[Bill] Constitutional Settlement (Amendment II) Act of 1662

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[Bill] Constitutional Settlement (Amendment II) Act of 1662

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The Constitutional Settlement (Amendment II) Act of 1662

An Act to amend the Constitutional Settlement Act of 1463.

Be it enacted by the Βασιλεύς’s πλέον Βασιλεύς Μεγαλειότατε, by and with the advice and consent of the Δικαστής, in this present Σύνκλητος assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—



Article 1 - The amending process

Section A) In recognition of Article 5 of the Constitutional Settlement Act, the process of this amendment coming into force is prescribed in this Article.

Section B) This Act shall specify the proposed amendments to the Constitutional Settlement Act and, upon passage, a public poll shall be produced. Upon an outcome in support of the amendment, the amendment text shall be dispatched to the Basileus for consent.

Section C) The public poll shall be conducted on the same date for the elections of the immediately succeeding Synkletos, and shall contain the following question: "Are you in favour of amending the following parts of the Constitutional Settlement Act of 1463 to read:", followed by all amendments as approved by the Synklētos. The two possible answers shall be "Yes" and "No".

Article 2 - The amendments to the Constitutional Settlement Act

Section A) Article 1 of the Constitutional Settlement Act shall be amended by the addition of the following Sections, that read:

"Section 11) The Ancient and Indivisible Crown, and the Throne of the Free and Associative Kingdom of Constancia, are held by divine right of His Majesty Petros III, long may he reign, and his legitimate heirs as successors.

"Section 12) In the event that the consort of the reigning Basileus, or reigning Basileusa, as applicable, or there being no consort, all the heirs general of the reigning Basileus or reigning Basileusa, as applicable; as well as the Mesazon are convinced by medical evidence that the reigning Basileus or reigning Basileusa is unable to undertake his or her hereditary duties, the consort or all the heirs general, as applicable, shall, by written instrument, inform the Synkletos immediately. Where there is no Synkletos, a Synkletos shall be elected and convened within fifteen days from public promulgation of the aforesaid written notice. When a three-fourths majority of the Synkletos shall resolve in open session that they are convinced by medical evidence that the reigning Basileus or reigning Basileusa is unable to undertake or his or her hereditary duties, the hereditary duties of the reigning Basileus or reigning Basileusa shall then be exercised by a Regent, who shall be the immediate successor of the reigning Basileus or reigning Basileusa, until such time that the reigning Basileus or reigning Basileusa shall promulgate by letters patent, in open session of the Synkletos, that they are able to undertake his or her hereditary duties.

"Section 13) Where the Line and House of His Majesty Petros III shall become extinct, the Synkletos shall be dissolved, with elections to be held immediately. The Synkletos shall be reconvened within fifteen days from dissolution, at which time after the election of the Mesazon, the Synkletos shall elect, by a two-thirds majority vote of all its members, a new monarch at least twenty-one years of age, preferably from the legitimate Line of a House of a previous reigning Basileus of the Free and Associative Kingdom of Constancia. Where no monarch shall have been elected after 24 hours of the convention of the Synkletos, the Mesazon shall resign his office as Mesazon and after swearing an open oath before the assembled Synkletos to preserve the laws of the Kingdom and to safeguard all its peoples, shall immediately assume, until such time as the Synkletos shall have elected a new monarch in accordance with this Section, the Throne as Regent and Autokrator or Autokrateira of the Free and Associative Kingdom of Constancia, as applicable, vested with all the powers of the Basileus except the rights to appoint an Autokrator or Autokrateira, dissolve the Synkletos, dismiss the Mesazon, declare martial law, dictate the royal succession or dictate the order of succession of the Regent. On the election and ascension of the new monarch, who shall also swear an open oath before the assembled Synkletos to preserve the laws of the Kingdom and to safeguard all its peoples prior to accession, the office of Regent and Autokrator or Autokrateira of the Free and Associative Kingdom of Constancia, as applicable, is extinguished, and its former holder shall revert to his or her original civilian state prior to assumption of the Regency."

Article 3 - Repeal, Extent, Commencement and Short Title

Section A) This Act extends to the whole of the Free Associative Kingdom of Constancia.

Section B) This Act, being a constitutional document, shall not be amended or repealed. The repeal or amendment of the constitutional provisions introduced by this Act shall be accomplished in accordance with law and constitutional tradition.

Section C) This Act comes into force upon receipt of Vasilikí Singatáthesi.

Section D) This Act may be cited as the Constitutional Settlement (Amendment II) Act of 1662

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