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Code of Law - Book I - Rules of Administration

["Bayern Law"]
Law for clear and transparent rules of the region


Explanatory note

Nothing is more frustrating than not being aware of "practice" and "made rules". The COL has a constitution and a "basic law" but the rest remains practice and experience. Nothing is more frustrating than not having a single page to find an answer on how this region works.

The Code of Law is a work designed to compile all rules and practices of the region made simple and accessible to any citizen or resident. The Code remains a project of free time (and there is little) and may not deal with all situations. It is the citizen of the COL to propose any way to complete or modify the code.

The Code contains variety of rule of management of the region and does not deal yet on RP rules. This shall be the second project of Bayern for a BOOK II. The Code will have soon a more "friendly" presentation, structured by spoilers to avoid a "wall text" effect.

Most of the citizens and residents already know most of the rules here written in the Code. Nonetheless, this Code shall bring clarity and certainty to avoid endless debate and discussions on what is "the rule".


Article 1 - The present law makes the region adopt the Code of Law.

Article 2 - The code is modified by law.

Article 3 - A factbook of the Code shall be made and will be formed in a friendly and clear manner.

Article 4 - Dispositions that are not compatible with the Constitution do not have any effect.

Article 5 - The code is adopted as follows:


CODE OF LAW
BOOK I
COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

BOOK I - RULES OF ADMINISTRATION

BOOK II - RULES OF ROLE PLAY (In project)

By Bayern Kahla in association with Enchanted Oasis
Enchanted Oasis Editions
Written According to the 7th Constitution of the Commonwealth of Liberty


[size=150]PART I – ON THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

SECTION I – On citizenship in the Commonwealth of Liberty

- Article 1 – A citizen of the Commonwealth of Liberty is defined as a nation who:

Is a member of the World Assembly (WA)

Has a spot on the map or has already filed a request

Has not yet been banned from the Commonwealth of Liberty or had their citizenship suspended by any Court.

- Article 2 – A resident of the Commonwealth of Liberty is defined as a nation that :

Is member of the WA

Has not yet been banned from the Commonwealth of Liberty or had their residency suspended by any Court.

- Article 3 – A nation that has been ejected from the World Assembly is still a citizen if the said nation has a puppet nation in the World Assembly acting as a representative.

- Article 4 – Citizens banned by the Attorney General or the Courts lose citizenship and their place on the map immediately unless:

The banning is temporary with a maximum of two weeks; otherwise, the nation will lose its spot on the map.

The banning only concerns the ability to post on the Regional Message Board.

SECTION II – On the Immigration and Emigration of a citizen

Subsection 1- On the changing of regions

- Article 5 – Any nation is free to leave the region of the Commonwealth of Liberty.

- Article 6 – Citizens leaving the region are not obliged to give up their land on the map depending on:
The time of their stay in another region
Whether the citizen left on good or bad terms

- Article 7 – A citizen leaving on bad terms is defined as:
Being banned by a formed Commission, by order of a Court, or the Attorney General
Leaving the region by rage, anger, or being hostile to others and the region in general.

- Article 8 – Citizens leaving the region will have their land kept and protected as long as they don’t leave the region for more than three days.

- Article 9 – Citizens leaving after three days, will be accepted and have their land returned if it has not been subject to a claim.

- Article 10 – If a citizen's leave exceeds three days, their land cannot be returned, but their return to the region can be accepted by approval from the Cartography Office and/or the Attorney General if the citizen left the region on bad terms.

- Article 11 – If the nation left on good terms, they are free to return to the region, and having retained their rights as a citizen, and have the right to claim free land. In case the land they previously held is occupied, they cannot take it back unless the new owner agrees.

- Article 12 – Citizens and residents who are banned will have their land taken away immediately and will be forced to leave the region.

- Article 13 – Citizens and residents who have been banned can return to the region only by approval from the Department of Justice, by order from the Courts, the Attorney General, or by Popular Vote if no decision of control on the citizen in question has been made.

SUBSECTION 2- On the changing of nations account

- Article 14 – Citizens and residents have the right and are free to change their main nation at any time.

- Article 14-1 – When citizens change their main nation, they have a duty to inform the region either by contacting a member of the Government or by a general message on the Regional Message Board with the active roster tag list.

- Article 14-2 – A main nation is defined as being only one nation that is not classified or regarded as a puppet.

- Article 14-3 – The main nation must follow all the requirements of citizenship/residency in the dispositions of Section One of the Code to be defined as such.

- Article 14-4 – There cannot be multiple main nations for one citizen/resident.

- Article 15 – The change of nations does not affect citizenship nor their spot on the map so long as the change of nation concerns only the citizen's identity and/or name.

- Article 16 – The citizen must declare their change of nation to at least one of the members of the Government, indifferent of that officer's position in the Government, or by a public RMB post.

- Article 16-1 – In regards to the citizen's land, the Cartography Office can deny the change. Any refusal must be motivated by legal reasons and those reasons must be in writing and published to the public. The receiver of land has two days to confirm the decision with a thinking period.

- Article 16-1-1 – The Cartography Office has 48 hours from their respective time zones to make a decision and notify it on the Regional Message Board or via telegram.

- Article 16-1-2 – The Cartography Office must delegate to another member of Government when realizing it cannot fulfill the 48 hour period or request an expansion of time from the Courts or the Department of Justice.

- Article 16-2 – The Original Map Cartographer, if giving out property to two citizens for the same land, the distribution of this land is done on a first-come-first-served basis.

- Article 16-3 – The distribution of land by the Original Map Cartographer or the Cartography Office can be contested if notified to the Attorney General within two days of the decision. In case of violation of rules by the Cartographer, the receiver of the land shall keep the property as the fault does not fall on the receiver in good faith.

- Article 16-4 – The Attorney General can issue an abuse of the right of change of nation if it is considered excessive, abusively repetitive or used for unlawful reasons.

- Article 16-5 – The new land given must be used for RP for at least one month. There can be no change during this period unless approved by the Cartography Office.

- Article 16-6 – The history of RP and all its consequences written by the previous owner remain applicable to the new owner by default unless specifically outlined by the incoming owner. The new owner is free to retcon parts of history unless it is disruptive, disproportionate, or beyond realism standards.

- Article 16-6-1 – The new owner must specify and with express consent, the modifications brought to the history of the previous owner. These modifications cannot be abusive to the point of affecting third player parties.

- Article 16-6-2 – The Attorney General can receive complaints in case the modification by the new owner severely affects the RP of third players.

- Article 16-6-3 – The Attorney General is authorized to start a Court procedure dealing with modifications of RP of a previous owner by a new owner.

SECTION III – On the general rules of the administration of the Commonwealth of Liberty

- Article 17 – The administration of the COL and it's duties, rules, and powers includes and is delegated to all positions specified by the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Liberty or other offices created by the President of the Commonwealth of Liberty, with approval from the Senate of the Commonwealth of Liberty, only available to citizens meeting the conditions and requirements of Section I - Article 1.

- Article 18 – The positions have to be defined on their powers and duties by the Law.

- Article 19 – Each position has to be filled by a citizen at all times.

- Article 19-1– In case of vacancy due to resignation or pending confirmation from the Senate, or for any other reason within the realm of the Law, the position has to be filled either by a citizen temporarily with the intention of being the replacement, or with an immediate nomination by the President or any position with the power of nomination as granted by Law. That person, who is nominated to temporarily hold that position, occupies it on an Acting basis, and the nominees that are selected by the President are to hold that position on an Acting basis as well until their confirmation by the Senate.

- Article 20 – All positions can be abolished, modified, or reformed except for the offices of the President of the Commonwealth of Liberty, the Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Liberty, and the Vice President of the Commonwealth of Liberty. If the position derives directly from the Constitution, it must be abolished, modified, or reformed via a Constitutional Amendment.

- Article 20-1 – The abolition, modification, or reformation of a position in the Cabinet or the Government can only be done by law, and must have the approval of a majority of the Senate.

- Article 20-2 – The law abolishing, modifying or reforming a position must be sufficiently precise, clear, enforceable, and constitutional. A Court order may be used to determine constitutionality in cases where applicable.

SUBSECTION 2- On the duties and rights of the members of the Government

- Article 21 – All members of the administration must fulfill their position and duties in that position to the best of their ability, in accordance with the Oath taken by the holders when assuming office.

- Article 22 – Members of the administration cannot make decisions, or use powers from, another position except their own unless authorized by the position holder who grants his power to another member or by the President or any other law.

- Article 22-1 – Without specific authorization, the decision made is considered illegal and can result in prosecution from the Attorney General or censure from the Senate.

- Article 23 – Members of the administration are free to exercise their power the way they see fit, so long as it is within the realm of the Law. If someone contests the office holder’s exercise of power, the Courts shall resolve it.

- Article 24 – Members are free to resign at any time without approval from any member of Government, whether higher than in the chain of command or subject to the direction of.

- Article 25 – If the President, Vice President, or any other member of the Government chooses to resign it must not be abusive.

- Article 25-1 – Abusive resignations include:
Resignations without prior notification to the other members of the government. I.E. leaving without notice.
Resignation between the first hour and 30 days after their appointment or election unless justified by the person leaving.

- Article 25-2– Abusive resignation can result in charges if decided by the Attorney General or any judicial body of the region, or censure from the Senate.

- Article 25-3 – If a citizen is barred from serving in public office following criminal charges brought forth by the Attorney General, the Court may rule to have that ban removed following a review before the Court, with advice from the Attorney General.

- Article 26 – Members of the Government must never use their executive powers of banning, suppressing posts on the Regional Message Board for either:
Personal motives
Disliking of the content
In situations where no violation has been made

- Article 26-1 – Members of the Government must never abuse or use their powers in a dishonorable way, or may face consequences from the Department of Justice, the Courts, or the Senate.

- Article 27 – Citizens have the right to contest the suppression or the banning of a citizen from the Commonwealth of Liberty.

- Article 27-1 – Citizens banned from the Commonwealth of Liberty for reasons mentioned in Article 26 can have their citizenship returned.

- Article 27-2 – Citizens banned illegally will have their land returned upon request to the Cartography Office. If a new owner is present, the returning citizen must either reach an agreement with the new owner, submit a petition to the Cartography Office, or find a new location.

- Article 27-3 – The new owner and the previous owner can find a common agreement where the previous owner remains entitled to the land he received prior to the ban.

SECTION IV – On certain territorial rules

SUBSECTION 1- On inactivity of citizens

- Article 28 – A citizen is considered active when they post on the Regional Message Board any form of Role Play.

- Article 29-1 – A citizen will be considered inactive when they do not post any form of RP for more than 10 consecutive days following their last post.

- Article 29-2 – A citizen is considered inactive when not role play active for 10 consecutive days unless they inform the region of a period of inactivity via an RMB post with tagging at least one member of the Government or by telegram to a member of the Government who will post on the RMB a notification of vacation of the citizen.

- Article 29-3 – The normal duration of vacation mode is set at 15 days

- Article 29-4 – The extended duration of vacation mode is set at 25 days by adding 10 days from the normal duration.

- Article 29-5 - The extended duration is approved by one member of the Map Office

- Article 29-6 - Vacation mode can only be obtained twice in a row.

- Article 30 – The citizen can delegate during vacation their territory to another citizen. The land must be returned to the original owner following their return from vacation.

- Article 31-1 – Inactivity after 10 days has the consequence of the citizen losing their property of land on the map if it becomes claimed. The Cartography Office must notify the citizen in question and the region of the loss.

- Article 31-2 - The Cartography Office issues only one warning and only for the first period inactivity. It shall not provide more warnings.

- Article 32 – In the case of a citizen losing their land wrongfully with probable evidence, an appeal to the Attorney General is possible within 2 days of the return of the citizen.

- Article 33 – If the Attorney General finds the appeal correct, they have an obligation to return the land even if it has a new owner.

- Article 34 – In this situation, all previous RP by the new owner is null and void unless an agreement is found between two parties.

SUBSECTION 2- On secondary territories and puppets

- Article 35 – A citizen owning territory on the map can request the Cartography Office to have a secondary territory that shall be called “puppet”.

- Article 36 – Secondary territories fall under all the common rules of approval and regulation of Article 16 and its subsections. This includes the activity requirement.

- Article 37 – The Cartography Office will review with the general distribution of lands on the map if the secondary territory that is being asked has been unrequested by any citizen for at least three days.

- Article 38 – The Attorney General can receive petitions and any objections of the receiver of land.

SUBSECTION V– On the administration of authority of the Regional Message Board

- Article 39 – The Government, specifically those members who hold suppression and or banning power, hold the power to suppress posts and ban citizens considered as violating the rules of the region defined by law.

- Article 40 – The Government, in suppressing any message or banning a citizen, must make known the reason which motivated the decision taken.

- Article 41-1 – Any suppressing and/or banning is subject to Court control if they deem it abusive.

- Article 41-2 – Citizens can petition the Court to review by 8 signatures.

- Article 42 – The use of suppression and banning shall be guided by the principles of proportionality, necessity, and legitimate aim.

- Article 43 – The use of suppression and banning shall maintain a clear balance between freedom of expression and public order.

- Article 44 – The use of suppression or banning shall concern but not limited to:
personal insults
racism
inciting violence
general disturbance to all players and the region (trolling)
publicity from other regions

- Article 44-1 – If the definition of the aforementioned terms comes into question or debate, the Senate shall have the authority to pass legislation to define them or the Courts can be petitioned to define them.

- Article 45-1 – Any citizen can file a complaint immediately to the Attorney General, or any member of the Judiciary for abuse of power.

- Article 45-2 - In case of abuse of power, the decision of suppression or banning is canceled.

- Article 46 – The Courts shall decide if there was an abuse of power. The existence of abuse of power shall be carefully examined in the light of this section and especially Articles 42 and 43.

Part II - On Specific Administration of the Office of Cartography of the Commonwealth of Liberty

Section I - On the general administration of the Cartography Office

- Article 47 – All activities related to the map including: the editing of the map, the map list, processing and vetting map claims, and land expansions will be considered part of a public service called the Office of Cartography of the Commonwealth of Liberty.
SUBSECTION 1- On the oversight of activities concerning cartography

- Article 48 – The Attorney General is principally in charge of oversight of the Office of Cartography when directed on behalf of the Government.

- Article 49 – The Attorney General may investigate and prosecute any illegal activities taken by members (Map Officers, MO.'s and the Original Map Cartographer, OMC.) of this office.

- Article 50-1 – The Attorney General may offer public opinions and scrutiny towards the members of the Office if the Attorney General believes unethical actions have taken place or based on verdicts from the Courts.

- Article 50-2 – The Attorney General receives any complaints formed by a citizen believing the decision of the MO was not in accordance with general principle fairness and neutrality.

- Article 50-3 – The Attorney General must submit an opinion within 3 days of the complaint to either start a procedure towards a Court decision or confirm the MOs decision.

- Article 50-4 – The Courts upon its own initiatives or the initiative of the Attorney General, decides to either confirm the decision of the MO or cancel it. It must delegate its decision based on serious and complete reasoning and must be within the realm of the Law.

- Article 50-5 – If a court rejects a suit concerning the MOs, the MO's decision is upheld, as per the Constitutional line on lower verdicts.

- Article 51 – Citizens of the Commonwealth of Liberty will also have a role in conducting oversight of the Office of Cartography in their capacity as Members of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Liberty.

- Article 52-1 – Citizens can trigger a public inquiry with 10 signatures on a petition.

- Article 52-2 – Citizens can trigger the transfer of MOs verdicts and thus supersede to a regional poll referendum if 7 citizenry signatures are reached on a petition within 48 hours of the verdict from the Map Officers.

- Article 52-3 – Two-third's approval is required to confirm a Land Expansion via regional poll. Failure to meet the requirement deems the expansion failed.

- Article 52-4 - Another Land Expansion for the same place can be requested a month after the failure of the first.

- Article 52-5 – If brought to a regional poll, 50.1% approval from the citizenry is needed to confirm a movement into a Key/Important land spot, should the thresholds not be reached, the motion fails.

- Article 53 – A Public Inquiry will be considered a special, public, session of the Senate in which Citizens of the COL may question the entire staff of the Office of Cartography, whose attendance is compelled unless their reasons are specified to the public.

SUBSECTION 2- On Transparency and Access to Public Documents

- Article 54 – Deliberations shall be considered any conversation, discussion or otherwise concerning any type of map claim, land expansion or otherwise that has been submitted and processed in public deliberations.

- Article 55 – Deliberations by MOs shall be held in the public eye, and will be considered public information, the methods in which this can be executed are as followed:

On the Regional Message Board

On a special discord channel in which the Public can see the conversation, but not post.

The entire conversation regarding that specific position(s) published on a factbook/dispatch on NS for entire citizenry access.

- Article 56 – Deliberations may only be held in the two specific sanctioned locations as mentioned in Article 55. It shall be considered illegal and invalid to hold official deliberations by any member of the Office of Cartography of any sort in any other location than those regulated by law.

- Article 57 – All Citizens, governmental or non-governmental, have the right to express their opinions to MOs concerning map decisions and the process before, during, or after public deliberations.
SUBSECTION 3 - Rights of citizens concerning the map

- Article 58-1 – Citizens can:
apply for land for the first time (Art.58-2 to 59-1),
apply for a change of land that is not a key or important spot (Art.59-2 and 59-3),
apply for a change of land that is a key or important spot (Art.60 to 65),
apply for an expansion of land that is not a key or important spot,
apply for an expansion that is a land that is a key or important spot,
apply for a switch between two non-key or important spot holders, and/or
apply for a switch between one with a key or important spot ownership and one without.

SUBSECTION 4 - On the procedure for first time application for a non-key important spot

- Article 58-2 – Citizens and new players likewise, seeking to claim a map spot or move from a spot to another that isn’t a K/I will inform one of the three MOs of their intent.

- Article 59-1 – Such application will receive automatic approval unless denied for reasons that must be according to the law and must be presented to the public.

SUBSECTION 5- On the procedure of applications for non-key or important land

- Article 59-2 – MOs, upon receiving and approving an application, must notify the Original Map Cartographer within the hour.

- Article 59-3 – The approval of an application by any MO opens the right for the new owner of a map spot to RP immediately upon approval.

SUBSECTION 6- On the procedure of applications for key or important land

- Article 60 – Key or Important Land requests are open for 48 hours on the moment the cartographer publishes the announcement via RMB or TG of a free K/I spot and are received by TG that all members of the Office of Cartography have access to read.

- Article 61– MO decides solely on the application.

- Article 62 – Certain areas on the roleplay map hold more importance and sway than others.

- Article 63-1 – A designation of Key/Important Spots will be established denoting these nations including the label of “(K/I)” for Key/Important positions. K/I positions are hereby specified and defined as:
China (K/I)
United States (K/I)
Russia (K/I)
United Kingdom (K/I)
France (K/I)
Japan (K/I)
India (K/I)
Germany (K/I)

- Article 63-2 – The list of Key/Important Spots is fixed by law. It can only be changed by the modification of the law.

- Article 64 – Criteria for selecting a player to fill a Key/Important Spot must include and be limited to:

Roleplay Quality based on length of text, Quality of Content, and Objective Effort insofar as expanding upon details within posts.

Relative Realism and/or Alternate History Realism of the concept for a Key/Important Spot, to be judged by the MOs when applying.

A period of citizenship within the COL equal to or greater than five months total.

- Article 65 – Criteria for selecting a player to fill a Key/Important Spot must not include or take into consideration:

OOC Conduct on the RMB or anywhere else.

Length of Residency within the COL

Grammar or spelling mistakes.

Former positions in the regional government or the locations of former residence(s) on the map.

SUBSECTION 7- Applications for Land Expansions

- Article 66-1 – A land expansion is the increase of size of the main nation of a citizen. The newly acquired land becomes part of the main nation.

- Article 66-2 - Land expansions cannot be given to secondary nations (puppets).

- Article 66-3 - Land expansions take into account realism standards.

- Article 67 – The citizen must inform the Map Officers and provide reasons for their expansion.

- Article 68 – The Map Officers use the following criteria to decide who to approve concerning Land Expansions :
RP Activity.
RP Merits, if any.
Standard of realism
When the application was submitted.

- Article 69 - The land expansion must be approved by the majority of MOs.

- Article 70 - Map Officers cannot vote on their own expansion.

PART III - ON OTHER LEGAL AUTHORITIES NOT SPECIFIED BY THE CODE OF LAW

SECTION I - On the authority of the interpretation of the law outside of the Code

- Article 70 – In case a legal problem arises and is not solved by the Code, the Courts solely shall interpret the meaning and sense of the Code in order to find a solution.


Submitted to the Fourth Senate of the Commonwealth of Liberty For Approval on the XX of XXX, 2020.

Written By: Enchanted Oasis, in her capacity as Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Liberty
&
Bayern kahla, in his capacity as both Attorney General and Assistant to the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Liberty.

Approved By the Senate of the Commonwealth of Liberty on the XX of XXX, XXXX.


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