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National University Act An ACT by the IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, granting a charter to a new university, and therewith certain rights and privileges. Article 1 - General and Administration §1. The name of this institution shall be the Alexandrian National University, and it shall be founded in the city of Geneva. §2. The University shall be subdivided into several parts, called colleges or academies based upon circumstance. These parts shall be governed and run by the whole. §3. The University shall have at its head a President, who shall make executive decisions for the University, and shall be responsible for the hiring and dismissing of faculty. He shall represent the University to the nation and world, and perform its ceremonies. The president shall be appointed and dismissed at the behest of the Emperor. §4. The President shall serve as head of the Board of Trustees, which shall also include the Emperor and the heraldic authority, and he may appoint as many other members of the faculty to it as he deems necessary. The Board of Trustees shall review the president’s decisions, and shall set matters such as spending, and the creation of additional departments not listed in this charter. In addition, it may modify this charter, subject to the intervention of the Imperial Parliament, and decide issues of budget and funding. §5. The University shall be required to release at least one document every two months of the Gregorian year, with breaks out of necessity permitted for only two consecutive months. All faculty of the University shall have the ability to release material; all material released by the University shall be subject to approval by the President- unless the President explicitly rejects a document, this approval shall be considered implied. §6. The University shall maintain a library of all documents it has released, which shall pertain to knowledge in general. It shall further keep records of all its decisions. Article 2 - The College of Arms §1. The College of Arms shall be the body charged with recognizing the heraldry of the Empire. §2. The College of Arms shall issue documents educating the Alexandrian public on the proper use, and against the abuse of heraldic devices. §3. The Herald Marshal shall be the faculty charged with the running of the College of Arms, and may grant, revoke, or amend devices of heraldry on behalf of the Emperor. He shall further hear and decide disputes over heraldry of a non-legal nature. §4. The King of Arms shall provide expert testimony on devices of heraldry in the law courts of Alexandria. §5. Illicit use of arms is defined as: Knowingly and deliberately publishing, electronically or otherwise, heraldic devices which are not his in the records and judgment of the Herald Marshal, in such a manner as to suggest that they are his lawful and registered heraldic device. §6. It shall, however, be a valid defense to show that the publication was of a speculative or instructive sort, for example to illustrate rules of heraldry; or as a draft proposal for actual arms to be lawfully registered in the future, and that in the context of the publication this was reasonably understandable. §7. Illicit use of arms shall be a misdemeanor. The punishment for illicit use of arms shall be limited to and not exceed: a. The revocation of all titles of privilege granted by Alexandria. §8. Usurpation of arms is defined as: Knowingly and deliberately publishing, electronically or otherwise, a heraldic device which are not his, and which are furthermore heraldically identical to all or part of a heraldic device belonging to some other person or institution, in the records and judgment of the Herald Marshal. §9. It shall, however, be a valid defense to show that the publication was of an instructive sort, for example to illustrate rules of heraldry, or in a catalog of heraldic devices, and that in the context of the publication it was clearly understood not to be a claim to ownership of that heraldic device by the publisher. §10. Usurpation of arms is a felony. The punishment for usurpation of arms shall be limited to and not exceeding: a. The revoking of Alexandrian citizenship . b. The banning of the said person's identification and exile from Alexandria. Title 3 - The Publishing House §1. The Publishing House shall be run by the University at large, and shall be the sole lawful publisher of material, electronic or otherwise, in the Realm, excluding those parts under foreign administration. It may open branches in other cities. §2. All published works shall be submitted to the University, and then published, typically in the form of a .pdf file. All works shall be edited and shall bear a note of royal approval. §3. The Publishing House shall maintain its own standards as perquisites to the publishing of a work, and may refuse a work for any reason. |