Does YN head of state have to grant assent to laws? How?

[Nakodu]

In Nakodu the Crown has nominally the right to grant assent to laws. In fact it never happened that a King/Queen has denied his/her assent.

[Arendelle und Wesselton und Sud-Inseln]

Arendelle is an absolute monarchy, so Phoenix Empress Helga's word is law. We do not have a legislature of any kind.

[Dtin]

All important legislation must be presented to the King through the Royal Senatorial Council, and the King has the power to propose amendments to the Council, but it is not necessary that the Council take his word into account when revising legislation. However, legislation which has both been voted on in the Lower and Upper House can be vetoed by the King if he chooses to do so, but the King is largely above politics and has thus abstained from using his powers.

[Estainia]

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[Ru-]

The King of Ru grants assent by signing and stamping bills that have been passed by the imperial senate into law. If the King does not consent to the law, he will veto it and send it back to the senate, who can override the King's wishes and pass the law anyway with a 2/3rds vote.

[The Islands of Versilia]

Yes, the High Queen must give approval for all new laws and other actions Parliament will attempt to undertake.

[Chinese Peoples]

The President, the non-executive head of state of China, does not technically grant assent to laws, merely promulgating it as a symbol that it has been properly passed by competent authorities and with the democratic authorization of the people. As such, he has no power to withhold assent, except as his prime minister (President of the Executive Yuan) advises him to do so. When a bill has been passed by the Legislative Yuan, two certified copies are sent to the President and to the Executive Yuan (cabinet); the President has 10 days to promulgate this legislation, and typically the cabinet will have expressed its opinion to the President by that time. If the cabinet wishes to withhold the bill, it will advise the President to return his copy to the Legislative Yuan for further consideration, which will be backed up by an instrument from the cabinet explaining for its rejection or a minister appearing before the parliament to the same effect. If the cabinet fails to express its opinion within the 10-day timeframe, it is in default of its duties to advise the President, in which case a motion of confidence might be tabled against the cabinet.

On the presidential order (Order-by-the-President, officially), this set phrase sees it into law, "The Legislative Yuan having passed an act [...] and submitted it to us for promulgation, the said act is hereby promulgated accordingly". The President will then sign the order, which is then signed by the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers, and any number of ministers whose portfolios are affected by this legislation.

The same form is used when promulgating emergency legislation, which are law in effect, but they are passed by the cabinet only; they must be submitted to the legislature for its approbation, or they lose effect after three months; the legislature may choose to annul it sooner.

[The One True Benxboro Empire]

Laws may be promulgated for the whole of the Empire by the Council of the Spheres. The One True Emperor must grant assent to all of them. Otherwise, they are considered to be Advices of the Imperial Government, which have no legal force but may be followed by the jurisdictions of the Empire.
The administrative divisions of the Empire may pass laws in compliance with those of the Imperial Code, which require assent from the Imperial governor of those divisions.

[Deutsch Mitteleuropa]

In all the constitutient states of Mitteleuropa the resident Head of State (Reich President of Germany, King of the Netherlands, King of Denmark, Grand Duke of Great Wallonia, Federal Council of Switzerland, President of Poland, President of Slovenia, President of Croatia) has the right to sign or not sign a law. Not signing it means a veto, but this may be overridden in all cases. In the monarchical countries of those listed, the Prime Ministers usually also possess the right to veto, and use it much more often than the monarch.

The Emperor of Mitteleuropa, meanwhile, is responsible for upholding the Mitteleuropa Charter of Liberties, and therefore may veto or strike down any law that he feels contradicts the Charter; so, while the Emperor does not need to grant assen to a law, he can still prevent one from passing. This, however, may be struck down by the Court of Liberties of Mitteleuropa, a body on which eight representatives, one from each country, sit.

[Lauchenoiria]

Yes, our President must grant assent. The President may veto any legislation, however this veto can be overturned by a 2/3 majority in both houses of parliament.

[Qashistan]

The President of Qashistan is defined in Article 1, Section 2, of the 2003 Constitution as being the "Head of State and Government of the Republic of Qashistan". In Article 1, Section 3, it is declared that "the assent of the President is required for the enacting of legislation passed by the National Assembly into law."

In 2005, the National Assembly passed an amendment to the Constitution as a safeguard against the potential future usurpation of power by the President. If the Assembly declares a "state of emergency" by a majority of three-quarters, then the President's assent is no longer needed to pass law. The Presidential Assent Act has never been applied to a real-life situation.

Thus, although the President's assent is required under normal circumstances, a mechanism exists for the legislature to remove this requirement.

[Technoscience Leftwing]

* Put forward a bill of a citizen or a group of citizens (subculture).
* All wishing citizens vote for him in an electronic referendum on the Internet.
* If 70% of the population approves the project, the Ideological Council must approve it. He checks the project for compliance with the ideals of our doctrine. In this Council - experts with higher education, passed competitive exams.
* After approval by the Ideological Council, the project becomes law and it is implemented by the Executive Directorate.

[Dekerin Domains]

We do not have a monarchy, however the Prime Minister, who is both head of government and head of state, must sign proposals once they have passed the Forum in order for them to officially pass into law.

If they choose not to sign a proposal, however, then the Forum may vote to 'sign' the proposal in lieu of the Prime Minister. This vote requires at least 60% of the Forum to vote in favour in order for it to occur.

So, effectively overriding a veto.

[Luziyca]

S/he has to sign it, though it is possible for him/her to just let it lapse into law. However, the President can veto a bill, and requires a 2/3rds majority in Congress to override the President's veto.

[First American Empire]

Our government technically does not need Royal Assent to pass laws, but the Emperor can overwrite or repeal laws at any time, so this only really comes up when laws are so unimportant that the Emperor doesn't even notice them. An Imperial Edict or Veto can only be overturned by a unanimous vote of our legislature.

[The United Avalon Systems]

All proposals are passed by the Emperor before they are passed along to the Galactic Senate. Additionally, the inner most government figures (i.e; the Emperor) also cast their votes on the laws via the Galactic Senate before they are approved/denied. At any time, the Emperor, with the permission of the Shadow Emperor can veto or change these laws.

[Ziyu]

Yes. The signature of the President is required for any bill that passes (more yes votes than no votes) but receives less than 190 votes in favour. It is rare for a President to refuse to sign bills, however it often happens with the budget when the President is of the party in opposition, such as a ZNP President presiding over a Progressive legislature.

[Arthropol]

Yes, every law is signed by the monarch of Arthropol, currently King Pierre IV. In the past, the monarch could decide to approve or disapprove the law, but in modern Arthropol, the monarch has to sign. If the monarch does not want to sign, the parliament of Arthropol can use emergency powers to pass the law without signing.

[-The Islamic Queendom-]

All laws passed by the Royal Parliament must be granted royal assent by the Princess of the Islamic Queendom, currently Princess Jasmine. Under the current laws, the monarch may either grant royal assent in-person at the Royal House, the upper-chamber of Parliament or, more commonly, via letters patent declaring that royal assent has been granted to the law as passed by Parliament.

The monarch has the authority to refuse to grant assent, however no Princess of the Islamic Queendom has done so in our history.