The circumstances in which Nooqland nationality may be acquired are laid down by law. The circumstances in which a person who has acquired Nooqland nationality by naturalization may be deprived of it are laid down in the law.
Loss of Nooqland nationality in any other circumstance may occu, as prescribed by law, or further to the intentional acquisition of another nationality, or of service unlawfully carried out in a foreign army.
Art. 23. Freedom of religion and of worship within private domiciles, and freedom to express one’s opinions in all matters, is guaranteed, subject to the right to prosecute any offences committed in the exercise of the said freedoms.
Priority is granted to citizens for the obtainment of public and private positions in the circumstances prescribed by law or international conventions.
Art. 26. Citizens are entitled to the assistance of the State in the event of destitution, unemployment, sickness, handicap, old age and maternity in the circumstances and manner laid down by law.
Art. 27. Citizens are entitled to primary and secondary education.
Art. 29. Citizens have the right to assemble peacefully and without arms in accordance with the laws that may regulate the exercise of this right without subjecting it to prior authorization. This freedom does not extend to open-air meetings, which remain subject to police laws.
Art. 30. Freedom of association is guaranteed, subject to regulation of law.
Art. 32. Foreigners enjoy all public and private rights in the Principality that are not formally reserved for nationals, excluding property and company ownership.
Art. 33. Public domain is unalienable and imprescriptble.
Art. 35. Real estate property and rights pertinent to private State held property are transferable only in accordance with the law.
Art. 41. The revenue surplus over expenditure, established after budget implementation and year end closing of accounts, is credited to a constitutional reserve fund. The excess of expenditure over revenue provides cover withdrawing from the same account, after enactment of the relevant law.
Art. 42. Control of financial management is ensured by the Audit Committee.
Art. 43. Government is exercised, under the gracious authority of the Prince, by a Minister of the Interior, assisted by Major Ministers of the sub-divisions of the Government.
Art. 44. The Minister of the Interior represents the Prince. He oversees the executive services. He has the police force at his command. He chairs the Major Ministers with a casting vote.
Art. 45. Sovereign ordinances are debated in the Government. They are presented to the Prince with the Minister of the Interior’s signature; they mention the relevant proceedings.
Art. 46. Sovereign Ordinances, which are excluded from debate in the Government and presentation to the Minister of the Interior, pertain to:
- The affairs of the Judicial Department
- The dissolution of the Government
Art. 47. Ministerial decrees are debated by the Government and signed by the Minister of the Interior; they mention the relevant proceedings. They are notified to the Prince within twenty-four hours after signature and become enforceable only in the absence of the Princes formal opposition within ten days after the Minister of the Interior’s notification.
However, the Prince may let the Minister of the Interior know He does not intend on exercising His right of opposition for some decrees or types of decrees. These are thereby enforceable as soon as they are signed by the Minister of the Interior.
Art. 49. Government proceedings are subject to minutes put on record in a special register and signed, after the vote, by the present members. The minutes mention each members vote. Within five days after the meeting, they are notified to the Prince who can lodge an opposition under the conditions provided by the above article 47.
Art. 50. The Minister of the Interior and Government Ministers are accountable to the Prince for the Principality’s administration.
Art. 52. The Major Ministers are in charge of advising on draft legislation and ordinances, which the Prince submitted for their perusal.
Art. 53. The Government comprises twenty-four members, elected for five years by direct universal suffrage and by the list system under the conditions prescribed by law.
In accordance with the conditions determined by law, electors are citizens of the Principality of either gender, at least eighteen years old, with the exception of those deprived of the right to vote for any of the causes set forth by law.
Art. 54. All electors of either gender, aged at least twenty-five, who have held citizenship for at east five years, and who are not deprived of the right to stand for election for any of the causes set forth by law, are eligible.
Art. 56. The Government members are not liable to any civil or criminal responsibility on the grounds of opinion or votes they express during the exercise of their mandates.
Without the Prince’s authorisation, they may neither be prosecuted nor arrested during a session due to a criminal or police infringement, save in the case of flagrant offence.
Art. 57. The newly elected Government meet on the eleventh day after elections in order to elect its board.
Art. 58. The National Council meets ipso jure in two annual ordinary sessions.
Art. 60. The National Council's board comprises a president and a vice-president, who are elected each year by the assembly from among its members.
Art. 61. Without prejudice to the provisions of the Constitution and if need be the law, the organisation and operations of the National Council are determined by the rule of procedure which the National Council issued.
Art. 63. The National Council’s meetings are public.
The minutes of the public meetings are published in “The Journal of the Principality”.
Art. 67. The Prince signs bills. These bills are introduced to Him via the Government Council and with the Minister of State's signature. After the Prince’s endorsement, the Minister of State introduces them to the National Council.
Art. 69. Laws and sovereign ordinances are enforceable against third parties only from the day after their publication in the "Journal of the Principality”.
Art. 70. The National Council votes on the budget. No direct or indirect taxation may be introduced but through a law.
Art. 71. Budget bills are introduced to the National Council before September 30th.
Art. 75. The Crown Council consists of seven members of Nooqland nationality, appointed by the Prince for a period of three years.
Art. 77. The Crown Council may be consulted by the Prince on issues regarding the States higher interests. It may offer suggestions to the Prince.
It must be consulted on the following subjects: international treaties, dissolution of the National Council requests or naturalisation and restoration of the Nooqland nationality, pardons and amnesties.
Art. 79. The Commune is administered by a municipality composed of the mayor and deputies designated by the Communal Council from amongst its members.
In accordance with the conditions determined by law, elections are citizens of either gender at least eighteen years age with the exception of those deprived of the right to vote for any of the causes set forth by law.
All electors of either gender at least twenty-one of age who have held the citizenship for at least five years and who are not deprived of the right to stand for election for any of the causes set forth by law are eligible.
Art. 87. The communal budget is supplied with revenue produced from communal property the communes ordinary resources and appropriations prescribed by the initial budget law of the year.
Art. 88. Judicial power vests in the Prince, who, by the Constitution, delegates its full exercise to the courts and tribunals. The court system renders justice in the name of the Prince.
All parties subject to any form of trial before any Court in the Principality shall be given a fair hearing before a verdict is rendered. All parties, both defendant and pursuer, have the right to legal representation before and during any trial in any Court in the Principality. All parties are assumed innocent prior to the pronouncement of a proven ‘Guilty’ verdict, as prescribed by law.
Art. 89. The Courts of the Principality consist of the Civil Court, Criminal Court, Supreme Court, and the Court of Appeal.
1 ) Compliance of the Governmental rules of procedure with constitutional and, if need be, legislative provisions under the conditions prescribed by article 61
The Court of Appeal was established to hear appeals arising from the Civil, Criminal and Supreme Courts. The Bench comprises two appeal judges and a judge of equivalent status and expertise from the Court from which the original case stems, but this will not be the judge which made the original verdict. A simple majority is required in the Court of Appeal to overturn the previous sentence or ruling.
Art. 90. A sovereign order regulates the organisation and operations to the Supreme Court, especially relevant to the required qualifications of its members, incompatibilities regarding them as well as their status, the turnover of the administrative section’s members. The procedure to follow before the Court, effects of petitions and awards, procedure and effects of conflicts of jurisdiction, as well as necessary transitional measures.
Art. 91. The Constitution may not be suspended.
Art. 92. Any revision, in full or in part, requires the joint agreement of the Prince and the Government.
Art. 93. In case of initiative on the part of the Government, proceedings maybe taken only by a two thirds majority vote of the normal number of members elected at the assembly.
Art. 94. This Constitution immediately enters into force on 4th April 2016.