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Constitution of Königreich Vogelburg — Vogelburg
Constitution of Königreich Vogelburg 2016 — in force
Constitution of Königreich Vogelburg 2016
An Act to constitute Vogelburg.
2 Commencement of Act
3 Operation of Constitution and laws
4 Inconsistency of laws
Chapter 2 Rights of Citizens
Chapter 3 The Sovereign
8 Act to extend to the King’s successors
Part 1 Powers of Sovereign
9 Conclusion of treaties
10 Pardoning and reprieve of criminals
12 Convocation of Council of Ministers
13 Provision of directions
Chapter 4 The Council of Ministers
14 Council of Ministers
15 Constitution of Council of Ministers
16 Qualifications of members
17 Vacancy by change of circumstances
18 Vacancy by resignation
19 Vacancy by absence
20 Vacancy by removal
21 Appointments for vacancies
Part 3 Executive power
22 Power of Council of Ministers
23 Distribution of powers
Part 4 Passage of regulations
24 Regulatory power
25 Regulatory sessions
27 Disallowance by Sovereign and Senate
Chapter 5 Senate
29 Constitution of Senate
30 Conferral of membership
31 Vacancy by change of circumstances
32 Vacancy by resignation
33 Vacancy by removal
34 Appointments for low-quota Senate
Part 3 Passage of Legislation
35 Legislative power
36 Superiority of legislation
37 Legislative sessions
39 Disallowance by Sovereign
40 Determination of motions
41 Reckoning votes on motions
42 Seconding of motions
Chapter 7 Judicature
43 Judicial power
44 Number of judges
Part 1 Judges
45 Judges of the Court
46 Appointment of judges
47 Resignation of position
Part 2 Jurisdiction of Court of Chancery
48 Appellate jurisdiction
49 Original jurisdiction
50 Additional original jurisdiction
Chapter 8 Sundries
51 Official language
52 Modification of Constitution
53 Effect on current laws
This Act may be cited as the Constitution of Vogelburg.
The Constitution of Vogelburg shall take effect on and after the day that this Constitution is ratified.
This Act and all laws made by the Senate and all regulations made by the Council of Ministers under this Act shall be binding on the courts, judges and people of every part of Vogelburg.
This Constitution shall be the basic law according to which Vogelburg is governed.
This Constitution shall have the highest legal status and all other laws and regulations must be consistent with it.
When a law is inconsistent with a provision of this Constitution, the latter shall prevail, and the former shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be invalid.
Advice shall mean motions resolved either affirmatively or negatively by the Council of Ministers.
in Council shall mean the person acting with advice of the Council of Ministers excluding the person.
Citizens of Vogelburg may move freely within public areas of the territory of Vogelburg without penalisation by any law of Vogelburg.
Citizens of Vogelburg may renounce forthwith their citizenship by writing addressed to the Sovereign.
The provisions of this Act referring to the King shall extend to His Majesty’s heirs and successors according to legislation created by Parliament.
The Sovereign in Council may conclude and withdraw from treaties with foreign nations.
Concluded treaties do not automatically form part of the law of Vogelburg and domestic legislation must be passed by the Senate for treaties to have domestic effect.
The Sovereign may grant pardons and reprieves for offences against Vogelburg.
The Sovereign in Council attaining at least an 85 per cent supermajority may declare war against another nation.
The Sovereign may at any time convoke the Council of Ministers to consider a motion.
Forming the Sovereign’s executive power, the Sovereign may direct and require a member of the Council of Ministers to undertake an act or course of action.
The Council of Ministers excluding the Sovereign attaining at least an 85 per cent supermajority may strike down a direction.
There shall be a group of persons which shall be named the Council of Ministers.
The Council of Ministers shall be composed of six councillors.
The Sovereign is ex officio a member of the Council of Ministers but does not count towards the membership quota of the Council of Ministers.
The Council of Ministers may make regulations for increasing the number of members.
A person shall be eligible to be a member of the Council of Ministers if they—
Are a citizen of Vogelburg; and
Are not currently serving a court-imposed sentence in relation to a criminal offence against Vogelburg’s laws; and
Have ordinarily been a resident of Vogelburg for at least three weeks immediately preceding; and
Have not been effectively resigned from the Council of Ministers in at least three weeks immediately preceding.
The Council of Ministers may make regulations to provide additional required qualifications of members of the Council of Ministers.
If a member becomes ineligible to remain a member of the Council of Ministers their place shall automatically become vacant.
The Court of Chancery may, on application of a member of the Council of Ministers, provide a declaration on whether a member’s position became vacant under this section.
A member may by writing addressed to the Sovereign resign their place which shall become vacant at its earliest five days after service.
The place of a member shall become vacant if for seven consecutive days the member fails to contribute to the Council of Ministers.
The Council of Ministers excluding the member whose removal is sought may vote upon a motion to remove a member.
If the motion receives at least a 75 per cent supermajority the member’s place shall become vacant.
Whenever a vacancy happens in the Council of Ministers the Sovereign in Council shall appoint a member to fill the vacancy.
The Council of Ministers collectively shall be vested with plenary executive power.
The Sovereign may demarcate specific powers and create and grant ministerial titles to individual members of the Council of Ministers.
The Sovereign in exercising this power must sufficiently detail the powers conferred upon a ministerial title in a proclamation.
All grants and revocations of ministerial titles must be proclaimed.
The Council of Ministers may pass regulations.
Any member of the Council of Ministers shall be able to summon a meeting of the Council of Ministers on an ad hoc basis for the purposes of tabling, debating and passing regulations.
Until the Council of Ministers otherwise provides, the presence of at least three councillors shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the Council of Ministers for the exercise of its regulatory powers.
The Senate acting with a supermajority of at least 75 per cent or the Sovereign may disallow any regulation within seven days from the date of entry into force and annul the regulation from the day when the disallowance is proclaimed.
There shall be a group of persons which shall be named the Senate.
The Senate shall be composed of an unlimited number of senators.
The Sovereign is ex officio a member of the Senate.
The Sovereign may confer membership of the Senate to any member of the Council of Ministers.
If a member becomes ineligible to remain a member of the Council of Ministers their place on the Senate shall automatically become vacant.
A member may by writing addressed to the Sovereign resign their place which shall become vacant at its earliest two days after service.
The Senate excluding the member whose removal is sought may vote upon a motion to remove a member.
Whenever the Senate does not retain at least three members the Sovereign in Council shall appoint as many members as necessary to fill the vacancies.
The plenary legislative power of Vogelburg shall be vested in the Senate.
Legislation passed by the Senate shall have superior legal status to regulations passed by the Council of Ministers.
When a regulation is inconsistent with a provision of legislation passed by the Senate, the latter shall prevail, and the former shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be invalid.
Any member of the Senate shall be able to summon a meeting of the Senate on an ad hoc basis for the purposes of tabling, debating and passing legislation.
Until the Senate otherwise provides, the presence of at least three senators shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the Senate for the exercise of its legislative powers.
The Sovereign may disallow any law within seven days from the date of entry into force and annul the law from the day when the disallowance is proclaimed.
Questions arising in the Council of Ministers or the Senate shall be determined by motions which are to be successful upon achieving a majority of eligible votes unless otherwise provided by this Constitution.
Where a member indicates through express words or by failure to vote within a reasonable time that they intend on abstaining from voting on a motion they shall be deemed to have abstained and their abstention shall not remain as an eligible vote.
If at least three eligible votes on a motion do not remain at the conclusion of reckoning a motion is automatically resolved in the negative.
There shall be no requirement for motions to be seconded after they are presented to the Council of Ministers or the Senate.
The judicial power of Vogelburg shall be vested in a national supreme court which shall be named the Vogelburg Court of Chancery.
Judicial power shall of Vogelburg shall also be vested in inferior courts as created and vested judicial power by the Senate or the Council of Ministers.
The jurisdiction of any court may be exercised by such number of judges as the Senate or the Council of Ministers prescribes.
The Court of Chancery shall consist of a Chief Justice and at least two more justices as prescribed by the Sovereign in Council.
The justices of the Court of Chancery and the judges of any other court created by the Senate or the Council of Ministers—
Shall be appointed by the Sovereign in Council; and
Shall not be removed except by the Sovereign in Council praying for removal on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incompetence.
A judge may by writing addressed to the Sovereign resign their place which shall become vacant at its earliest five days after service.
The Court of Chancery shall have jurisdiction subject to prescriptions by the Senate or the Council of Ministers to hear and determine appeals from all judgments, decrees, orders and sentences—
Of any justice or justices exercising the original jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery;
Of any other national court;
and the judgment of the Court of Chancery in such cases shall be final and conclusive.
The Court of Chancery shall have jurisdiction subject to prescriptions by the Senate and the Council of Ministers to hear and determine all matters—
Affecting consuls or representatives from other nations;
Arising under this Constitution or involving its interpretation.
The Senate or the Council of Ministers may make laws conferring additional original jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery.
The official language of Vogelburg shall be British English.
Issues concerning interpretation and meaning of words shall be resolved by reference to the Oxford English Dictionary.
This constitution shall not be modified except where the proposed alteration thereof is passed by the Council of Ministers attaining at least a 90 per cent supermajority.
The Constitution of Vogelburg as it stands at ratification is struck down.
The peerage of Vogelburg is rescinded and all grants of peerage are revoked.
The current judiciary as it stands at ratification is vacated and all courts closed but the judiciary’s decisions remain valid.
All treaties currently ratified at ratification remain valid.
All legislation passed by the Parliament at ratification remains valid.
All territories proclaimed pursuant to Governors of External Territories and Colonies Act 2016 remain valid.
As prepared by the Hon Sen jamietech
This Act was amended by the Constitutional (Membership Provisions) Amendment Regulation 2016:
sub s 20
sub s 33
amd s 34
sub s 47
Modifications to this Act
Repealed sections are as follows—
The Council of Ministers excluding the member whose removal is sought may remove a member may vote upon a motion for the removal of a member.
To be effective, the motion must receive a supermajority of at least 75 per cent members who assent.
The Senate excluding the member whose removal is sought may remove a member may vote upon a motion for the removal of a member.
Judges of any court of Vogelburg may resign their position by writing delivered to the Sovereign at its earliest effective five days after service.