Recognizing that many successful democratic regions throughout NationStates have promoted a registry to be kept by a single person in their respective region in order to keep legislation intact and making it more easily enforced in said region.

Hereby creates the formal position of Senate Clerk, in order to archive our decisions and law.

Noting that 1 inactive Senator, is enough to cause inefficiency.

Hereby removes Senator Formerland, from the Senate and immediately replace them, with an appointed Senator.

Noting that 1 inactive Senator, is enough to cause inefficiency.

Hereby remove Senator Northern Timena, from the Senate and immediately replace them, with an appointed Senator.

Amended Amendment: The Deputy Prime Minister shall only be allowed to vote in cases of a tie. The senate majority leader shall being acting President of the Senate. In the case of a lack of a Majority leader the Minority leader shall becoming acting President of the Senate.

Citizens, after the passage of this bill, will have the option to, after composing a bill in its entirety, contact any Senator, who will then publish the bill in its given format, on the Regional Message Board of the Senate of the NWA. The bill, when published, will contain no author. The sponsor, whether there will be one, will be mutually determined by the author, and publisher. The process of publishing a bill, conducted by a Senator, will not be an endorsement of the said proposed bill.

After the publisher has been informed of the bill's author, the publisher is furthermore prohibited from revealing the author of the proposed bill, unless the author has otherwise granted permission. At any stage of the bill's progress in the Senate, or after the Senate, the author has the ability to disclose who the bill's author is.

To break said oath and to lie in Court can be followed up by a charge of perjury, the punishment if found guilty will be handed down from the court.

Realizing that certain exceptions can be made if said recruiter is excluding certain regions from the recruitment telegram that have tags that are pro-raiding, fascist, or communist.

Prohibiting any purposeful bias in recruitment telegrams that are for the New Western Atlantic, government-sponsored or not.

Any individual who is a part of the monarchy may be registered in a regional political party, but shall not be a part of its leadership.

Amends Article I, Section II of the Constitution, to include the following: “The Senate, with two-thirds approval, can override any veto by the Prime Minister, in which the legislation proposed, will become law.”

Amends Article II, Section II of the Constitution, from the following: “The Prime Minister may veto any senate legislation that does not have two thirds support of its members.” To: “The Prime Minister may veto any senate legislation that has not already received two-thirds support of its members and has not passed ten days since its passing.”

Amended Bill

Article 1:

Section 1: Deputy Ministers are sub-cabinet level position holders, and they shall be allowed to hold both the position of deputy and the position of Senator. In the event of a ministerial resignation, the Deputy will have to resign from the Senate to ascend to the post of Minister.

Section 2: All Senate leadership positions (Senate Chancellor, Deputy Chancellor, Shadow Chancellor, Senate Clerk, and any future ones to be added) are to be counted as extensions to the role of a Senator rather than new positions for purposes of this bill.

Section 3: Chief Justice/Justice shall only allowed to hold their position as well as any other special Court roles that deal with overseeing the procedural aspects of running the Court (Similar to the Senate Clerk).

Section 4: The Deputy Prime Minister shall be excluded from this bill as the constitution sets in stone that they can not hold any other government position.

Section 5: Members of the Cabinet, namely the Prime Minister and the various Cabinet Ministers, shall only be allowed to hold their respective positions.

Note from the Clerk: The Amendend Version is currently enforced

Hereby requires all future bills to be written in the following format:

Bill name:

Sponsor:

Preamble:

Followed by numbered articles with their descriptions following. Articles shall be divided into sections. Example:

Article 1 -

Section 1 -

If a bill does not follow this format it can not be voted on.

This bill, after passed, will ban the ability for members of the New Western Atlantic to become citizens or have residency of the Union of Confederate Regions, and will ban the ability of members of the Union of Confederate Regions to become citizens and have residency of the NWA. UCR Citizens and residents are absolutely banned from the NWA Discord server and any other service the NWA offers, if any UCR citizen is caught using these utilities it will results in a permanent ban from the utility and region. After this bill passes, all UCR members in the NWA discord server will be banned, and any NWA citizen who holds citizenship or residency in the UCR will be made to pick the NWA or UCR. If they do not pick in the selected amount of time, they will be ejected from the NWA.

Any diplomats from the New Western Atlantic in the UCR will be pulled, any diplomats from the UCR will be banned from the NWA discord. After this bill passes, the UCR will be condemned by the NWA, and the NWA will request the UCR to stop the poaching of our members, if it does not, force may be used.

Any government official of the New Western Atlantic caught having dual citizenship or residency in the UCR is subject to punishment, if caught repeatedly offending they are subject to impeachment. The one exception to this rule is the Prime Minister, for possible diplomatic solutions.

The purpose of this bill is to condemn and counter the actions of the UCR, as they could be seen as attacks to the NWA and it’s citizens. After a feud with our Prince Consort, the founder of the UCR has made it his jealous and rage filled mission to cause havoc inside the NWA, and this shall not be tolerated.

Victor: Struberria

It is hereby illegal to send repeated messages, or messages of no value, or messages outside of permission in the High Court RMB or its Courtrooms. Permissions shall be defined as filing a valid or perceivably valid lawsuit or case and or being a party of a case and is required to speak in the RMB, and or is a Justice of the High Court.

It is hereby illegal to Telegram any High Court Justice any spamming messages, any threatening messages, and or any messages which attempts to change the Justice’s mindset on a case.

A minium of a warning or up to 3 days suspension of all New Western Atlantic Regional Message Boards depending on the Court's discretion for the person, the human owner of the account, for first timer violators and a minium sentence of 5 days to 14 days of suspension of New Western Atlantic Regional Message Boards depending on the Court's discretion.

Passed 10 yay to 6 nay, with 2 abstains.

Section 1
Mandates the creation of a Senate Voting Record, to maintain all votes cast in any L.R.

Section 2
This Record is to be maintained by the Senate Clerk in a Factbook, either in their own Nation or in The Senate Secretary Nation, and is to be pinned on The Senate of the NWA’s World Factbook Entry.

Section 3
The Record shall constitute of quotings of posts by the Chancellor of the Senate closing a vote for a(n) L.R., that will include Senators that voted Aye, Nay, Abstain, or didn’t vote at all.

Section 1: Domestic Services
Public Service: Any system, action, or forum in which the Government owns and allows access to Citizens and Residents.
Private Service: Any system, action, or forum that is owned by a Private Citizen or Resident of the Region.

Section 2: Other
Promoted Service: Any Service (As defined in Article One Section One) which the Government supports, sponsors, and or advertises.
Non Public Government Service: Any Service (As defined in Article One Section One) which the Government owns but does not allow access to non Government Officials of the Region.
De Facto Service: Any Service (As defined in Article One Section One) in which ownership is not established.
Embassies: Any Nationstates embassies.
Foreign Services: Any Service (As defined in Article One Section One) in which the ownership is a person who is not a Citizen or Resident of the Region.
Nullo Conflictu: Latin for “Not in Conflict”
Military Services: Any Service that are owned by any Military of the Region.

Section 1: Public Services
Any Services that fall under Article One Section One of this statute for Public Services then they shall be subject to the Jurisdiction of the Law, Treaties, and Constitution of the Region.

Section 2: Private Services (Non Promoted)
Any Services that fall under Article One Section One of this statute for Private Services, and are not classified as Promoted Services as defined in Article One Section Two of this statute then shall not be in the Jurisdiction of this statute, or any other law, Treaty, or Constitution.

Section 3: Promoted Services
Any Services that fall under Article One Section Two of this statute for Promoted Services, unless promotion is denied by the owner, they shall be in Jurisdiction of the Laws, Treaties, and Constitution of the Region. No Government body or official shall force upon any Citizen or Resident of this Region, promotion without the owner’s consent.

Section 4: Non Public Government Services
Any Services that fall under Article One Section Two of this statute for Non Public Government Services shall be held in the Jurisdiction of Laws, Treaties, and Constitution of the Region, however this Jurisdiction is limited to cases where the functionality of the Service is in conflicts to the Laws, Treaties, and Constitution. The High Court is permitted, if petitioned, to review any cases, where the functions of the Service conflict with any Laws, Treaties, or Constitution of the Region, in a private forum as to protect the contents of the Non Public Government Services if sensitive. However all rulings must still be published publicly

Section 5: De Facto Services
Any Services that fall under Article One Section Two of this statute for De Facto Services shall be classified into one of two sub groups: Public and Private. Should the Service is accessible to the common person, does not require rank, and or invite to join, it shall fall under the same Regulations as Public Services (As defined in Article Two Section One). If the Service is not accessible to the common person, requires rank, and or requires an invite to join, it shall fall under the same Regulations as Private Services (As defined in Article Two Section Two)

Section 6: Foreign Services
Any Services that fall under Article One Section Two of this statute for Foreign Services shall not be permitted to promoted by the Government whatsoever with exception to the World Assembly.

Section 7: Exemption
This statute, upon enact into law, shall not in anyway conflict with the current sponsorship of the NWA Discord Server privately owned by United Dark Republics until the ownership is passed down to another person.

Section 1: Legal Jurisdiction of Embassies
Any post using an Embassy of the Region to another Region shall not fall under the Jurisdiction of the Laws, Treaties, or Constitution of the Region. Any post of a member of another Region using our embassy to post in our Regional Message Board shall fall under the Jurisdiction of the Laws, Treaties, and Constitution of the Region.

Section 1: Military
This statute shall not affect official Military Services nor does this statute establish any Military Services or Military Forces.

Section 1: Government official(s) who resigned prior to the enactment of this law are not affected by the provisions of the bill as it will be considered a de facto punishment.
Section 2: Government Officials who are still facing a potential snap election for switching parties under LR-061 at the time of this bill’s passage will be pardoned and will not have to face a snap election unless the election itself is already in progress.

Government officials who are elected in non-Senatorial election of which have a set term, shall be subjected to a ban of 3 months into being sworn into office from changing their registered political party they associate with.

Section 1: If a non-Senator government official changes their registered political party, the time period in which they are allowed to do so is then reset.
Section 2: A government official is prohibited to change their registered political party once the election has started.
Section 3: Terms shall be defined as a set time period of which the elected official is allowed to serve when they have been elected to the date of which they have to set down or face election.
Section 4: At the time of passage of this bill, the government member has already served their 3 months into their set term, they will be allowed to change their registered political party if they so desire.
Section 5: Registered Political Parties shall be defined as the political party the government official is publicly registered. In the event they switch a political party and the party they leave is inactive and fails to remove the candidate from the registry, the new party they switch two shall be acknowledged once the Party Chairman/Deputy publicly acknowledges this or they are also entered the Public Registry of that political Party.

embers of the Senate can change their registered political parties, but in order to do so, these individual member(s) must resign as the election for the Senate has established a set number of seats allotted to a political party of which determine themselves which members shall hold the allotted seats.

This bill shall go into effect immediately upon passage.

Preamble: An individual in the government of the New Western Atlantic may only fill one governmental position at any given time. Government positions will be defined further below.

Article 1:

Section 1: Deputy Ministers are sub-cabinet level position holders, and they shall be allowed to hold both the position of deputy and the position of Senator. In the event of a ministerial resignation, the Deputy will have to resign from the Senate to ascend to the post of Minister.

Section 2: All Senate leadership positions (Senate Chancellor, Deputy Chancellor, Shadow Chancellor, Senate Clerk, and any future ones to be added) are to be counted as extensions to the role of a Senator rather than new positions for purposes of this bill.

Section 3: Chief Justice/Justice shall only allowed to hold their position as well as any other special Court roles that deal with overseeing the procedural aspects of running the Court (Similar to the Senate Clerk).

Section 4: The Deputy Prime Minister shall be excluded from this bill as the constitution sets in stone that they can not hold any other government position.

Section 5: Members of the Cabinet, namely the Prime Minister and the various Cabinet Ministers, shall only be allowed to hold their respective positions.

Winner: Cesorion (acclaimed)

Article 2 - Hearings
Section 1
Any Senator may initiate a Motion (L. R.) to call any MEB to a Hearing before the Senate. Upon approval of this Motion by a majority of Senators, the Chancellor is to communicate to the MEB a summoning before the Senate for a Hearing.
Section 2
The time allotted to the Hearing shall be set at a base twenty-four (24) hours. The Chancellor has the mandate to increase the time limit by a unit of 12 hours depending on the measure of support from the Senate floor.
Section 3
During the Hearing, Senators will put any questions they have towards the MEB to answer. Questions must be relevant to the MEB’s portfolio, and not concern any other activities outside of it (e.g Role-play), excluding those concerning the region's integrity, security, or any subject matter that may harm the region in anyway.
Section 4
During the debating of an impeachment motion, the same procedure is to be followed. Questions may be again put forth to the MEB in question.
Article III - Regarding the Deputy Prime Minister
Section 1
The Deputy Prime Minister is an unofficial Member of the Senate, as per the Constitution, and rarely engages into any government activity. Thus, the Deputy Prime Minister may not be called to a Hearing
Section 2
During the Hearings of Ministers, the Deputy Prime Minister may, in their capacity as a Senate unofficial Member, put forth questions. The Senate encourages them to communicate with the Prime Minister and other MEBs to put forth any questions of theirs as well.
Section 3
During Hearings of the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister may not put forth questions. They may, however, with the consent of the Prime Minister, assist the Prime Minister in answering questions.
Article IV - Citizenry Participation
Any Senator may ask that select Citizens be given speaking and questioning permits within the Senate during the Hearing Period. This request is subject to approval from the Chancellor.

Note from the clerk: Although this bill passed, it was a constitutional amendment, and as such required two thirds support from citizens on a regional poll. This bill failed to obtain the necessary amount of support. For that reason this bill is not being enforced.

Preamble
Noticing that a month into Immigration Minister Baconbacon123's term, the region has lost a net total of 60 nations and he has made no clear action to combat this.

Hereby calls on Immigration Minister Baconbacon123 to attend a Ministerial Hearing to explain why we have lost so many nations and what he is doing to combat this.

ARTICLE I - OFFICES
The following Offices are established within the Ministry:

Section 1 - Minister
The Justice Minister is elected by the residents of the Region every six months, as per the Constitution, and is subject to all its provisions. He leads and directs all the activities of the Ministry. The Minister appoints all Officers of the Ministry.

Section 2 - Deputy Minister
The Deputy Minister is the second highest ranking Officer of the Ministry. They assist the Minister in discharging the duties of leading and overseeing the Department, and the assume the Office of Minister if they incumbent is removed, resigns, or is otherwise unable to discharge their duties.

Section 3 - Associate Minister
The Associate Minister of Justice of the New Western Atlantic is the third highest-ranking official in the NWA Ministry of Justice. The Associate Minister of Justitie advises and assists the Minister of Justice and the Deputy Minister of Justice in policies relating to justice, law enforcement, and counter-terrorism.

Section 4 - Solicitor General
The Solicitor General is the fourth-highest-ranking official in the NWA Ministry of Justice. The Solicitor General is the person appointed to represent the government of the New Western Atlantic before the High Court of the New Western Atlantic.

Section 5 - Clarifications
The Minister retains the ability to exercise in full all the duties that this Act delegates to other Officers. Authorisation from the Minister to address the High Court on behalf of the Region is required.

ARTICLE II - ENTITIES AND BUREAUS
Section 1 - Bureau of Investigation
The New Western Atlantic Bureau of Investigation is the main investigative & law enforcement organ of the NWA. They are responsible for assisting the Ministry in criminal investigations, offering advice and leadership and to protect the NWA from foreign influence/terrorism.

Section 2 - The Border Control Agency
The New Western Atlantic Border Control Agency is a joint entity of the Ministries of Justice and Immigration of the NWA. They are responsible for screening immigrants, and protecting the borders of the NWA.

Article 1
Any individual wishing to declare candidacy in any NWA election is required to do so no later than exactly 1 week before the date of the vote they wish to be a candidate in. Political parties shall fall under the same deadline in which to declare their candidate for an election. Any candidate who declares candidacy after the 1 week deadline is not to be included on the ballot.

Article 2
Declaration of candidacy shall be defined as informing the King, the constitutional officiator of elections, that an individual desires to run in any specific election.

Calponia

Victor: Calponia

Article 1 : L.R 59 (Bill being repealed)

Section 1 The Senate Amendment Power Act (L.R. 59)
Our region realizes that the Senate has no current mechanism to amend existing Senate bills and resolutions, and we recognize that it's imperative for any legislative body to have a mechanism through which it can update, correct, and modify passed legislation as needs arise over time.

Section 2: The Senate with 2/3s majority shall have the power to amend any piece of legislation passed by the Senate.

Upon the successful passage of a Senate bill/resolution amendment, the Senate Clerk shall be tasked with updating the piece of legislation in question.

SECTION 1: Voting rules

Rule 1 Votes may take place on any government sponsored area, currently the Senate region's RMB, however this can be changed via a vote where if a 2/3rds majority is reached the senate may change the place where normal votes take place, however in an act of transparency every piece of legislation must be viewable in a public area before being moved to the floor.

Rule 2: votes on legislation must last until a majority has been reached or the deadline passes which may be a maximum of 7 days, however if the 7 days expires and the bill fails to get a majority, and at least 5 senators have yet to vote the chancellor may extend the vote by up to 3 extra days.

Rule 3:Every vote for legislation must contain an option for Ayes, Nays and abstains, this of course does not include constitutional amendments, calls for Impeachment, special elections or anything that is not considered a normal piece of legislation, however it must still contain Aye and nay unless it is an election/confirmation.

Rule 4 : Emergency votes may take place,Via a telegram sent Google form that will have the emergency piece of legislation in the telegram and a link to the form.This form must require Senators to sign their name and include Aye Nay, and Abstain. Or a poll on The Senate region that must contain a link to the piece of legislation, and an option for Aye, Nay and abstain.
Emergency pieces of legislation are ones that will have an immediate effect on the region,and the Chancellor,Deputy chancellor or 1/4th of the Senate has sponsored the bill, and believe that it needs to be on floor immediately.

Rule 5: When a vote has been decided by the Senate, any
Senator voting with the prevailing side or who has not
voted may, on the day on the same day motion for a reconsideration; and if the Senate shall refuse to reconsider its decision, or if the motion is withdrawn by The one who request it, or if upon reconsideration the Senate sticks with its first decision, no further motion to reconsider shall be Allowed. Every motion to reconsider shall be decided by a majority vote, and may be laid on the table without affecting the Bill it is in reference to.

Rule 6: the head of the senate may restart the vote if a flaw is exposed in the proposed legislation that was missed during the debate, and said flaw is amended out.

SECTION 2: Debate rules

Rule 1:The head of the Senate will be tasked with moderating the debate, and enforcing order when it is required.

Rule 2: Debates must take place in a public area where not only every senator can access, but every citizen may view the debate, they will be required to last at least 24 hours and a maximum of 7 days.

Rule 3: Only elected senators, the deputy prime minister, and the prime minister may participate in debate, unless sponsored by a Senator, if sponsored they will be granted permission to participate in that debate. To request permission they must Telegram or DM on discord their chosen senator providing them with reasons why you should be allowed to participate in the debate, And asking them to sponsor you. If a Senator decides to sponsor a non senator for debate they must declare so on the RMB.

Rule 4: During debates amendments can be suggested, ammendments can be added with a majority support from the Senate or be accepted by the author/sponsor of the bill.
Ammendments can not drastically alter the core of the bill.

Rule 5: authors will be automatically granted permission to participate in debate as soon as their bill is moved to the floor they may also accept amendments during this time unless the senate chose to back a minor amendment with 1/4th support.

SECTION 3: Amendments and repeals

The Senate with a majority shall have the power to amend any piece of legislation passed by the Senate, however these Ammendments can not drastically alter the core of the bill.

Any member of the Senate can suggest an amendment to a bill. This is called 'moving an amendment'. The amendment is submitted in writing to the Senate Clerk. The Clerk then distributes it so that everyone in the senate can read the exact words of the amendment. Members of the senate can then decide to support or oppose the amendment when it is time to vote.

Upon the successful passage of a Senate bill/resolution amendment, the Senate Clerk shall be tasked with updating the piece of legislation in question.

Any passed piece of legislation may be motioned to be repealed with majority support from the Senate any bill may be repealed, and or replaced.

Repealing legislation will not require the same process as amending nor will it require to be formatted the same as a normal piece of legislation, however replacement bills must follow the required format.

To repeal a bill you must submit the motion to the Chancellor of the Senate. If a bill is to be voted on for repeal without a replacement in mine it will not require an LR or to be added to the Law registry, and if the motion to repeal said bill is moved to the floor, and reaches the majority support it requires the Senate clerk will simply edit the bill in question to Signify that it was repealed.

A minimum of 3 days will be required for all motions of repeal. However if there is a replacement bill in mind the chancellor may allow the debate to a maximum of 7 days.

If a bill is motioned to be repealed and replaced the replacement bill will be required to have a LR and meet all other legislative requirements. If a motion to repeal and replace a bill is passed the Senate clerk will be tasked with updating the repeal bill to signify that it has been repealed as well as adding the replacement bill to the Law registry.

SECTION 4:Removal of inactive senators
Impeachment is defined in the constitution however removing senators who have committed no crimes is not, and since inactivity is not a crime the court does not need to be involved.

Removal for inactivity should not be taken lightly, and should only be motioned for if a Senator misses 3 votes in a row without notifying the Senate beforehand.

A motion for removal may be submitted by any Senator, and if this motion receives a 2/3rd majority the chancellor will be tasked with informing the Senators party chairman, and the king of their removal.

If the Senate is faced with more than 1 inactive senator at a time, the chancellor may petition the chairman's of the inactive senators parties for their replacement .

Note from the clerk: The factbook with this bill can be found Here

Note from clerk: This bill is not being enforced due to L.R. 89 being rendered as unconstitutional.

ARTICLE I - AWARDS GRANTED BY THE SENATE

Section 1 - Legislative Merit Award This Award is presented by the Senate, after approval of a Motion to do so. Recipients may be awarded the LMA for outstanding contribution to the Legislature, for passing/proposing legislation the greatly affects the NWA for the better, among other reasons. The Award may be revoked by the Senate via a vote to do so at any time.

Section 2 - Thanks of the Senate The Thanks of the Senate are bestowed by the Senate, via a vote approving a Motion to do so, to anyone who has, through executive service, have greatly helped the NWA prosper and advance in any realm, have through executive service upheld the regional values, or have generally helped the prosperity of the region. The Award is revoked by means of a Motion to do so, approved by a majority of Senators.

ARTICLE II AWARDS GRANTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER

Section 1 - Friend of the Region Award Granted by the Prime Minister in tandem with the Diplomacy Minister, this is granted to those who reside in Foreign Regions but have, through Diplomacy, Culture, Defense or other means, helped the New Western Atlantic

Section 2 - Justice Award Granted by the Prime Minister and the Justice Minister in tandem, to those who have through investigation, prosecution or other means, have upheld and preserved the rule of law in the NWA

Section 3 - Revoking All awards of this Article (II) are revoked by the Prime Minister in tandem with the Minister mentioned in the respective Article.

ARTICLE III AWARDS GRANTED BY THE MONARCHY

Section 1 - Medal of the Crown Granted by members of the Monarchy to Citizens, for contribution to the growth of the Community of the New Western Atlantic. It may be revoked by any member of the Monarchy

Section 2 - The King’s Award of Merit and Service Granted and revoked only by His Majesty the King, this Award is bestowed upon Citizens for outstanding Service to the New Western Atlantic.

ARTICLE IV NWARDF AWARDS

The New Western Atlantic Regional Defense Force shall grant and revoke its own awards, following their own system, which is to be decided by the NWARDF General Staff. The General Staff shall have the sole jurdistiction over said awards.

Note from clerk: Article 4 of this bill is not being enforced due to L.R. 89 being rendered as unconstitutional.

Article 1 - The Roles of the Immigration Ministry

Section 1 - The Net Migration Report
The Immigration Ministry shall produce a report detailing the following concerns:

• The net population change within the region in comparison to the previous month.

• The Ministry's plan(s) - if existing - to deal with this net change, regardless of the co-efficient of the statistic.
  

Article 2 - Timing

Section 1 - Routine Publications
The Immigration Ministry must produce a report on a monthly basis, on the very last day of the month in question.

Section 2 - The Senate
The Senate of the NWA may request such a report from the Immigration Ministry. The Immigration Ministry is able to refuse this request.

Section 3 - The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister of the NWA is also able to request a report from the Ministry. Similarly, the Ministry may decline the request.

Article 3 - Failure

Section 1 - In the case that the Immigration Ministry fails to produce a report (excluding reports requested by the legislature or Prime Minister), the Immigration Minister will be expected to testify before the Senate to explain the failure of the Ministry.

Preamble
Recognizing the requirement of citizenship for all who wish to hold public office or participate in regional elections indicated under Article IX of the Constitution.

Also recognizing the special assignments provided by the monarchy are currently granted without public record, making it prohibitive to attain accurate information on citizenship, severely hampering enforcement of citizenship requirements.

Hereby mandates the Justice Ministry to maintain a public 'Electoral Registry', to improve the enforcement of NWA law and increase accountability

Article I Electoral Registry

Section 1 Composition

The Electoral Registry is to be made publicly accessible to all citizens.

The Electoral Registry shall contain a list of all citizens who have received a special assignment from the Monarch.

Section 2 Upkeep

The Electoral Registry shall be the obligation of the Justice Ministry to maintain to the best of it's ability.

The Electoral Registry must be updated one week prior to an election.

This bill encourages the Monarch to cooperate with the justice ministry in producing the names of those to whom special assignment has been granted, however they are not legally obligated to do so.

Suternia

North Wessex Downs

Victor: Suternia

ARTICLE I NWA ATTORNEY

Section 1
The “NWA Attorney” shall be a team of employees of the Ministry of Justice, appointed by the Minister of Justice, who shall act as Head Attorney. They are eligible to represent the Government and the NWA in the High Court (New Western Atlantic V. Defendant). Prior public authorization by the Minister is required to do so, and such authorization should be posted in the High Court/Courtroom RMB.

Section 2
Attorneys shall be selected by the Minister, and the Minister may establish certain reasonable criteria for the position.

Section 3
Attorneys, while in contact with the Ministry to properly carry out their duties, may learn classified information about ongoing investigations of the Ministry, or any other kind. They are required to keep any and all such information secret, unless order/authorization to do otherwise is given.

ARTICLE II - PUBLIC DEFENCE

Section 1
The “NWA Public Defence” shall be a group of Justice Ministry employees, selected with the same criteria as Attorneys.

Section 2
Defenders shall be the main pool from which Citizens may select legal advisers/lawyers to assist them with cases in the High Court. However, no Public Defender is obliged to accept all requests.

Section 3
The Defenders shall be managed by the Head Defender, who is appointed by the Justice Minister.

Section 4
Other than being appointed by the Minister, Defenders retain more independence from the Ministry’s leadership than that of Attorneys.

Section 5
This Act does not infringe on the Citizens’ right to select a private attorney, or to not select one at all.

SCHEDULE
A list of all NWA Attorneys and Public Defendants is to be kept and frequently updated by the Minister, in a factbook. Said factbook is this. If this factbook changes, the Ministry of Justice will notify the Senate Clerk, who will update the Act.

Article One

Section One: Founder’s day

On the date May 28th we hereby create “Founder’s day” to celebrate our Founder’s, United Dark Republic, birthday. On this day government work will be allowed to proceed.

Section Two: Government Holidays
Government business shall be allowed to proceed during all of these holidays.

On the date February 20th we hereby create a "Prime Minister day”.
On the date April 3rd we hereby create a "High Court day".

Preamble
In order to facilitate the serving of Justice and better codify the regional criminal and civil code, the Senate hereby passes the following:

Article I

Legislative Resolutions 55 (People’s Protection Against Corruption), 56 (Criminalization of Certain Acts), 58 (Reformation of the Telegram Act) and 85 (Creation of obligations for government officials) are upon passage of this repealed in full and replaced by this.

Article II (Criminal Acts)

1. Bribery is hereby defined as the offer of goods (for example Telegram Stamps) to any present or future officholder with the intent of altering their course of action. This also applies to candidates offering the same goods to voters in order to get elected

   1. An example of this would be to offer Stamps to a Justice in order for them to vote in a specific way in a case.

   2. It is hereby clarified the Senate Coalition Agreements and Agreements between candidates for the same office during an election (e.g. appoint one as Deputy if the withdraw and endorse someone else) are exempt from the above provisions.

2. Blackmail is defined as releasing or threatening to release any information, true or false, which may damage one’s reputation, in order to get one to act in a certain way, which is dictated by the blackmailer.

   1. Witness intimidation shall be a specific form of blackmail aimed at witnesses of a crime, in order to stop them from reporting a crime or to not testify/change their testimony in Court.

3. Doxxing is defined as publishing personal information of a Citizen, obtained in any way, without explicit permission, not necessarily with the intent of obtaining anything.

   1. Constant doxxing or behaviours that might affect the psychological well-being of a nation will be defined as harassment.

   2. Information made public by individuals (e.g. posted on the RMB or Discord) which is then spead by someone else will not constitute doxxing.

4. Fraud is defined as posing as somebody else in any way (including creating a puppet with a specific name, changing flags, falsifying documents etc) in order to obtain goods or services.

5. Lying to an investigator or giving a false testimony to the High Court as a witness is defined as purposefully lying to the aforementioned institutions, with the intent of preventing them from finding the truth

   1. Doing so under blackmail is not considered a criminal Act, if Blackmail is proven to have happened.

   2. Nations who do so in good faith, e.g. genuinely believing they are telling the truth may not be prosecuted for the above offense. However, if it is proved that one has lied about acting in good faith, this will be a second count of the offence.

6. Treason is defined an is anyway undermining or endangering the safety of the New Western Atlantic, or leaking government information to other regions.

7. Conspiracy to commit a crime is defined as conspiring or planning to commit any of the above Acts or to break any other law.
   Evidence that the conspiring party(s) intended to go through with their plans, even if other circumstances not controlled by them prevented them from doing so will be treated in the same way the a conspiracy would
   

Acts mentioned in Sections A, D, E, F and G may be prosecuted only by a representative of the NWA, as defined by High Court Procedural Rules, in the format of a NWA v. (defendant) case.
Acts mentioned in sections B and C may be taken to Court by anyone involved, in the format of a (Plaintiff) v. (Defendant) case
Penalties are up to the High Court to define in each case, with the exception of section F, which is banished by banjection.

Article III (Executive, Legislature and High Court specifics)

The Executive Branch shall consist of the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, any Cabinet Minister the Monarch may create or has already created under the Constitution (at the time of passage: Communications Minister, Diplomacy Minister, Immigration Minister and Justice Minister) and the Deputies to all these Ministers.

1. The Prime Minister will be responsible for overseeing the other members of the Executive Branch, making sure they perform their duties under this and other statutes.

   1. The Prime Minister will also perform their constitutional duties.

2. The Deputy Prime Minister will have the duty of assuming the office of Prime Minister as soon as possible, if the need arises to, and casting tie breaking votes in the Senate, if the need arises to.

3. The Communications Minister will be responsible for keeping the region informed and up to date regarding government and regional updates, via Telegram

4. The Diplomacy Minister will be responsible for handling the region’s Diplomatic Affairs and Embassies

5. The Immigration Minister will be responsible for recruiting nations to join the New Western Atlantic and promoting the region via recruitment.

6. The Justice Minister will be responsible for prosecuting nations who violate the regional Law.

7. Any other office the Monarch may create will be responsible for performing the duties the Monarch assigns to them, and the Senate may amend this statute to include new offices or remove defunct ones.

8. Deputies to the above posts will be responsible for assuming the Office they are Deputy to, if the need arises to, as well as any Duties assigned to them by Ministers.

The Legislative Branch shall, according to the Constitution, consist of the Senate.

1. The Chancellor of the Senate, selected by the process described in the Constitution, will be responsible for managing the Senate, putting bills up for debate and vote and keeping the legislative process flowing

2. Posts inferior to the Chancellor, such as the Deputy Chancellor, will be responsible for assuming (temporarily or not) the office of Chancellor, if the need arises to.

   1. The exact specifics of these Offices are subject to definitions by the Chancellor.

The Judicial Body of the New Western Atlantic will be the High Court.

1. The Justices to the High Court, appointed per Constitutional provisions, will be responsible for voting and delivering opinions in cases and matters before the Court, without bias or unnecessary delay.

2. The Chief Justice of the High Court, appointed per Constitutional provisions, will have the additional duty of managing the agenda of the High Court and presenting their decisions.

3. The Senior Justice of the High Court shall be the longest serving Justice not being the Chief Justice, and they will be additionally responsible for temporarily assuming the Office of Chief Justice if the need to do so arises.
   

Clarifications:

1. This in no way interdicts with the Monarch's ability to create new offices, or the Senate’s to create lower Courts.

2. This also does not intefere with any other statute creating obligations for any governmemt official.

3. Failure to perform the duties outlined in this Article will result in a civil case, brought up after a two-thirds consent of the Senate to do so in the High Court, as per Article I of the Constitution. The Justice Minister will be representing the Government in such cases, unless they delegate that duty or are themselves the official taken to Court, in which case this duty falls to any Official appointed by the Senate.

Article IV (Region - wide Telegram specifics)

This Article deals specifically with Telegrams sent to the whole region by Regional Offices who have Communications authority. Telegrams sent (by anyone) using private stamps are exempt from the following provisions.
Regional Officer Communications Telegrams must contain one or more of the following:

1. Notice of Election: A message informing the citizens that an election is underway, or that an election is due in a short amount of time, notifying them about possible candidacy deadlines

2. Senate Notice: a message informing the region of the passage of a bill from the Senate, or other important Senate update.

3. High Court Notice: a message informing the region of a High Court ruling.

4. Prime Ministerial Notice: any message sanctioned by the Prime Minister containing official information, e.g. an appointment, a veto to a bill, a region-wide poll and others.

5. Region-wide event: Notice of a region wide event, such as a poll.

6. Other Government sponsored messages: including but not limited to promotion of the Role-Play, an opinion poll held via telegram.

Telegrams falling is this category may not include the following:

1. Campaigning: any message designed to promote anyone’s or any party's attempt to elected office.

2. Inflammatory or offensive content: any content that may be offensive to certain individuals.

   1. Intend to offend must be established for anyone to be held liable for this.

3. Advertisements for other regions: messages designed to persuade people to join any other region.

The punishment for breaking the provisions of this Article shall be a revoking of Communications authority for an amount of time, defined by the Court.

Article V (Oaths)

1. The following oath is to be taken by any government of legislative officeholder other than the Prime Minister: “I __ hereby swear upon (Higher beings/God, or the Law, up to the oath-taker) to protect and defend the constitution above all other duties of office and I acknowledge that with the breaking this (Holy/Sulem/-- up to the oath-taker.) Oath I can be found Guilty in the Court of Law and punished.”

   1. This Oath is taken by either posting in a message in the Regional Message Board or telegraming it to the Monarch.

2. Witnesses in the High Court are to take this Oath before testifying: “I __ hereby swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth.”

   1. This Oath is to be taken by posting in the High Court Regional Message Board.

Article I: The Job of the Senate Clerk

Section I
The Senate Clerk shall be given the duty of archiving the region's legislation, be it defeated or passed.

Section II
The Senate Clerk shall be mandated to have the following factbooks either on his main nation or in a puppet nation located on the senate region:

Passed Legislation Factbook: Shall be used to keep track of all legislation which passed in the atlantican senate.

Defeated Legislation Factbook: Shall be used to keep track of all legislation which failed to pass in the atlantican senate.

Overview Factbook: Shall be used to keep track of the region's senators, the current chancellor and the leadership of each individual political party in the senate.

Voting Record: Shall be used in order to keep track of individual votes from each senator on senate bills (This factbook is already defined under L.R. 71).

Section III
The Senate Clerk may chose to create new factbooks or add additional information to existing ones in this bill. However, the Senate Clerk shall be obligated under the law to use the factbooks listed on this bill.

Section IV
Non-Senator Senate Clerks shall not be allowed to participate in any senate debates, unless they are the authors of the bill or recieved a sponsorship from a senator, as defined in L.R. 97.

Article II: Choosing the Senate Clerk

Section I
In order to chose who will occupy the position of Senate Clerk, the chancellor shall be given the duty of organizing a Senate Clerk election internally on the Senate. The election shall follow a "winner take all" system, which means the candidate with the most overall votes wins.

Section II
Will be prohibited from occupying the position of Senate Clerk: The Prime Minister, Ministers, Justices and the Chancellor. Other citizens shall have the right to occupy the position of Senate Clerk. To run for the position, citizens shall be required to announce their candidacies directly to the chancellor.

Section III
Upon elected, the Senate Clerk shall serve in the position for 6 months, and will be allowed to seek re-election if he wishes to.

Changes to Article I of the Constitution:

Section I
The legislature, known as the Senate shall be composed of elected citizen nations of the New Western Atlantic.

All legislative powers shall be vested in the Senate.

The Senate shall consist of a minimum of ten Senators, and the Monarch may increase the set amount as he sees fit. Elections for the Senate shall be held every three months.

Section II

Legislative proposals may be submitted for consideration to the Senate by any citizen. Each proposal shall have time for debate within the New Western Atlantic Senate, however not all must go to vote. The Senate may amend any proposal before voting, if deemed necessary. When voting on Legislation Senators may have the options to vote Aye, Nay or Abstain to express that they are either For, Against or that they do not wish to be counted For or Against the piece of Legislation as they are unsure how to vote and do not wish to aid nor impede the bill in question from passing.
In order for a piece of Legislation on the floor to pass from the Senate into law it is required to achieve atleast a Simple Majority of the votes cast. A Simple Majority means that out of the votes cast, the option with the most votes in favour wins. An Absolute Majority can also be achieved, which means that the highest vote option has more than 50% of all voters cast in favour.

The Senate, with two thirds of its members in support, shall bring forth charges against a member of the region. Voting options on such charges remain Aye & Nay, Abstentions however are nullified because in such a vote Abstain would only count toward Nay which defeats the purpose of having an Abstain option. Should the two third threshold be met, a trial shall be set in the High Court whom may then determine the verdict. If found guilty, the court will proceed to declare the decided punishment made by the High Court to be given to the convicted member

The Senate will be led by the majority party, or the majority coalition, and they will select their leader who will control the Senate's agenda. The largest minority opposition party may select their own leader. The leader of the majority party or majority coalition shall be the Chancellor of the Senate. The leader of the largest minority party of minority coalition shall be the Shadow Chancellor. In the event that there is no majority party or coalition, the Senate will elect its Chancellor, this system of voting is to be the same as the Prime Minister election where an Absolute Majority threshold must be met.

The Senate shall have the power to declare war and review treaties with foreign regions.

The Deputy Prime Minister shall be an unofficial member of the Senate, and will only vote should a tie occur.

The Senate shall have the ability to put forward ammendments of this constitution to be put up for vote in a regional poll. In order for Constitutional Amendments to pass through to poll they must first have passed in the Senate with an Absolute Majority, Abstentions are nullified since in order for an ammendment to pass more than 50% of the Senate is required for it to pass making Abstain just another count toward Nay.

The Senate shall have the authority to create inferior courts to the High Court.

The Senate shall have the authority to determine regulations on snap elections, so long as they do not. violate any portion of this constitution.

The Senate shall be prohibited from passing legislation that retroactively changes the legal consequence of an action that was previously committed before the enactment of the law.

Note from Clerk: Exact changes can be found here