The Celestial Mandate Act

Section 6

SECTION 6 - LEGISLATIVE POWER
CONSTITUTION OF THE COSMIC COUNCIL OF LAZARUS

(1) There shall be a Cosmic Council for Lazarus, consisting of the Celestial Being, and a body of representatives.

POWERS OF THE COSMIC COUNCIL

(2) The Council shall, subject to this Mandate, have the exclusive power to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Union with respect to:
A. Naturalization and aliens.
B. Space districting.
C. Taxation.
D. Banking, currency, coinage, and legal tender.
E. Relations with alternate universes.
F. Establishment of Archdioceses.
G. the Holy Inquisition.

NUMBER OF COUNCILLORS

(3) The Council shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and any thereafter, consist of a representative from each of the Core Worlds, who shall be styled Councillors, and hereafter, shall be taken to refer to the world they represent.

QUALIFICATIONS OF COUNCILLORS

(4) Councillors shall be a subjects of the Celestial Being, naturalized by obtaining citizenship as a Core World.

TENURE OF PLACE IN THE COUNCIL

(5) A Councillor shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, hold his place in the Council for life.

DISQUALIFICATION OF COUNCILLORS

(6) The place of a Councillor shall become vacant in any of the following instances, if he or she:
A. For one universal cycle fails to show attendance in the Council;
B. Has taken or takes an oath or makes a declaration or an acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience, or adherence to parties which Lazarus is in a state of war with.
C. Has been convicted (or is under charges of) treason against the Celestial Union of Lazarus.
E. Or the world or nation he represents, ceases to hold the status of Core World in the universe of Lazarus.
F. No longer holds World Assembly membership.

ELECTION OF THE CONVENOR

(7) The Council shall, at the Renewal of the Universal Cycle, elect from among its membership by a simple majority, a Convenor; and shall do so every three months.

VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF THE CONVENOR

(8) In the case of a vacancy happening in the office of the Convenor, by the loss of Core World status, resignation, or otherwise, the Council shall elect from among its membership, a new Convenor.

THE AUTHORITY OF THE CONVENOR

(9) The Convenor shall preside over all business of the Council.

DEPUTY TO THE CONVENOR

(10) Until the Council otherwise provides, the Convenor may appoint a Councillor(s) to deputise for him, wherein he may be granted the powers, privileges, and duties of Convenor, to the discretion of the Convenor.

VOTING IN THE COSMIC COUNCIL

(11) Voting arising in the Council shall be decided by a simple majority, unless a higher threshold is required for passage.

CELESTIAL ASSENT TO BILLS

(12) Where a Bill has passed the Council, it shall be presented to the Celestial Being for celestial assent, and he shall declare if he assents thereto.

(13) A Bill shall not have any force as an Act of the Council until it receives assent, by celestial proclamation.

(14) The Celestial Being can be required to provide assent after a majority vote of two-thirds in the Council.

Legislative Procedures Act

 

The Humane Republic of Lazarus

Legislative Procedures Act

No. 3 of 2015

The Grand Assembly enacts:

PART 1 — PRELIMINARY

1: Purposes
The purposes of this Act are –
(1) Formalize the rules of order in the Grand Assembly; and
(2) Provide a series of steps for a Bill to become an Act.

2: Commencement
This Act comes into operation upon passage.

PART 2 — ACT

3: Proposals
(1) Any citizen may introduce a proposal to exercise a power of the Legislature by presenting it in a dedicated location for debates of the Legislature.
(2) Any applicant for citizenship whose application has been rejected or whose application has not been acted upon within a week may introduce a proposal to overturn the rejection or to approve their application, as applicable.
(3) If the Delegate nominates a candidate for the Cabinet or Judiciary, the Delegate shall be considered to have introduced a proposal to confirm the candidate.
(4) If a citizen applies to be a Grand Advisor, the citizen shall be considered to have introduced a proposal to approve their application

4: Debate
(1) Debate on a proposal shall last no less than two days from the time of its submission unless the citizen who introduced it requests that the period for debate be shortened. The Speaker may accept or deny such requests.
(2) The citizen who introduced the proposal shall have the sole right modify or withdraw it at any time before a vote.
(3) If the proposal is not discussed for twenty-eight contiguous days, the Speaker may close debate on it.

5: Voting
(1) If the minimum time allotted for debate on a proposal has elapsed, any citizen may motion to vote on the proposal and any other citizen may second the motion.
(a) In the event of a proposal presented to the Grand Assembly in accordance with Sections 1.2, 1.3, or 1.4, any citizen may motion to vote on the proposal.
(2) If a motion to vote is seconded, the Speaker shall schedule a vote on the proposal no more than one day after the motion was seconded.
(3) The citizen who introduced the motion to vote may withdraw it any time before the vote.
(4) Citizens shall vote by publicly declaring either aye, nay or abstain in a dedicated location for votes of the Legislature.
(5) The vote shall be four days. Voting for emergency matters may be abbreviated to no less than two days if agreed to by the Delegate, Vice Delegate, and Speaker.
(6) If more than 48 hours have passed since a motion to vote has been seconded and no vote has been scheduled, the citizen who introduced the motion to vote may schedule a vote on the proposal.

6: Deputies and Vacancies
(1) The Speaker shall designate a number of citizens as deputies to assist in the administration of the Legislature.
(2) The Speaker shall rank these deputies. If the Speaker is absent or unable or to fulfill their duties, the highest ranked deputy available shall assume the responsibilities of the Speaker.