Constitution: 1785

== The Constitution: 1785 – 9 Cel. I c.7 ==
Be it enacted by the King's Divine Majesty and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
The Government shall be divided into three branches, the legislature, the executive and the judiciary.
The legislature shall have two chambers, the Council of Ministers and the Council of Nobles. 
The Council of Ministers shall be elected on the first day of January every three years and shall consist of two hundred and fifty members.  The members shall be elected under a system of proportional representation.  All men and women aged twenty-one years or more may vote in a secret ballot, except those who are insane or criminals detained under the law.
The Council of Nobles shall consist of the members of the nobility who hold titled lands as well as the King and the next two heirs to the throne.  It will also include the Cardinal of Pyrus and any Archbishops.
The King and his advisers, to be known as The Royal Council shall head the Executive.  The organisation of the executive shall be left in the hands of the King and The Royal Council.
The Judiciary shall have an administrative officer appointed by the executive.  The Courts shall be ordained and established under the legislation of the legislature.  These courts shall be responsible for the resolution of grievance and the upholding of the law of Pyrus.
This shall come fully into effect on the 1st January 1785.
Signed
His Imperial Highness, Celasin I the King of Pyrus
Category:Pyrusian Statutes