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Omnibus State Code Amendment Act wrote:
Section 1: Amendment
1. The State Code of Osiris will be amended to read as follows:
State Code of Osiris wrote: Section 1: Preamble
1. We, the members of the Deshret assembled, hereby establish the Osiris Fraternal Order for the general welfare of the People of Osiris. In order to provide for the stability, security, and democratic self-governance of Osiris, we hereby establish this Code by which the Osiris Fraternal Order will be governed.
Section 2: Executive of Osiris
1. The Pharaoh will serve as the chief executive official of the Osiris Fraternal Order, representing the Osiris Fraternal Order as Head of State and administering the Osiris Fraternal Order as Head of Government.
2. The Pharaoh will hold the in-game WA Delegacy, will have the power to set endorsement limits for Osiris, and may use the in-game powers of the World Assembly in any way necessary to enforce all endorsement limits.
3. The Pharaoh will have the power to eject and/or ban any nation from Osiris that is violating the endorsement limit applicable to that nation for the purpose of reducing its Soft Power Disbursement Rating. Any such ban that lasts more than one update will be subject to approval by the Deshret.
4. Any extrajudicial ejection or ban imposed against a citizen's nation will not void their citizenship for a period of thirty days, during which time they may move a new nation into Osiris for the purpose of maintaining citizenship or return the ejected nation to Osiris, if possible.
5. The Pharaoh will have the power to appoint deputies to assist in the administration of executive powers and responsibilities.
6. The Pharaoh will serve as commander-in-chief of the military forces of the Osiris Fraternal Order and will have the power to order and authorize deployments of such forces. The Pharaoh will be required to execute declarations of war and treaty obligations.
7. The Pharaoh will have the power, with the approval of the Deshret, to declare war against other regions, organizations, and groups and to declare a cessation of war.
8. The Pharaoh will have the power to negotiate treaties with other regions, organizations, and groups on behalf of the Osiris Fraternal Order for ratification by the Deshret.
9. The Pharaoh will have the power to annex other regions as sovereign territory of the Osiris Fraternal Order. Such territory will be governed according to the standards established by law.
10. The Pharaoh will have the power to sign or veto any legislation passed by the Deshret. If the Pharaoh neither signs nor vetoes legislation within seven days of its passage, it will automatically become law.
11. The Pharaoh will have the power, with the approval of the Deshret, to pardon or commute the sentence of any individual convicted of any criminal offense against the Osiris Fraternal Order.
12. The Pharaoh will have the power to approve or deny applications for citizenship, diplomatic recognition, and exchange of embassies according to the standards established by law.
Section 3: Security Council of Osiris
1. The Atef will be the security council of the Osiris Fraternal Order. The Pharaoh will appoint, with the approval of the Deshret, citizens to serve as Guardians of the Atef who will continue to serve until resignation or removal by the Deshret.
2. Should a Guardian serve as Pharaoh or Acting Pharaoh, their membership in the Atef will be suspended for the duration of their service as Pharaoh or Acting Pharaoh.
3. Guardians will be required to maintain WA nations in Osiris with high endorsement counts at all times. Guardians may exceed endorsement limits up to 66% of the Pharaoh's endorsement count.
4. The Pharaoh may at their discretion waive the Atef's endorsement limit during times of emergency and grant grace periods in regard to the Atef's endorsement limit during Pharaoh transitions. The Pharaoh may rescind such waivers and grace periods at their discretion.
5. The Vizier will serve as Vice Pharaoh of the Osiris Fraternal Order and Chief Guardian and Chair of the Atef, entitled to hold the second most endorsements in Osiris, beyond the endorsement limit for the Atef.
6. The Pharaoh will appoint, with the approval of the Deshret, a member of the Deshret to serve as Vizier who will continue to serve until resignation or removal by the Deshret or until election or re-election of the Pharaoh.
7. The Vizier will serve as Acting Pharaoh in the event of the Pharaoh's scheduled absence or an unscheduled absence exceeding seven days. The Vizier will be vested with all powers of the office of Pharaoh for the duration of the Pharaoh's absence.
8. The Acting Pharaoh will not assume the in-game WA Delegacy except in the event of an emergency as certified by the Atef.
9. Should the office of Pharaoh for any reason be vacated, the Vizier will assume the office of Pharaoh until a new Pharaoh is elected. An election for Pharaoh will be conducted as soon as practical.
10. In the event that the Vizier for any reason cannot serve as Acting Pharaoh or assume the office of Pharaoh, as detailed above, succession will pass to a Guardian who is able to serve, in descending order of their endorsement count.
Section 4: Assembly of Osiris
1. The Deshret will be the legislative assembly of the Osiris Fraternal Order, comprised of all citizens of the Osiris Fraternal Order who apply and are approved for membership by a vote of the Deshret. Any applicant who is not approved for membership will not be eligible for re-application for a period of thirty days.
2. No vote to approve applications for membership in the Deshret will begin during any election period, from the time submission of candidacies begins until final results are officially declared.
3. The Pharaoh or Acting Pharaoh will be a non-voting member of the Deshret for the duration of their term as Pharaoh or Acting Pharaoh but may vote in elections.
4. The Keeper of the Deshret will preside over the Deshret according to its procedural rules. The Pharaoh and Vizier will not serve as Keeper of the Deshret for the duration of their term as Pharaoh and Vizier.
5. The Deshret will have the power to define standards for maintenance of membership in the Deshret by law.
6. The Deshret will have the power to make and revise its own procedural rules. Such procedural rules will not be subject to the signature or veto of the Pharaoh.
7. The Deshret will have the power to pass any law that it determines is necessary and proper for the general welfare of the People of Osiris.
8. The Deshret will have the power to ratify treaties negotiated by the Pharaoh with other regions, organizations, and groups.
9. The Deshret will have the power to release sovereign territory of the Osiris Fraternal Order from the possession of the Osiris Fraternal Order by two-thirds majority vote.
10. The Deshret will have the power to override the veto of the Pharaoh by two-thirds majority vote.
11. The Deshret will have the power to remove officials from office by two-thirds majority vote and to remove deputies from their positions by simple majority vote. An appointed official or deputy, once removed, may not be re-appointed to the same position during the same term of office.
12. Unless otherwise mandated by this Code, all votes of the Deshret will be determined by simple majority vote. The result of any vote will be determined by taking into account only members who have voted and discounting any abstentions cast in the vote.
Section 5: Court of Osiris
1. The Pschent will be the judicial court of the Osiris Fraternal Order, comprised of three Elders.
2. Elders will be citizens of the Osiris Fraternal Order and will not serve in any other office or as deputy to any other office for the duration of their term as Elder.
3. Elders will elect from among their number a Chief Elder to preside over the Pschent according to its rules of order at the beginning of each term.
4. The Pschent will have the power to make and revise its own rules of order.
5. The Pschent will have the power to nullify any law or portion of law that contradicts this Code, and to order the cessation of any government action that violates this Code or the laws of the Osiris Fraternal Order. The Pschent may only exercise this power if petitioned to do so by an affected citizen of the Osiris Fraternal Order.
6. The Pschent will have the power to hear prosecution of criminal charges, to decide guilt or the lack of it, and to determine penalties for guilty parties according to the standards established by law.
7. Decisions by the Pschent amount to interpretation of the law, and such decisions and interpretations are binding upon the Pschent and upon all government institutions, offices, and officials.
8. Unless otherwise mandated by this Code, all decisions by the Pschent will be determined by simple majority vote.
Section 6: Attorney General of Osiris
1. The Advocate of the Deshret will be the attorney general of the Osiris Fraternal Order.
2. The Advocate will be a citizen of the Osiris Fraternal Order and will not serve in any other office or as deputy to any other office for the duration of their term as Advocate.
3. The Advocate will have the power to bring criminal charges before the Pschent and to prosecute such charges. The Pschent may accept charges brought by any citizen of the Osiris Fraternal Order and appoint a special prosecutor to prosecute such charges if it believes a conflict of interest will impair the Advocate's exercise of this power.
4. The Advocate will be responsible for maintaining a list of citizens willing to serve as counsel to the accused, for providing non-binding advisory opinions in response to legal questions raised by citizens, and for defending laws of the Osiris Fraternal Order against petitions for judicial review.
5. The Advocate will have the power to appoint deputies to assist them in executing their powers and responsibilities.
Section 7: Election of Officials
1. The following officials will be elected from among the membership of the Deshret and will have the following length of term:
(a) The Pharaoh of the Osiris Fraternal Order will have a term of three months.
(b) The Keeper of the Deshret will have a term of two months.
(c) Elders of the Pschent will have a term of six months.
(d) The Advocate of the Deshret will have a term of six months.
2. There will be no limit to the number of terms any elected official may serve.
3. Elections for Keeper will be administered by the Pharaoh. Elections for all other elected offices will be administered by the Keeper.
4. In the event that any designated electoral administrator is standing for office in the election they are designated to administer or the office of the electoral administrator is vacant, administration of that election will pass to the most senior member of the Deshret who is not standing for that office and is available to serve as electoral administrator.
5. An electoral administrator will not vote in the election they are administering except in the event of a tie.
6. All elected officials will be elected by plurality vote of the Deshret.
Section 8: Admission to Citizenship
1. For the purposes of this Code, citizens will be defined as applicants who have been admitted to citizenship by the Pharaoh or designated executive deputy according to the standards established by law.
2. Minimum requirements for an applicant to attain citizenship are as follows:
(a) No applicant for citizenship will be admitted to citizenship if the applicant does not have a nation residing in Osiris.
(b) No applicant for citizenship will be admitted to citizenship if the applicant is a member of any region, organization, or group that has declared or engaged in war against the Osiris Fraternal Order, or against which the Osiris Fraternal Order has declared war, until the cessation of war or until the applicant has renounced membership in said region, organization, or group.
3. Additional requirements for admission to citizenship in the Osiris Fraternal Order may be established by law.
Section 9: Rights of Citizenship
1. Citizens will have the right to be secure in their citizenship according to the standards established by law.
2. Citizens will have the right to be secure against ejection and/or ban from Osiris except as a temporary measure to enforce lawfully and publicly established World Assembly (WA) endorsement limits or to reduce the Soft Power Disbursement Rating of any nation that violates such endorsement limits.
3. Citizens will have the right to determine their WA status, to be secure against requirement to provide endorsement to any nation, to be secure against any specialized endorsement limit below the general endorsement limit, and to be secure against punishment for endorsing any nation which has a number of endorsements below the endorsement limit that is applicable to that nation.
4. Citizens will have the right to be secure against unlawful ban from the Osiris Fraternal Order forum. A citizen's forum access may be temporarily limited to the Pschent subforum for the duration of criminal proceedings.
5. Citizens will have the right to freedom of speech and expression, subject to reasonable restrictions imposed by law which do not violate the spirit of this Code.
6. Citizens will have the right to stand for, vote for, and be appointed to public office provided they meet eligibility requirements imposed by law.
7. Citizens will have the right, during all criminal prosecutions, to be informed of the cause of the action against them, and will enjoy a presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
8. Citizens will have the right, during all criminal prosecutions or civil disputes, to represent themselves or to be represented by counsel of their choice in fair, speedy, impartial, and public trial.
9. Citizens will have the right to be secure against double jeopardy in relation to the prosecution of criminal charges.
10. Citizens will have the right to be secure against ex post facto laws and bills of attainder.
11. Citizens will have the right to due process of law and equal protection under the law.
12. The enumeration of rights of citizenship by this Code will not be construed to restrict the enumeration of additional rights of citizenship or rights of non-citizens by law.
Section 10: Forum Administration
1. The sole legally legitimate forum of Osiris is located at the following URL: https://osiris.valthost.com/index.php
2. Nothing in this Code or other laws of Osiris will be construed to abridge the power of the forum root administrator to grant or deny administrative or moderation power over this forum as they see fit.
3. The power of forum administration and moderation to enforce the Zetaboards Terms of Service and Terms of Use and to establish and enforce additional terms of use related exclusively to forum security will supersede all other provisions of this Code and all laws of Osiris.
4. Administrative and moderation action may be reviewed by the Pschent, by petition of any citizen or on its own initiative, exclusively to determine whether the action taken was necessary for enforcement of the Zetaboards Terms of Service, Terms of Use, and/or forum security.
Section 11: Amendment
1. The Deshret will have the power, by three-quarters majority vote, to amend this Code. Amendments to this Code will not be subject to the signature or veto of the Pharaoh.
Voting will end on June 22, 2014, at 8 PM (20:00) Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5).
