NS Parliament RP [OOC/OPEN]

[Kowani]

A question: How large is our population?

[East Meranopirus]

A question: How large is our population?

A little less than a million, based on the constituency numbers by Archism

[Kowani]

A question: How large is our population?

A little less than a million, based on the constituency numbers by Archism

Thanks!

[Martune]

We encourage the continuous drafting of legislation. If you need to, repost your bills (WITHOUT THE TAG) and keep tweaking them.

[Roosevetania]

I added a clause stating that bills will be introduced roughly in the order that they entered the queue. Since I believe I have enough sponsors, I will now submit it.
EDIT: Un-submitted.

Standing Orders of Parliament
Authors: Alexander Norberg (NPP), Anna Nilsson (PLP)
Sponsors: James Penta (Gr), Dorgival R. Seč (SDP), Austin Miller (SHAPC), Sven Sköldsvik (R)

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A bill to establish the rules of procedure of the Parliament of Saint Hilda per the Constitution of Saint Hilda

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, as follows:

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§1 - The Speaker and Speaker's Conference

1. The Speaker shall preside over Parliament and shall have the authority to enforce the Standing Orders.
2. The Speaker may appoint Deputy Speakers and a Sergeant-At-Arms.
3. At the beginning of a Parliamentary term, nominations for Speaker shall be held for twenty-four hours. Nominees must be Members of Parliament and may nominate themselves. A nomination must acquire two seconds to be recognized.
4. After nominations conclude, a vote shall be held. Should only one candidate meet the requirements, an aye/nay confidence vote shall be held. Should two candidates meet the requirements, an adversarial vote using first-past-the-post shall be held. Should more than two candidates meet the requirements, a vote using ranked choice voting shall be held.
5. During nominations and voting for Speaker, one of the most senior Members [OOC: one of the admins] shall preside as Acting Speaker. The winner of the vote shall be Speaker for the remainder of the Parliamentary term.
6. The Speaker must be politically independent and unbiased.
7. There shall be a Speaker's Conference composed of party leaders. The Speaker shall consult with the Speaker's Conference on matters of Parliamentary proceedings.

§2 - Regulations on Behavior

1. Members shall address their remarks to the Speaker.
2. Members shall address all other Members, including the Speaker, appropriately and with proper titles.
3. Members shall not:
   
   1. use second person pronouns.
   2. speak out of turn or interrupt other Members.
   3. needlessly obstruct the business of Parliament or interrupt voting periods unless conveying urgent information to the Speaker.
   4. use language or conduct unbecoming of an elected official.
   5. utter remarks that are, to the best of their knowledge, false.
   6. impugn the intelligence or dignity of other Members.
   7. advocate or perpetrate violent, illegal, or otherwise inappropriate activities.
4. Should a Member violate these rules, the following disciplinary actions may be undertaken at the discretion of the Speaker:
   
   1. Informal warning: a warning given by the Speaker during the course of debate, with no further action.
   2. Formal warning: a warning given by the Speaker by interrupting debate and reading out the section of the rules violated.
   3. Removal from the Chamber: the Speaker temporarily removes a Member from the Chamber for a designated amount of time.
   4. Censure: another member may motion to officially condemn another member through censure. Should the motion receive five seconds, the Parliament shall vote on the censure.
   5. Expulsion: after persistent violation of the rules, the Speaker or a Member may move to expel a Member. When not proposed by the Speaker, the motion requires five seconds. Should the requirements be met, the Parliament shall vote on the motion. The Member shall be expelled if two-thirds of votes are in favor.

§3 - Points and Motions

1. Those items designated “motions” need five Members to second the motion followed by a vote; those items designated “points” do not need either. The list is arranged from highest to lowest precedence; questions of higher precedence shall be resolved before those of lower precedence.
2. Votes on motions may take place concurrently to any other business. Motions shall be considered adopted if a majority of votes are in favour.
3. Motion to adjourn: That Parliament adjourn until a specified time.
4. Point of personal privilege: To draw the attention of the Speaker to a lack of comfort, safety, audibility of the person speaking, etc.
5. Motion to extend debate: That debate on the question at hand be extended for a specified additional duration.
6. Motion to immediately vote: That the debate be closed and voting on the question at hand be immediately begun.
7. Motion to close the debate: That the debate be closed and the next scheduled debate be immediately begun.
8. Motion of no-confidence in Speaker: That Parliament has lost confidence in the Speaker to sevre.
9. Motion to appeal the Speaker’s decision: That the Speaker's decision be put to a vote. Requires seven seconds.
10. Motion of censure: That a Member be officially condemned by the Parliament.
11. Point of order: To draw the Speaker’s attention to a specific violation of these rules.
12. Point of inquiry: To clarify a point regarding these rules.
13. Point of information: To clarify a point regarding the business at hand, or the order of business, or the queue of bills.
14. Motion to re-order the queue: That the queue of bills be re-ordered in a specific order.

§4 - Voting

1. No vote shall last for an amount of time less than twenty-four hours.
2. Any clear indication of assent or dissent shall be counted as a valid vote.
3. During votes, members shall be silent, other than when they are casting their vote or conveying urgent information to the Speaker.
4. A majority of votes must be cast in favor for a bill or resolution to pass.

§5 - Bill Process and Parliamentary Schedule

1. There shall be a queue for proposed bills.
2. Proposed bills and resolutions must gain three sponsors other than the author before they enter the bill queue.
3. The Prime Minister may designate bills in the queue as Government bills. The Leader of the Opposition, who shall be the leader of the largest political bloc not in Government, may designate bills as Opposition bills.
4. The Speaker, in consultation with the Speaker's Conference, shall introduce no less than two and no more than five bills in one week. Each bill shall be debated for at least twenty-four hours, followed by a voting period at the end of the week on all bills of the week.
5. Should only two bills be introduced in a week, there shall be one Government bill and one Opposition bill as is possible. Should three bills be introduced in one week, there shall be one Government bill, one Opposition bill, and one private bill as is possible. Should four bills be introduced in a week, there shall be two Government bills, one Opposition bill, and one private bill as is possible. Should five bills be introduced in a week, there shall be two Government bills, two Opposition bills, and one private bill as is possible.
6. As is possible by following the guidelines above, bills shall be introduced in the order they entered the queue, barring extenuating circumstances as determined by the Speaker and the Speaker's Conference.
7. Every week, as far as possible, there shall be some time, not less than 24 hours, allotted as Question Time. During this time, Members may ask questions to the Prime Minister and other Ministers. Ministers shall be compelled to reply to all such questions, unless doing so would create a grave danger to national security. Sufficient time shall be given to members of the Opposition to ask questions.
8. Other debates on various issues may be held by the Speaker in consultation with the Speaker’s Conference.

[Inhorto]

Given the defeat of the previous bill, I am placing for your consideration the Human Rights Act, a collaboration between Agarntrop and me. This bill retains much of the judiciary clauses from the previous proposal, but most of everything else has changed. We are not submitting yet, so as to give people time to give criticsm.

Human Rights Act
Author: Eloise Eliasson (NPP) and James Penta (Green) (Editor)
Sponsors: Dorgival R. Seč (SDP), Carl von Leslie (NPP - Prime Minister), Alexander Norberg (NPP)

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To give all persons within Saint Hilda the rights to life, bodily autonomy, privacy of belongings, free expression, sufferage, equality before the law, fair trial, and other rights.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, as follows:

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1. Right to life is bestowed upon all persons upon birth and shall not be violated in any circumstance except to protect the lives of others in immediate, life-threatening peril, or in wartime where the killing of enemy combatants is just under international law.
   
   
2. All persons have the right to bodily autonomy and privacy; no person, personal effect, or person’s property—physical or digital—shall be forcibly detained, seized, searched, or otherwise violated except by an officer of the law for the purposes of protecting the health and safety of others, interrupting criminal activity committed in flagrante delicto, or pursuant to a warrant issued by a lawful judge of Saint Hilda on the basis of probable cause.
   
   
3. Torture, involuntary physical maiming, or psychological abuse are prohibited without exception.
   
   
4. All persons enjoy the right to free speech, peaceful assembly, free press, and petition for grievances inasmuch as such expressions or manifestations do not incite violence, do not jeopardize the health and security of others, and do not defame, slander, or libel a person, persons, or organization.
   
   
5. All persons enjoy the right to freely practice nonviolent, harmless religious or cultural practice, as well as the right to abstain thereof.
   
   
6. All citizens having seventeen years of age or greater shall have the right to freely vote or abstain from voting in a national election, or in the local elections of a locality in which they reside, and all votes in these elections cast shall be secret. The Government of Saint Hilda shall not institute a poll tax or attempt in any way to obstruct any citizen from voting.
   
   
7. All persons—regardless of sex, religion, culture, socioeconomic status, or political identity—are equal before the Government of Saint Hilda.
   
   
8. No person shall be detained for criminal offense except under substantial charge filed by a prosecutor of Saint Hilda with the consent of the Ministry of Justice. Upon charge, all persons shall have the right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus to be seen by a court within forty-eight hours of their detainment. The right to habeas corpus may be justifiably suspended during grave internal or external unrest as declared by Parliament and ratified by the Constitutional Court, and such suspensions shall only last until the period of unrest has lapsed.
   
   
9. All persons are protected against self-incrimination or the incrimination of their spouse or children, and all persons are to be assumed innocent before the law until proven guilty.
   
   
10. All persons have a right to a fair, unbiased, and expeditious trial in a court of law before a jury of their peers, and shall have unconstrained access to a trained barrister or barristers for their civil or criminal defense, and all communication between a person and their barrister shall be privileged beyond any subpoena; if a person cannot afford a private barrister, the state shall furnish one for them.
    
    
11. All persons shall have the right to access and examine any evidence or testimony against them, as well as the right to bring forth and compel any evidence or testimony in their defense. All evidence or testimony offered in support of the innocence of the defense must be considered, regardless of the nature of such evidence or testimony.
    
    
12. All persons found guilty shall have the right to petition for a writ of certiorari before a higher court, and no person shall be subjected to double jeopardy for the same offense.
    
    
13. No law shall be administered ex post facto, except those applying retroactively in mitius or any statute that enforces international peremptory norms.
    
    
14. The Human Rights Act shall apply to the government of Saint Hilda and all constituent and local governing bodies therein, as well as within all chancelleries, consulates, and other extensions of the Government of Saint Hilda abroad, as well as on all vessels of land or sea, public or private, that fly the Saint Hilda flag.

[Crylante]

An act that will legalise same-sex marriage. Civil and religious marriage are both legal under this and religions retain their right to refuse to marry people.

Marriage Act
Authors: Sven Sköldsvik (R)
Sponsors: Dorgival R. Seč (SDP), Viktoria Ljungstrad (SLP-R), Austin Miller (SHAPC)

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A bill to make provisions for the marriage of same-sex and opposite-sex couples in St Hilda and the rights of religions to perform marriage.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, as follows:

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§1 - Definition of Marriage

1. Marriage shall hereafter be defined as a voluntary union between two people over the legal age of marriage.
2. The legality of marriage shall be determined without regard to the gender of its two participants.
3. The legal age of marriage shall be set at sixteen with the consent of the legal guardians of both involved, or eighteen without the requirement for consent.
4. Marriages shall not be valid between any two people that share a parent.
5. Marriages shall not be legal between any two people that share a grandparent.
6. Marriages shall not be legal between a parent and their child.
7. Marriages shall not be legal between a grandparent and their grandchild.
8. Marriages shall not be legal between an aunt or uncle and their niece or nephew.
9. Marriages shall not be legal if entered between more than two persons.
10. A marriage may not be entered by a person if they are already married to another person.

§2 - Recognition of Marriage

• Marriages shall be recognised only if performed in a registry office, recognised religious congregation or a place that has been given the right to perform marriage.
• Religious venues affiliated with the Church of Sweden shall be given the right to perform marriage.
• Any other religious venues shall be given the right to perform marriage if it is given said right by the government.
• A place that is not a registry office or religious venue may be given the right to solemise marriage through local government order.
• A registry office may not discriminate in who it marries so long as the marriage is legally valid.
• Religious venues have the right to discriminate in who they marry under religious freedom.
• Other places may not discriminate in who they marry so long as the marriage is legally valid.
• Marriages may only be legally valid if both parties consent and the marriage is witnessed by two other individuals.

§3 - Implementation

• This act shall be implemented immediately upon its passage.
• This act may be cited as the Marriage Act 2019.

[Agarntrop]

An act that will legalise same-sex marriage. Civil and religious marriage are both legal under this and religions retain their right to refuse to marry people.

Marriage Act
Authors: Sven Sköldsvik (R)
Sponsors:

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A bill to make provisions for the marriage of same-sex and opposite-sex couples in St Hilda and the rights of religions to perform marriage.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, as follows:

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§1 - Definition of Marriage

1. Marriage shall hereafter be defined as a voluntary union between two people over the legal age of marriage.
2. The legality of marriage shall be determined without regard to the gender of its two participants.
3. The legal age of marriage shall be set at sixteen with the consent of the legal guardians of both involved, or eighteen without the requirement for consent.
4. Marriages shall not be valid between any two people that share a parent.
5. Marriages shall not be legal between any two people that share a grandparent.
6. Marriages shall not be legal between a parent and their child.
7. Marriages shall not be legal between a grandparent and their grandchild.
8. Marriages shall not be legal between an aunt or uncle and their niece or nephew.
9. Marriages shall not be legal if entered between more than two persons.
10. A marriage may not be entered by a person if they are already married to another person.

§2 - Recognition of Marriage

• Marriages shall be recognised only if performed in a registry office, recognised religious congregation or a place that has been given the right to perform marriage.
• Religious venues affiliated with the Church of Sweden shall be given the right to perform marriage.
• Any other religious venues shall be given the right to perform marriage if it is given said right by the government.
• A place that is not a registry office or religious venue may be given the right to solemise marriage through local government order.
• A registry office may not discriminate in who it marries so long as the marriage is legally valid.
• Religious venues have the right to discriminate in who they marry under religious freedom.
• Other places may not discriminate in who they marry so long as the marriage is legally valid.
• Marriages may only be legally valid if both parties consent and the marriage is witnessed by two other individuals.

§3 - Implementation

• This act shall be implemented immediately upon its passage.
• This act may be cited as the Marriage Act 2019.

Would sponsor, but I would amend Section 1C to read "The legal age of marriage shall be set at
twenty-one."

[Kowani]

Given the defeat of the previous bill, I am placing for your consideration the Human Rights Act, a collaboration between Agarntrop and me. This bill retains much of the judiciary clauses from the previous proposal, but most of everything else has changed. We are not submitting yet, so as to give people time to give criticsm.

Human Rights Act
Author: Eloise Eliasson (NPP) and James Penta (Green) (Editor)

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To give all persons within Saint Hilda the rights to life, bodily autonomy, privacy of belongings, free expression, sufferage, equality before the law, fair trial, and other rights.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, as follows:

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1. Right to life is bestowed upon all persons upon birth and shall not be violated in any circumstance except to protect the lives of others in immediate, life-threatening peril or in wartime where the killing of enemy combatants is just under international law.
   
   
2. All persons have the right to bodily autonomy and privacy. No person, personal affect, or person’s property—physical or digital—shall be forcibly detained, seized, searched, or otherwise violated except by an officer of the law for the purposes of protecting the health and safety of others, interrupting criminal activity committed in flagrante delicto, or pursuant to a warrant issued by a lawful judge of Saint Hilda on the basis of probable cause.
   
   
3. Torture, involuntary physical maiming, or psychological abuse are prohibited without exception.
   
   
4. All persons enjoy the right to free speech, free assembly, free press, and petition for grievances inasmuch as such expressions or manifestations are nonviolent, do not incite violence, do not jeopardize the health and security of others, or do not defame, slander, or libel a person, persons, or organization.
   
   
5. All persons enjoy the right to freely practice nonviolent, harmless religious or cultural practice, as well as the right to abstain thereof.
   
   
6. All citizens having seventeen years of age or greater shall have the right to freely vote or abstain from voting. The Government of Saint Hilda shall not institute a poll tax or attempt in any way to obstruct any citizen from voting.
   
   
7. All persons, regardless of sex, religion, culture, socioeconomic status, or political identity are equal before the Government of Saint Hilda.
   
   
8. No person shall be detained for criminal offense except under substantial charge filed by a prosecutor of Saint Hilda with the consent of the Ministry of Justice. Upon charge, all persons shall have the right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus to be seen by a court within forty-eight hours of their detainment. The right to habeas corpus may be suspended during justifiable grave internal or external unrest as declared by Parliament and ratified by the Constitutional Court, and such suspensions shall only last until the period of unrest has passed.
   
   
9. All persons are protected against self-incrimination or the incrimination of their spouse or children.
   
   
10. All persons have a right to a fair, unbiased, and expeditious trial in a court of law before a jury of their peers, and shall have unconstrained access to a trained barrister or barristers for their civil or criminal defense, and all communication between a person and their barrister shall be privileged beyond any subpoena; if a person cannot afford a private barrister, the state shall furnish one for them.
    All persons shall have the right to access and examine any evidence or testimony against them, as well as the right to bring forth and compel any evidence or testimony in their defense. All evidence or testimony offered in support of the innocence of the defense must be considered, regardless of the nature of such evidence or testimony.
    
    
11. All persons found guilty shall have the right to petition for a writ of certiorari before a higher court, and no person shall be subjected to double jeopardy for the same offense.
    
    
12. The Human Rights Act shall apply to the government of Saint Hilda and all constituent and local governing bodies therein, as well as within all chancelleries, consulates, and other extensions of the Government of Saint Hilda abroad, as well as on all vessels of land or sea, public or private, that fly the Saint Hilda flag.

Sponsor-Dorgival R. Seč, SDP

[Crylante]

An act that will legalise same-sex marriage. Civil and religious marriage are both legal under this and religions retain their right to refuse to marry people.

Marriage Act
Authors: Sven Sköldsvik (R)
Sponsors:

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A bill to make provisions for the marriage of same-sex and opposite-sex couples in St Hilda and the rights of religions to perform marriage.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, as follows:

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§1 - Definition of Marriage

1. Marriage shall hereafter be defined as a voluntary union between two people over the legal age of marriage.
2. The legality of marriage shall be determined without regard to the gender of its two participants.
3. The legal age of marriage shall be set at sixteen with the consent of the legal guardians of both involved, or eighteen without the requirement for consent.
4. Marriages shall not be valid between any two people that share a parent.
5. Marriages shall not be legal between any two people that share a grandparent.
6. Marriages shall not be legal between a parent and their child.
7. Marriages shall not be legal between a grandparent and their grandchild.
8. Marriages shall not be legal between an aunt or uncle and their niece or nephew.
9. Marriages shall not be legal if entered between more than two persons.
10. A marriage may not be entered by a person if they are already married to another person.

§2 - Recognition of Marriage

• Marriages shall be recognised only if performed in a registry office, recognised religious congregation or a place that has been given the right to perform marriage.
• Religious venues affiliated with the Church of Sweden shall be given the right to perform marriage.
• Any other religious venues shall be given the right to perform marriage if it is given said right by the government.
• A place that is not a registry office or religious venue may be given the right to solemise marriage through local government order.
• A registry office may not discriminate in who it marries so long as the marriage is legally valid.
• Religious venues have the right to discriminate in who they marry under religious freedom.
• Other places may not discriminate in who they marry so long as the marriage is legally valid.
• Marriages may only be legally valid if both parties consent and the marriage is witnessed by two other individuals.

§3 - Implementation

• This act shall be implemented immediately upon its passage.
• This act may be cited as the Marriage Act 2019.

Would sponsor, but I would amend Section 1C to read "The legal age of marriage shall be set at
twenty-one."

Why?

[Inhorto]

Given the defeat of the previous bill, I am placing for your consideration the Human Rights Act, a collaboration between Agarntrop and me. This bill retains much of the judiciary clauses from the previous proposal, but most of everything else has changed. We are not submitting yet, so as to give people time to give criticsm.

Human Rights Act
Author: Eloise Eliasson (NPP) and James Penta (Green) (Editor)

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To give all persons within Saint Hilda the rights to life, bodily autonomy, privacy of belongings, free expression, sufferage, equality before the law, fair trial, and other rights.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, as follows:

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1. Right to life is bestowed upon all persons upon birth and shall not be violated in any circumstance except to protect the lives of others in immediate, life-threatening peril or in wartime where the killing of enemy combatants is just under international law.
   
   
2. All persons have the right to bodily autonomy and privacy. No person, personal affect, or person’s property—physical or digital—shall be forcibly detained, seized, searched, or otherwise violated except by an officer of the law for the purposes of protecting the health and safety of others, interrupting criminal activity committed in flagrante delicto, or pursuant to a warrant issued by a lawful judge of Saint Hilda on the basis of probable cause.
   
   
3. Torture, involuntary physical maiming, or psychological abuse are prohibited without exception.
   
   
4. All persons enjoy the right to free speech, free assembly, free press, and petition for grievances inasmuch as such expressions or manifestations are nonviolent, do not incite violence, do not jeopardize the health and security of others, or do not defame, slander, or libel a person, persons, or organization.
   
   
5. All persons enjoy the right to freely practice nonviolent, harmless religious or cultural practice, as well as the right to abstain thereof.
   
   
6. All citizens having seventeen years of age or greater shall have the right to freely vote or abstain from voting. The Government of Saint Hilda shall not institute a poll tax or attempt in any way to obstruct any citizen from voting.
   
   
7. All persons, regardless of sex, religion, culture, socioeconomic status, or political identity are equal before the Government of Saint Hilda.
   
   
8. No person shall be detained for criminal offense except under substantial charge filed by a prosecutor of Saint Hilda with the consent of the Ministry of Justice. Upon charge, all persons shall have the right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus to be seen by a court within forty-eight hours of their detainment. The right to habeas corpus may be suspended during justifiable grave internal or external unrest as declared by Parliament and ratified by the Constitutional Court, and such suspensions shall only last until the period of unrest has passed.
   
   
9. All persons are protected against self-incrimination or the incrimination of their spouse or children.
   
   
10. All persons have a right to a fair, unbiased, and expeditious trial in a court of law before a jury of their peers, and shall have unconstrained access to a trained barrister or barristers for their civil or criminal defense, and all communication between a person and their barrister shall be privileged beyond any subpoena; if a person cannot afford a private barrister, the state shall furnish one for them.
    All persons shall have the right to access and examine any evidence or testimony against them, as well as the right to bring forth and compel any evidence or testimony in their defense. All evidence or testimony offered in support of the innocence of the defense must be considered, regardless of the nature of such evidence or testimony.
    
    
11. All persons found guilty shall have the right to petition for a writ of certiorari before a higher court, and no person shall be subjected to double jeopardy for the same offense.
    
    
12. The Human Rights Act shall apply to the government of Saint Hilda and all constituent and local governing bodies therein, as well as within all chancelleries, consulates, and other extensions of the Government of Saint Hilda abroad, as well as on all vessels of land or sea, public or private, that fly the Saint Hilda flag.

Sponsor-Dorgival R. Seč, SDP

Thank you for your sponsorship.

[Agarntrop]

Would sponsor, but I would amend Section 1C to read "The legal age of marriage shall be set at
twenty-one."

Why?

16 is a far too low age to permiss marriage. 18 would be acceptable, 21 ideally.

[Crylante]

Why?

16 is a far too low age to permiss marriage. 18 would be acceptable, 21 ideally.

I just based the numbers I’m used to from English law.

Sweden sets it at 18 but with a footnote appearing to imply the age was lower before 2014.

[Agarntrop]

16 is a far too low age to permiss marriage. 18 would be acceptable, 21 ideally.

I just based the numbers I’m used to from English law.

Sweden sets it at 18 but with a footnote appearing to imply the age was lower before 2014.

Just set it completely at 18 then.

[Van Hool Islands]

An act that will legalise same-sex marriage. Civil and religious marriage are both legal under this and religions retain their right to refuse to marry people.

Marriage Act
Authors: Sven Sköldsvik (R)
Sponsors: Dorgival R. Seč (SDP),

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A bill to make provisions for the marriage of same-sex and opposite-sex couples in St Hilda and the rights of religions to perform marriage.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, as follows:

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§1 - Definition of Marriage

1. Marriage shall hereafter be defined as a voluntary union between two people over the legal age of marriage.
2. The legality of marriage shall be determined without regard to the gender of its two participants.
3. The legal age of marriage shall be set at sixteen with the consent of the legal guardians of both involved, or eighteen without the requirement for consent.
4. Marriages shall not be valid between any two people that share a parent.
5. Marriages shall not be legal between any two people that share a grandparent.
6. Marriages shall not be legal between a parent and their child.
7. Marriages shall not be legal between a grandparent and their grandchild.
8. Marriages shall not be legal between an aunt or uncle and their niece or nephew.
9. Marriages shall not be legal if entered between more than two persons.
10. A marriage may not be entered by a person if they are already married to another person.

§2 - Recognition of Marriage

• Marriages shall be recognised only if performed in a registry office, recognised religious congregation or a place that has been given the right to perform marriage.
• Religious venues affiliated with the Church of Sweden shall be given the right to perform marriage.
• Any other religious venues shall be given the right to perform marriage if it is given said right by the government.
• A place that is not a registry office or religious venue may be given the right to solemise marriage through local government order.
• A registry office may not discriminate in who it marries so long as the marriage is legally valid.
• Religious venues have the right to discriminate in who they marry under religious freedom.
• Other places may not discriminate in who they marry so long as the marriage is legally valid.
• Marriages may only be legally valid if both parties consent and the marriage is witnessed by two other individuals.

§3 - Implementation

• This act shall be implemented immediately upon its passage.
• This act may be cited as the Marriage Act 2019.

Sponsor. Viktoria Ljungstrand, SLP/R.

[Van Hool Islands]

Why?

16 is a far too low age to permiss marriage. 18 would be acceptable, 21 ideally.

21 is a ridiculous minimum age for marriage. 18 is a good number, and plenty of countries (including Canada and the UK) have it at 16.

[Roosevetania]

Given the defeat of the previous bill, I am placing for your consideration the Human Rights Act, a collaboration between Agarntrop and me. This bill retains much of the judiciary clauses from the previous proposal, but most of everything else has changed. We are not submitting yet, so as to give people time to give criticsm.

Human Rights Act
Author: Eloise Eliasson (NPP) and James Penta (Green) (Editor)
Sponsors: Dorgival R. Seč (SDP)

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To give all persons within Saint Hilda the rights to life, bodily autonomy, privacy of belongings, free expression, sufferage, equality before the law, fair trial, and other rights.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, as follows:

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1. Right to life is bestowed upon all persons upon birth and shall not be violated in any circumstance except to protect the lives of others in immediate, life-threatening peril or in wartime where the killing of enemy combatants is just under international law.
   
   
2. All persons have the right to bodily autonomy and privacy. No person, personal affect, or person’s property—physical or digital—shall be forcibly detained, seized, searched, or otherwise violated except by an officer of the law for the purposes of protecting the health and safety of others, interrupting criminal activity committed in flagrante delicto, or pursuant to a warrant issued by a lawful judge of Saint Hilda on the basis of probable cause.
   
   
3. Torture, involuntary physical maiming, or psychological abuse are prohibited without exception.
   
   
4. All persons enjoy the right to free speech, free assembly, free press, and petition for grievances inasmuch as such expressions or manifestations are nonviolent, do not incite violence, do not jeopardize the health and security of others, or do not defame, slander, or libel a person, persons, or organization.
   
   
5. All persons enjoy the right to freely practice nonviolent, harmless religious or cultural practice, as well as the right to abstain thereof.
   
   
6. All citizens having seventeen years of age or greater shall have the right to freely vote or abstain from voting. The Government of Saint Hilda shall not institute a poll tax or attempt in any way to obstruct any citizen from voting.
   
   
7. All persons, regardless of sex, religion, culture, socioeconomic status, or political identity are equal before the Government of Saint Hilda.
   
   
8. No person shall be detained for criminal offense except under substantial charge filed by a prosecutor of Saint Hilda with the consent of the Ministry of Justice. Upon charge, all persons shall have the right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus to be seen by a court within forty-eight hours of their detainment. The right to habeas corpus may be suspended during justifiable grave internal or external unrest as declared by Parliament and ratified by the Constitutional Court, and such suspensions shall only last until the period of unrest has passed.
   
   
9. All persons are protected against self-incrimination or the incrimination of their spouse or children.
   
   
10. All persons have a right to a fair, unbiased, and expeditious trial in a court of law before a jury of their peers, and shall have unconstrained access to a trained barrister or barristers for their civil or criminal defense, and all communication between a person and their barrister shall be privileged beyond any subpoena; if a person cannot afford a private barrister, the state shall furnish one for them.
    All persons shall have the right to access and examine any evidence or testimony against them, as well as the right to bring forth and compel any evidence or testimony in their defense. All evidence or testimony offered in support of the innocence of the defense must be considered, regardless of the nature of such evidence or testimony.
    
    
11. All persons found guilty shall have the right to petition for a writ of certiorari before a higher court, and no person shall be subjected to double jeopardy for the same offense.
    
    
12. The Human Rights Act shall apply to the government of Saint Hilda and all constituent and local governing bodies therein, as well as within all chancelleries, consulates, and other extensions of the Government of Saint Hilda abroad, as well as on all vessels of land or sea, public or private, that fly the Saint Hilda flag.

I assume this would prohibit the death penalty? If so, I would likely not be in favor since my MP is pretty tough on crime.

[Agarntrop]

Given the defeat of the previous bill, I am placing for your consideration the Human Rights Act, a collaboration between Agarntrop and me. This bill retains much of the judiciary clauses from the previous proposal, but most of everything else has changed. We are not submitting yet, so as to give people time to give criticsm.

Human Rights Act
Author: Eloise Eliasson (NPP) and James Penta (Green) (Editor)
Sponsors: Dorgival R. Seč (SDP)

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To give all persons within Saint Hilda the rights to life, bodily autonomy, privacy of belongings, free expression, sufferage, equality before the law, fair trial, and other rights.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, as follows:

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1. Right to life is bestowed upon all persons upon birth and shall not be violated in any circumstance except to protect the lives of others in immediate, life-threatening peril or in wartime where the killing of enemy combatants is just under international law.
   
   
2. All persons have the right to bodily autonomy and privacy. No person, personal affect, or person’s property—physical or digital—shall be forcibly detained, seized, searched, or otherwise violated except by an officer of the law for the purposes of protecting the health and safety of others, interrupting criminal activity committed in flagrante delicto, or pursuant to a warrant issued by a lawful judge of Saint Hilda on the basis of probable cause.
   
   
3. Torture, involuntary physical maiming, or psychological abuse are prohibited without exception.
   
   
4. All persons enjoy the right to free speech, free assembly, free press, and petition for grievances inasmuch as such expressions or manifestations are nonviolent, do not incite violence, do not jeopardize the health and security of others, or do not defame, slander, or libel a person, persons, or organization.
   
   
5. All persons enjoy the right to freely practice nonviolent, harmless religious or cultural practice, as well as the right to abstain thereof.
   
   
6. All citizens having seventeen years of age or greater shall have the right to freely vote or abstain from voting. The Government of Saint Hilda shall not institute a poll tax or attempt in any way to obstruct any citizen from voting.
   
   
7. All persons, regardless of sex, religion, culture, socioeconomic status, or political identity are equal before the Government of Saint Hilda.
   
   
8. No person shall be detained for criminal offense except under substantial charge filed by a prosecutor of Saint Hilda with the consent of the Ministry of Justice. Upon charge, all persons shall have the right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus to be seen by a court within forty-eight hours of their detainment. The right to habeas corpus may be suspended during justifiable grave internal or external unrest as declared by Parliament and ratified by the Constitutional Court, and such suspensions shall only last until the period of unrest has passed.
   
   
9. All persons are protected against self-incrimination or the incrimination of their spouse or children.
   
   
10. All persons have a right to a fair, unbiased, and expeditious trial in a court of law before a jury of their peers, and shall have unconstrained access to a trained barrister or barristers for their civil or criminal defense, and all communication between a person and their barrister shall be privileged beyond any subpoena; if a person cannot afford a private barrister, the state shall furnish one for them.
    All persons shall have the right to access and examine any evidence or testimony against them, as well as the right to bring forth and compel any evidence or testimony in their defense. All evidence or testimony offered in support of the innocence of the defense must be considered, regardless of the nature of such evidence or testimony.
    
    
11. All persons found guilty shall have the right to petition for a writ of certiorari before a higher court, and no person shall be subjected to double jeopardy for the same offense.
    
    
12. The Human Rights Act shall apply to the government of Saint Hilda and all constituent and local governing bodies therein, as well as within all chancelleries, consulates, and other extensions of the Government of Saint Hilda abroad, as well as on all vessels of land or sea, public or private, that fly the Saint Hilda flag.

I assume this would prohibit the death penalty? If so, I would likely not be in favor since my MP is pretty tough on crime.

I mean there's a difference between being tough on crime and wanting to bring back a practise not used since the 19th century. In answer to your question, yes.

[Inhorto]

Given the defeat of the previous bill, I am placing for your consideration the Human Rights Act, a collaboration between Agarntrop and me. This bill retains much of the judiciary clauses from the previous proposal, but most of everything else has changed. We are not submitting yet, so as to give people time to give criticsm.

Human Rights Act
Author: Eloise Eliasson (NPP) and James Penta (Green) (Editor)
Sponsors: Dorgival R. Seč (SDP)

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To give all persons within Saint Hilda the rights to life, bodily autonomy, privacy of belongings, free expression, sufferage, equality before the law, fair trial, and other rights.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, as follows:

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1. Right to life is bestowed upon all persons upon birth and shall not be violated in any circumstance except to protect the lives of others in immediate, life-threatening peril or in wartime where the killing of enemy combatants is just under international law.
   
   
2. All persons have the right to bodily autonomy and privacy. No person, personal affect, or person’s property—physical or digital—shall be forcibly detained, seized, searched, or otherwise violated except by an officer of the law for the purposes of protecting the health and safety of others, interrupting criminal activity committed in flagrante delicto, or pursuant to a warrant issued by a lawful judge of Saint Hilda on the basis of probable cause.
   
   
3. Torture, involuntary physical maiming, or psychological abuse are prohibited without exception.
   
   
4. All persons enjoy the right to free speech, free assembly, free press, and petition for grievances inasmuch as such expressions or manifestations are nonviolent, do not incite violence, do not jeopardize the health and security of others, or do not defame, slander, or libel a person, persons, or organization.
   
   
5. All persons enjoy the right to freely practice nonviolent, harmless religious or cultural practice, as well as the right to abstain thereof.
   
   
6. All citizens having seventeen years of age or greater shall have the right to freely vote or abstain from voting. The Government of Saint Hilda shall not institute a poll tax or attempt in any way to obstruct any citizen from voting.
   
   
7. All persons, regardless of sex, religion, culture, socioeconomic status, or political identity are equal before the Government of Saint Hilda.
   
   
8. No person shall be detained for criminal offense except under substantial charge filed by a prosecutor of Saint Hilda with the consent of the Ministry of Justice. Upon charge, all persons shall have the right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus to be seen by a court within forty-eight hours of their detainment. The right to habeas corpus may be suspended during justifiable grave internal or external unrest as declared by Parliament and ratified by the Constitutional Court, and such suspensions shall only last until the period of unrest has passed.
   
   
9. All persons are protected against self-incrimination or the incrimination of their spouse or children.
   
   
10. All persons have a right to a fair, unbiased, and expeditious trial in a court of law before a jury of their peers, and shall have unconstrained access to a trained barrister or barristers for their civil or criminal defense, and all communication between a person and their barrister shall be privileged beyond any subpoena; if a person cannot afford a private barrister, the state shall furnish one for them.
    All persons shall have the right to access and examine any evidence or testimony against them, as well as the right to bring forth and compel any evidence or testimony in their defense. All evidence or testimony offered in support of the innocence of the defense must be considered, regardless of the nature of such evidence or testimony.
    
    
11. All persons found guilty shall have the right to petition for a writ of certiorari before a higher court, and no person shall be subjected to double jeopardy for the same offense.
    
    
12. The Human Rights Act shall apply to the government of Saint Hilda and all constituent and local governing bodies therein, as well as within all chancelleries, consulates, and other extensions of the Government of Saint Hilda abroad, as well as on all vessels of land or sea, public or private, that fly the Saint Hilda flag.

I assume this would prohibit the death penalty? If so, I would likely not be in favor since my MP is pretty tough on crime.

I added this clause:

to punish extraordinarily heinous acts against another human life

[Agarntrop]

I assume this would prohibit the death penalty? If so, I would likely not be in favor since my MP is pretty tough on crime.

I added this clause:

to punish extraordinarily heinous acts against another human life

Ahem. You are not the only author here. Looms

[Inhorto]

I added this clause:

Ahem. You are not the only author here. Looms

Ah, crap, I'm sorry. Do you agree with that? I think extraordinary heinous acts could be punished by death; it's up to the government I think.

[Martune]

I added this clause:

Ahem. You are not the only author here. Looms

dropped like a hot pocket

[Roosevetania]

I assume this would prohibit the death penalty? If so, I would likely not be in favor since my MP is pretty tough on crime.

I mean there's a difference between being tough on crime and wanting to bring back a practise not used since the 19th century. In answer to your question, yes.

I am aware, I'm libertarian on crime irl.

I assume this would prohibit the death penalty? If so, I would likely not be in favor since my MP is pretty tough on crime.

I added this clause:

to punish extraordinarily heinous acts against another human life

Should this clause make it into the final version, you can count on my sponsorship.

[Agarntrop]

Ahem. You are not the only author here. Looms

Ah, crap, I'm sorry. Do you agree with that? I think extraordinary heinous acts could be punished by death; it's up to the government I think.

My character wouldn't agree. Also, Sweden abolished the death penalty in 1910 and 60% of adults don't support it iirc, so not really.

[Inhorto]

Ah, crap, I'm sorry. Do you agree with that? I think extraordinary heinous acts could be punished by death; it's up to the government I think.

My character wouldn't agree. Also, Sweden abolished the death penalty in 1910 and 60% of adults don't support it iirc, so not really.

Since a co-author disagrees, I can’t amend without their consent. However, I do agree with you personally Roose, and I’m sure that we could debate it when it reaches the floor.

I’m out of the house right now, so I’ll strike the portion in question when I return. Again, sorry about that Agarntrop.