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       Constitution of the Divine Empire of Celestiana
       By: Neexus63 Date: August 23, 2015, 6:18 pm
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       The Divine Constitution of Imperial Celestiana
       We The People, of Imperial Celestiana, gathered here on the 4th
       month of the 26th day of the 1790th year of our Lord and Savior,
       in order to promote and establish a beneficial, mutual
       cooperation between the Crown and Her Peoples, liberty, and
       justice for all citizens, as well as promote a common identity
       among the People of Imperial Celestiana, do hereby proclaim:
       As Citizens of Imperial Celestiana, we acknowledge the
       authority of the Crown as Sovereign of Celestiana.
       As Citizens of Imperial Celestiana, we Demand fair
       representation within Her Majesty’s Government, through the
       creation of the Parliament encompassed within Her Majesty’s
       Legislative Branch, to ensure we receive an equal voice in
       determining the laws we follow.
       As Citizens of Imperial Celestiana, we Demand an unbiased
       Judiciary, in which all rights of humans are guaranteed, in the
       face of accusation, as established by Law.
       As Citizens of Imperial Celestiana, we, in order to ensure the
       liberty all citizens have within Imperial Celestiana, do hereby
       impose restraints and limits on Monarchial Power.
       As Citizens of Imperial Celestiana, we accept the Monarchy as
       the Head of Government and Head of State of Imperial Celestiana
       and in doing so must Demand the restructuring of Monarchial
       Power, Duty, and Obligations in order to preserve the Rights of
       the Citizens of Imperial Celestiana and to effectively maintain
       and manage the country in conjunction with the other branches of
       Her Majesty’s Government.
       We profess this all under the protection of nuestro Padre and
       his Most Holy Son, all the angels and saints. We the
       representative body of the common Peoples of Imperial
       Celestiana, do hereby enact the following as the Divine
       Constitution of Imperial Celestiana.
       Preliminary Part
       Section I. The Divine Empire of Celestiana is hereby established
       as a Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy in which all citizens
       are subject to the rule of law, which advocates freedom,
       justice, equality, and political pluralism.
       Section II. This Constitution defines the Spanish language as
       the official language of Imperial Celestiana and establishes it
       as the official language of the government.
       A.
       are part of its cultural heritage and background and shall be
       respected and protected, these languages shall be also be
       considered official in their respective constituencies.
       Section III. The seat of government shall now lie in the capital
       city of Cuidad de Laoga, the historical capital city of Imperial
       Celestiana and home of the Monarchy.
       Article I
       Section I. All legislative power is hereby vested in the
       bicameral Parliament of the Divine Empire of Celestiana,
       comprised of the House of Lords and the Common Imperial Body,
       who shall represent the best interests of the People and Nation
       of Imperial Celestiana.
       A.
       B.
       rules and procedures and elect a moderating officer of each
       House, by their respective members.
       C.
       and try impeachment of any Member of Government except for the
       Sovereign of Celestiana who may not be tried under Crown
       immunity. The Crown, on application of the Legislature, may,
       under a two thirds majority vote, be petitioned to abdicate the
       thrown in preference of the Heir.
       D.
       members and a maximum of four hundred and twenty five members.
       E.
       will be determined with each constituency being allotted a
       minimum initial representation and the remainder being
       distributed in proportion to the population.
       F.
       upper class nobility from their respective fief, county, or
       duchy.
       Section II. The Common Imperial Body shall be composed of
       Members chosen every second Year by the People of Imperial
       Celestiana in their respective constituencies.
       A.
       enjoy the right to establish their own respective Self Governing
       Community Assembly as well as have equal representation within
       the Parliament of Imperial Celestiana, however, they shall not
       limit the rights of any citizen who can vote within their Self
       Governing Community Assembly to vote on their constituency’s
       election for Parliament.
       1a. The Semi-Autonomous City of Los Angeles shall assume
       competences over the following matters which can be changed and
       revised at the will of Parliament:
       1. Organization of their institutions of self- government.
       2. Changes in municipal boundaries within their territory and,
       in general, functions pertaining to the State Administration
       regarding local Corporations, whose transfer may be authorized
       by legislation on local government.
       3. Town and country planning and housing.
       4. Public works of interest to the Self-governing Community,
       within its own territory.
       5. Railways and roads whose routes lie exclusively within the
       territory of the Self-governing Community and transport by the
       above means or by cable fulfilling the same conditions.
       6. Ports of haven, recreational ports and airports and, in
       general, those which are not engaged in commercial activities.
       7. Agriculture and livestock raising, in accordance with general
       economic planning.
       8. Woodlands and forestry.
       9. Management of environmental protection.
       10. Planning, construction and exploitation of hydraulic
       projects, canals and irrigation of interest to the
       Self-governing Community; mineral and thermal waters.
       11. Inland water fishing, shellfish industry and fish farming,
       hunting and river fishing.
       12. Local fairs.
       13. Promotion of economic development of the Self-governing
       Community within the objectives set by national economic policy.
       14. Handicrafts.
       15. Museums, libraries and music conservatories of interest to
       the Self-governing Com- munity.
       16. The Self-governing Community’s monuments of interest.
       17. The promotion of culture and research and, where applicable,
       the teaching of the Self-governing Community’s language.
       18. The promotion and planning of tourism within its territorial
       area.
       19. The promotion of sports and the proper use of leisure.
       20. Social assistance.
       21. Health and hygiene.
       22. The supervision and protection of its buildings and
       installations. Coordination and other powers relating to local
       police forces under the terms to be laid down by an organic act.
       B. No Member of Parliament may be a member of both houses of
       Parliament, nor shall they also be allowed to participate in any
       Assembly of a Self-Governing Community as well as be a Member of
       Parliament.
       C. No Member of Parliament shall not be bound by any compulsory
       mandate.
       D. No Person shall be a part of the Common Imperial Body who
       shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and
       been seven Years a Citizen of Imperial Celestiana, and who shall
       not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that Constituency in
       which he shall be chosen.
       Section III. All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in
       the Common Imperial Body; but the House of Lords may propose or
       concur with Amendments as on other Bills.
       A. Every Bill which shall have passed the Common Imperial Body
       and the House of Lords, shall, before it become a Law, be
       presented to the Sovereign of Imperial Celestiana; If Their
       Majesty shall approve it Their Majesty shall grant it Royal
       Assent. But if Their Majesty shall not grant Royal Assent Their
       Majesty shall return it, with his Objections to that House in
       which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections
       at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If
       after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree
       to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the
       Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be
       reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it
       shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both
       Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of
       the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on
       the Journal of each House respectively. All Bills requiring
       Royal Assent shall be presented before Their Majesty every other
       week when the Legislature is in order and every month when the
       Legislature is in Recess.
       Section IV. The Parliament shall have Power To lay and collect
       Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide
       for the common Defence and general Welfare of Imperial
       Celestiana; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform
       throughout Imperial Celestiana;
       A.
       B.
       C.
       Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout Imperial
       Celestiana;
       D.
       Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
       E.
       Securities and current Coin of Imperial Celestiana;
       F.
       G.
       securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the
       exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
       H.
       I.
       high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
       J.
       Majesyu, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for
       a longer Term than two Years;
       K.
       L.
       of Imperial Celestiana, suppress Insurrections and repel
       Invasions, under the Grace of Their Majesty;
       M.
       Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed
       in the Service of Imperial Celestiana, reserving to the States
       respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority
       of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed
       by Parliament;
       Article II
       Section I. All executive power shall be derived from the
       Sovereign of Celestiana which shall be vested in the Their
       Majesty and their subordinate government Ministers. The
       Sovereign of Celestiana shall be the Head of State and the Prime
       Minister shall be her Head of Government, by the Grace of Her
       Majesty, who may at any time dismiss him.
       A. Their Majesty shall be bound to the following Royal
       Prerogatives:
       1.
       2.
       3.
       4.
       them valid and law)
       5.
       6.
       7.
       8.
       9.
       Punishment is abolished, this power is still used to remedy
       errors in sentence calculation)
       10.
       11.
       12.
       13.
       14.
       15.
       16.
       Section II. In the event the Sovereign of Celestiana dies or
       abdicates the Throne, the Crown shall go first born off-spring
       of the now deceased Monarch, now known as the Crowned Heir. The
       Queen or King consort shall not be eligible for the Crown. If
       the Sovereign of Celestiana produced no living Heir, then Crown
       shall go to the second oldest of the previous monarch, and so on
       and so forth until there is a eligible candidate for the Crown.
       In the event the entire Royal line has died off, the closest
       living relative, by law or otherwise, shall assume the Crown.
       Section III. A Crown Regent shall be installed in the absence of
       the Sovereign of Celestiana. A Crown Regent shall also be
       installed to advise the Sovereign of Celestiana who has not yet
       reached the age of adulthood. The Crown Regent shall be tasked
       with performing all the duties of the Sovereign of Celestiana.
       Article III
       Section I. The judicial Power of Imperial Celestiana, shall be
       vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the
       Parliament may from time to time ordain and establish. The
       Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold
       their Offices during good Behaviour.
       Section II. The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law
       and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of
       Imperial Celestiana, and Treaties made, or which shall be made,
       under their Authority;—to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other
       public Ministers and Consuls;—to all Cases of admiralty and
       maritime Jurisdiction;—to Controversies to which Imperial
       Celestiana shall be a Party
       In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and
       Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme
       Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases
       before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate
       Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and
       under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.
       Section III. Treason against Imperial Celestiana, shall consist
       only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their
       Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be
       convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to
       the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
       Article IV.
       Section I. These Civil Liberties and Rights of the People will
       in no way be deprived by the Government, Government agency, or
       the Monarchy.
       1.
       consent of Parliament;
       2.
       Parliament;
       3.
       retribution;
       4.
       the consent of Parliament;
       5.
       their Conditions and as allowed by Law;
       6.
       free;
       7.
       Parliament should not to be impeached or questioned in any court
       or place out of Parliament;
       8.
       imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted;
       9.
       high treason trials should be freeholders;
       10.
       11.
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