The State Code of Osiris

Ainocra · Post by **Ainocra** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:05 am

State Code of Osiris

Section 1: Preamble

1. We, the Councilors of the Deshret, on behalf of the People of Osiris and for their general welfare, hereby establish the Osiris Fraternal Order. In order to provide for the stability and security of Osiris and the efficient operation of her government, we hereby establish this State Code of Osiris by which the Osiris Fraternal Order will be governed.

Section 2: Executive of Osiris

1. The Pharaoh will serve as the chief executive officer of Osiris, representing Osiris as Head of State and administering Osiris as Head of Government.

[2. The Pharaoh will hold the in-game World Assembly (WA) Delegacy, will have the power to set general and secondary endorsement limits for Osiris, and may use the in-game powers of the World Assembly in any way necessary to enforce all endorsement limits.

(a) The Pharaoh will have the power to eject and/or ban any nation from Osiris for the purpose of reducing their in-game influence. Any such ban of a citizen that lasts more than one update shall be subject to the approval of the Deshret.

(b) No such ejection shall be considered grounds for immediately voiding a nation's citizenship, nor shall any such ejection void the rights of any citizen under this Code.

(c) In the event of a citizen's ejection the citizen shall be afforded a period of thirty days to move a new nation into Osiris for purposes of maintaining citizenship.]⁴

[3. The Pharaoh will have the power to appoint or remove any citizen as a senior cabinet official, styled Scribes of the Hedjet. Appointment of Scribes must be approved by the Deshret. Junior cabinet officials may be appointed at the discretion of the relevant Scribe.]³

4. The Pharaoh will have the power to further organize the executive branch of government. The Pharaoh may delegate any of the powers and areas of oversight prescribed to them under this Section to officials in the executive branch of government. Such delegation does not affect the exercise by the Pharaoh of any such power or oversight.

5. The Pharaoh will serve as commander-in-chief of the military forces of Osiris and will have the power to order and authorize deployments.

(a) The Pharaoh will have the power, with the approval of the Deshret, to declare war against other regions and organizations and to declare a cessation of war.

(b) The Pharaoh will be required to execute declarations of war and treaty obligations.

6. The Pharaoh will have the power to negotiate treaties with other regions, organizations, and groups on behalf of Osiris for submission to the Deshret.

7. 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.

8. 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 Osiris.

9. 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.

[10. The Atef will serve as the security council of Osiris. The Pharaoh will appoint, with the approval of the Deshret, citizens to serve as Guardians of the Atef. Guardians of the Atef will be required to maintain WA nations in Osiris with high endorsement counts at all times. Neither the Pharaoh nor the Vizier will serve as Guardian of the Atef for the duration of their service as Pharaoh or Vizier.]²

(a) Guardians of the Atef may only exceed the general endorsement limit up to 66% of the Pharaoh's endorsement count or ten endorsements less than the Vizier's endorsement count, whichever is lower.

(b) 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 and Vizier transitions. The Pharaoh may rescind such waivers and grace periods at their discretion.

[(c) The Atef will have the power to determine proper procedure for the simultaneous, unscheduled absence of both the Pharaoh and the Vizier for a period exceeding seven days, and for enforcement of the Pharaoh's removal from office if the Vizier is simultaneously removed from office or if the office of Vizier is vacant.]²

11. The Vizier will serve as Vice Pharaoh of Osiris, holding the second most WA endorsements in the region. The Pharaoh will appoint, with the approval of the Deshret, a citizen to serve as Vizier.

(a) 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 Pharaoh for the duration of the Pharaoh's absence, but will not assume the in-game WA Delegacy except in the event of an emergency as certified by the Atef of Osiris.

(b) The Vizier will assume the office of Pharaoh in the event of the Pharaoh's resignation or removal from office.

[Section 3: Deshret of Osiris]⁶

[1. The Deshret will be the legislative council of Osiris, open to all citizens of the Osiris Fraternal Order who are approved for membership by the Deshret.]⁵

[(a) 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.]⁶

[(b) The Keeper will accept or reject applications for membership in the Deshret within seven days of their filing. Any Councilor may move for a full Deshret vote on any membership application accepted or rejected by the Keeper within seven days of acceptance or rejection of the application.

(c) Applications for Deshret membership will be on hold and will not be accepted or rejected during any election, from the time submission of candidacies begins until final results are officially declared.

(d) The Deshret will have the power to establish standards for maintaining membership in the Deshret by law.]⁵

[2. 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.]⁶

3. The Deshret will have the power to make and revise its own procedural rules.

4. 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.

5. The Deshret will have the power to ratify treaties negotiated by the Pharaoh with other regions, organizations, and groups.

6. The Deshret will have the power to override the Pharaoh's veto by a two-thirds majority vote.

7. The Deshret will have the power to remove the Pharaoh from office by a three-quarters majority vote. The Deshret will have the power to remove any other government official from office by a two-thirds majority vote.

8. The Deshret will have the power to establish an additional Pharaonic line of succession beyond the Vizier from among Guardians of the Atef.

9. Unless otherwise noted by this Code, all decisions by the Deshret will be made by simple majority vote.

(a) The result of a vote will be determined by only taking into account members voting, and discounting any "present" votes cast in the vote.

[Section 4: Pschent of Osiris]⁶

1. The Pschent will be the judicial council of Osiris, comprised of three Elders of the Pschent appointed by the Pharaoh with the approval of the Deshret. Elders of the Pschent will not serve as Pharaoh, Vizier, or Keeper of the Deshret for the duration of their service on the Pschent.

[(a) Only citizens of Osiris may be appointed to the Pschent.

(b) Elders may maintain active involvement in Priesthoods of the Hedjet and may serve as Councilors of the Deshret while serving as Elders.]¹

(c) Provision for temporary appointments may be made by law for absences of Elders, vacancies in the Pschent, or conflicts of interest.

2. The Pschent will have the power to make and revise its own procedural rules. This power may be exercised by any two Elders, if there are fewer than two Elders this power may be exercised by a single Elder.

3. 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 Osiris. The Pschent may only exercise this power if petitioned to do so by an affected citizen of Osiris.

4. The Pschent will have the power to hear prosecution of alleged criminal offenses by the Scribe of Justice or their deputy, to decide guilt or the lack of it, and to determine penalties for guilty parties according to the standards established by law.

5. Decisions by the Pschent amount to interpretation of the law, and those decisions and interpretation are binding on the Pschent and all government bodies and officials.

6. Decisions of the Pschent shall be made in accordance with this Code, other laws and the rules of the Pschent.

[Section 5: Rights of Citizens]⁶

1. For the purposes of this Code, citizens will be defined as those applicants who have been accepted as citizens by the Pharaoh according to the standards established by law. Minimum requirements for an applicant to attain citizenship are as follows:

(a) No applicant for citizenship will be accepted as a citizen if the applicant does not have a nation residing in Osiris.

(b) No applicant for citizenship will be accepted if the applicant, or any region, organization, or group of which the applicant is a member, has declared or engaged in hostility against the Osiris Fraternal Order since 10 December 2013, or if the applicant is part of a region, organization, or group against which the Osiris Fraternal Order has declared war, until the cessation of hostility or war or until the applicant has renounced membership in said region, organization, or group.

2. The following rights will be afforded to all citizens:

(a) Citizens will have the right to be secure in their citizenship according to the standards established by law.

[(b) 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 endorsement limits or to reduce the influence of any nation that violates those endorsement limits. Citizens will have the right to be secure against ban from the Osiris Fraternal Order forum, though a citizen's access may be temporarily limited to the Pschent for the duration of criminal proceedings.]⁴

(c) 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.

(d) Citizens will have the right to petition government officials in relation to all matters and to receive a prompt response to such petitions.

(e) Citizens will have the right to active involvement in the executive branch of government unless precluded by this Code.

(f) Citizens will have the right to apply for, stand for, vote for, and be appointed to government office provided they meet eligibility requirements imposed by law.

(g) 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. They will have the right to represent themselves or to be represented by counsel in a speedy, impartial, and public trial. Trial may proceed notwithstanding a defendant's absence provided that due notice has been given and the defendant's absence is beyond justification.

(h) Citizens will have the right to be secure against double jeopardy in relation to the prosecution of alleged criminal offenses.

(i) Citizens will have the right to be secure against ex post facto laws and bills of attainder.

(j) Citizens will have the right to due process of law and equal protection under the law.

(k) Citizens will have the right to be members of the WA or to decline WA membership, to be secure against requirement to endorse any WA nation, to be secure against any specialized endorsement limit below the general endorsement limit, and to be secure against punishment for endorsing any WA nation which has a number of endorsements below the endorsement limit lawfully and publicly established for that nation.

3. The rights established by Section 6.2(a)-(f) of this Code may be temporarily or permanently suppressed in whole or in part through criminal penalties imposed by the Pschent, according to the standards established by law. The rights established by Section 6.2(g)-(k) of this Code may never be suppressed.

4. The establishment of rights by this Code will not be construed to restrict or prohibit the establishment of additional rights by law. No rights afforded to citizens by this Code will be construed to be afforded to non-citizen residents of Osiris.

[Section 6: 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.

2. There will be no limit to the number of terms any elected official may serve.

[3. All elected officials will be elected by majority vote of the Deshret, as prescribed by law.]⁷

4. In the event that any elected office becomes vacant, an election for that office will begin as soon as practical following the vacancy.]⁶

Section 7: 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.

(a) 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 8: Amendment

1. The Deshret will have the power, by a three-fifths majority vote, to amend this Code. The Pharaoh will have the same power to sign or veto amendments to this Code as prescribed by Section 2.7 of this Code, and the Deshret will have the same power to override the Pharaoh's veto as prescribed by Section 4.6 of this Code.

2. The Keeper of the Deshret will be responsible for maintaining copies of the original and current versions of this Code and a publicly accessible list of all amendments made to this Code.[/color][/b]