3.0 KiB
Title: Proposal to Establish a Statutory Legal Code
Amendment Number: AMEND-2025-2
Author: HM King Tyler I
Sponsors:
Enacted By: Parliament
Date Ratified: TBD
NAD Date: TBD
Status: Proposed
A Bill to Amend the New Athens Constitution to Etsablish a Statutory Legal Code
Purpose:
To formally establish the Legal Code of the Free Nation of New Athens as the official and authoritative record of all non-constitutional laws, ensuring transparency, consistency, and lawful organization of statutory legislation.
Section 1: Findings and Justification
1.1 A centralized and structured Legal Code is essential for the proper organization, publication, and interpretation of statutory laws enacted under the Constitution.
1.2 The Legal Code enables citizens, government officials, and institutions to access and apply laws consistently, promoting legal clarity and public accountability.
1.3 Recognizing both Parliament and the Reigning Monarch as legislative authorities, the Legal Code provides a unified repository for all binding laws not of constitutional rank, including Acts of Parliament, Royal Decrees, and Ministerial Orders.
1.4 The use of a version-controlled, publicly accessible repository strengthens transparency, preserves historical records, and upholds the constitutional principles of the Free Nation of New Athens.
Section 2: Amendments to the Constitution
Article III of the Constitution of the Free Nation of New Athens shall be amended to add the following provision:
"All legislative measures must be enacted in their appropriate form: provisions of constitutional character shall be incorporated by amendment to the Constitution, while other matters shall be enacted as part of the Legal Code."
Constitutional Amendment III: Creation of a Statutory Legal Code shall be created with the following content:
1. “The Legal Code of the Free Nation of New Athens shall serve as the authoritative body of statutory law enacted under this Constitution.
2. All legislation of a non-constitutional nature shall be recorded in the Legal Code in an organized manner.
3. The Legal Code shall be maintained by the Speaker of the People in a publicly accessible version-controlled repository and updated upon the passage of valid legislative acts, royal decrees, or ministerial orders, as defined by law.
4. No provision of the Legal Code may conflict with this Constitution; in the event of such conflict, the Constitution shall prevail.
5. Parliament may add, amend, or repeal any portion of the Legal Code in accordance with Article XV and Article IV.
6. The Reigning Monarch and Ministers may add, amend, and repeal portions of the Legal Code by decree, to the extent of their powers as granted by this Constitution.”
Section 3: Limitations and Clarifications
3.1 None
Section 4: Effective Date
This amendment shall take effect immediately upon passage in accordance with Article XV of the Constitution.