Laws of Animal Land

The following is a list of the current official laws of Animal Land. For years, there was only seven official laws but everything else depended on the animals behaving themselves which mostly worked out simply well.

On November 15, 2022, President Monkey's "Magna Carta" passed Parliament, one of the most historic moves in the history of Animal Land. Laws One (I) through Three (III) remained unchanged, Laws Four (IV) through Seven (VII) were reworded to be more thorough, and Laws Eight (VIII) through Thirty (XXX) were new implemented laws. On July 1, 2023, Parliament unanimously did a few minor changes. A few laws had punctuation and grammar updates, and Law III (3) was given an exception to let Mr. Pricklepants skip the wait so he could be appointed President (lol).

## List

### II

*Only citizens can vote or run for office.*

### III

*To become a citizen, you must be an inhabitant of Animal Land for a month. The exception is if Parliament unanimously decides otherwise.*

### IV

*~~Slavery is prohibited.~~*

*Slavery and torture are prohibited.*

### V

~~Each citizen must run for office at least twice.~~

*No one can be forced to run for office or vote for anyone.*

### VI

~~No one shall hold more than 4 terms in a row.~~

*No one shall hold more than 4 presidential terms in a row.*

### VII

~~You can't vote for yourself (in elections) for president or king.~~

*In governmental elections, you can't vote for yourself.*

### VIII

*All of Parliament will be up for election every four months. There must always be seven members of Parliament, which consists of at least two Big animals, at least two Medium animals, and at least two Small animals. Parliament will have a small election on who will be the seventh member and then another one on who will be the Chairman (also known as the Chief Senator or Speaker).*

### IX

*A bill can never be reintroduced or up for discussion again if it's an exact copy of another previous bill.*

### X

*For Parliament to pass a bill or change a law, they have to unanimously approve it. Any Parliament action can be overrode with a unanimous vote from the citizens that don't have any office.*

### XI

*Parliament shall make no law prohibiting the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of opinion, freedom of peaceful assembly, and freedom to petition to the government. Exceptions are unequivocal incitement, defamation, fraud, obscenity, and threats.*

### XII

*Citizens have the right to protect themselves and/or rebel against a tyrannical government.*

### XIII

*Citizens aren't allowed to have weapons unless it is registered, they have a sensible purpose to have one, and they have no criminal history in the past 365 days.*

### XIV

*If a solider or police comes to your home, you do not have to house them.*

### XV

*Searches and seizures are illegal if it happens without consent, a warrant, or probable cause.*

### XVI

*Everyone has the right to own property. Private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation.*

### XVII

*No matter the criminal prosecution, the accused has the right to a fair public trial and a jury of seven randomly picked citizens. Everyone has the right to a lawyer, and no one can be imprisoned for longer than ten days before their trial. Everyone has protection against cruel and unusual punishment including excessive fines.*

### XVIII

*No one will be prohibited from access to the health services they need, when and where they need them, without suffering financial hardship.*

### XX

*The President chooses their running mate which becomes the Vice President if they win, unless the Parliament unanimously agrees to make the President pick someone else. If there's ever no Vice President, then the President will pick another one. Vice President assumes the roles of Postmaster General and Chief Treasurer by default unless otherwise dictated. If the President dies or resigns, the Vice President will become President. If the President is too sick to do their duties, then the Vice President will perform the President's duties until the President is well.*

### XXI

*Everyone gets treated equal under the law. No discrimination of race, color, age, disability, employment, or gender.*

### XXII

*With the vote of the President, Vice President, Secretary, and the majority of Parliament, the government can have power to make an income tax to get money for the government. Poll taxes are prohibited.*

### XXIII

*If the President doesn't sign a bill passed by Parliament after 10 days, it goes to the Chairman (also known as the Chief Senator or Speaker) to have the ultimate vote. If the Chairman refuses to sign it, then the law dies. The President can also choose to veto the bill, but they have to have a reason to do so. Parliament can override the veto by another unanimous consent with the Secretary's approval.*

### XXIV

*On the subject of expelling the President from office, all of the Parliament and the Police has to agree. On the topic of expelling a Parliament member (also known as a representative) from office the rest of Parliament and the President has to agree.*

### XXV

*The President is the Commander in Chief of all the armed forces of Animal Land, which is the Police.*

### XXVI

*Everyone has the right to free movement and migration in and out of the country. But if a citizen isn't in any Animal Land records or documents, then leaves for more than a month and comes back — they have to wait another month to regain citizenship.*

### XXVII

*Everyone has the right to education, marriage, desired work, leisure, and asylum. Everyone has the right to know their rights.*

### XXVIII

*The powers not delegated nor prohibited to the animals by the laws are still reserved to the Parliament whenever the discussion arises.*