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| The Housekeeping Constitutional Amendment Act Article 1 – Name. 1. This act shall be officially cited as the “Housekeeping Constitutional Amendment Act”. Article 2. – Amending Article 11 of the Constitution of 2005. 2. Article 11 shall now have the following clause placed as Clause 1, with the current clause that serves as Clause 1 renumbered to Clause 3: QUOTE “The Emperor conducts His Government for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of His people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one person, family or class of people among His subjects. Therefore, in making the laws for this nation, regard shall be had to the protection, interests and welfare not only of the Emperor and Rulers, but of all the people alike.” 3. Article 11 shall now have the following clause placed as Clause 2: QUOTE “The Emperor shall be the Supreme Executive Magistrate of the Empire and the style of the “Emperor of all the Alexandrians and Perpetual Defender of the People of Alexandria”. The Empire belongs to the Emperor. Article 3 – Amending Article 15 of the Constitution of 2005. 4. Article 15, Section 8 of the Imperial Constitution of 2005 is hereby amended to read: QUOTE “The Emperor has the power, by and with the advice of the Prime Minister and/or the Cabinet, to appoint ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls who shall be commissioned, accredited and instructed agreeably to the usage and laws of nations. It is His prerogative to receive and acknowledge ambassadors and other public ministers from abroad.” 5. Article 15 shall now have the following clause placed as Clause 15 with the following clauses renumbered accordingly: QUOTE “The Emperor, through His Ministers, coins money and, through the Imperial Parliament, regulates the currency by law.” 6. Article 15 shall now have the following clause placed as Clause 16 with the following clauses renumbered accordingly: QUOTE “The Emperor, with the approval of the Prime Minister, in a case of invasion or rebellion, can place the whole Empire, or any part of it under martial law; and He can even alienate it, if indispensable to free it from the insult and oppression of any foreign power.” Article 4 – Amending Article 19 of the Constitution of 2005. 7. Article 19 of the Imperial Constitution of 2005 is hereby amended to read as follows: QUOTE (1) All legislative bills must be approved by Parliament before they can be submitted to the Emperor for Imperial Assent. (2) Any Member of Parliament shall be entitled to introduce Bills and other measures. (3) In the case of a new election and at the end of a session all Bills and other measures which have not been finally passed shall be dropped. (4) Any bill put before the Imperial Parliament that contradicts the Constitution or undermines the laws of the Empire hall be rejected at the discretion of the Speaker of the Imperial Parliament, subject to judicial review. Article 5 – Amending Article 33 of the Constitution of 2005. 8. Article 33 of the Imperial Constitution of 2005 shall now have the following clause added as Clause 2, with the existing clause being numbered as 1: QUOTE “The decisions of the High Court, when made by a majority of the Justices thereof; shall be final and conclusive upon all parties.” 9. Article 33 shall now have the following clause added as Clause 3: QUOTE “The Emperor, the Ministers, the Imperial Parliament and citizens of the Empire have authority to require the opinions of the High Court, upon important questions of law, and upon solemn occasions.” Article 6 – Imperial Assent. 10. These amendments shall be entered on the Imperial Constitution of 2005 as specified by Article 38 of said document. |