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Your humble servants express thanks for your speach to Parliament on the Second of June this year.

Section 1: Definitions and General Provisions

1. That in Clause 0.1.f., the words, “Each Member may vote for aye or nay, or refrain from voting” be deleted.

2. That in Clause 0.1.g, the words, “in April and October of each year” be deleted.

3. That Clauses 0.1.h and 0.1.i, beginning, “A Bill is” and, “The Agenda is” be deleted in their entirety.

4. That immediately following Section 1 of the Definitions and General Provisions, the following Section be inserted, numbered Section 2, and that the following sections be renumbered accordingly:

“There are two types of formal document that can be introduced and ratified by Parliament: a Resolution and a Bill. Either or both of these are referred to as Proposals.

“a. A Resolution expresses the consensus of the whole Parliament on a certain issue. It does not constitute law.
“b. A Bill, when duly ratified and given Royal Assent, becomes a Law. It is inferior in authority only to the Constitution.”

Section 2: Membership and the Prime Minister

That in Section 3 of Standing Order No. II, the words “except in April and October” be replaced by “except in the month of a General Election”.

Section 3: The Agenda

That Standing Order No. III, beginning, “1. From the last” be deleted in its entirety and the remaining Standing Orders be renumbered accordingly.

Section 4: The Progress of Proposals

That Standing Orders No. IV and No. V, beginning, “1. A maximum of” and, “Any Member may” be deleted in their entirety and that the following Standing Order be inserted in their place, and that the Standing Orders be renumbered accordingly:

Section 4: The Progress of Proposals

That Standing Orders No. IV and No. V, beginning, “1. A maximum of” and, “Any Member may” be deleted in their entirety and that the following Standing Order be inserted in their place, and that the Standing Orders be renumbered accordingly:

“1. a. Any member may submit proposals to the speaker at any time whilst Parliament is sitting. The member may make any such remarks as he wishes to accompany the proposal, but the text of the Proposal must be clearly identified and separated from extraneous text.

b. Proposals must be examined by the Speaker and edited where necessary so that they will comply with these Rules. The draft of a Bill must be approved by the Member who proposed the Bill before it is put to the House.

c. Proposals must then be published by the Speaker in separate threads (titled with the short name of the proposal) to Parliament’s forum, and if practical, to an official Government website. The proposal shall then be considered to have entered the first reading. Explanatory Notes may be published alongside the proposal, but must be separate from the official text.

2. Once put to the house the Proposal shall be open to debate by any member at any time until the matter is completed, either by withdrawal, ratification or defeat in a vote. At any time during the First Reading, except while a vote is taking place on that matter, the member who put the Proposal to Parliament may alter or remove any part of it, or add to it in any way, so long as he does not change its basic meaning and intent. "

“4. On the first Saturday after it is proposed, the Speaker shall put the Proposal to a vote. Each member may vote for one of the following:

a. To defer action and continue to debate the Proposal, in which case no action shall be taken. The Proposal shall be put to the same voting process described in Section 4, the following Saturday.
b. To approve the Proposal at first reading, in which case it will enter a Second Reading.
c. To decline the Proposal, in which case the Proposal will be no longer under debate.

“5. During a Second Reading, any member may propose an Amendment to the Proposal. This may delete certain text, add certain text, or alter any text of the Proposal, or any combination of those.

“6. On the first Saturday after the Proposal has entered a Second Reading, the Speaker shall put the Proposal and Amendments to a vote. Each member may vote either in favour or against each of the Amendments. When all Amendments have been voted upon, or if there are no Amendments, each member may vote for one of the following:

“a. To defer action and continue to debate the Proposal and Amendments, in which case no action shall be taken. The Proposal and Amendments shall be put to the same voting process described in Section 5, the following Saturday.
b. To approve the Proposal, at which point it will be considered ratified by Parliament. If it is a Resolution, the Speaker shall make it public. If it is a Bill, the Speaker shall forward it to the monarch for Royal Assent.
c. To decline the Proposal, in which case the Proposal will be no longer under debate.”


Section 5: Proposals before the House

(a) The Speaker shall maintain a list of proposals to be put before the House. The Speaker is obliged to add to the list in chronological order, according to the date on which it was received, any proposal given to him by a Member.

( The House shall deal with no more than three Bills and three Resolutions at one time. The Speaker shall place proposals before the House as necessary so that the maximum amount is being dealt with at any time.

(c ) The Prime Minister is entitled to ask that any one of the three Bills and any one of the three Resolutions be a Bill or Resolution of his choosing. The Speaker must accede to this request."


Section 6: Addressing the House

That the following be added to the text of Section 3 of Standing Order No. VIII after the words “address the House”:

“unless invited to do so by Parliamentary resolution.”


Section 7: Fast Track

That Section 2 of Standing Order No. IX, beginning, “During the Second Reading” be deleted in its entirety.

Section 8: Forum Conduct

That in Clause 2.a. of Standing Order No. XI. The words “be ezboard ID” be deleted.

Section 9: Nominations subject to Approval

Where the constitution provides that the Crown must make an appointment or perform some action subject to the approval of Parliament, he may convey his appointment or action to the Speaker. The Speaker shall put a resolution before Parliament asking for its approval.

It is resolved, by the elected representatives of His Majesty’s subjects, in this fourth Parliament here assembled, as follows:

I. The Parliament hereby approves of the Prime Minister's recommendation that a Ministry of Interior Affairs be created to handle miscellaneous Government duties.

TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION

Between
The Kingdom of Babkha
and
The Kingdom of Hanover


Whereas the appointed representatives of the Kingdom of Hanover and of the Kingdom of Babkha do agree in good faith, by mutual consent and without coercion, to the following articles with the aim of ensuring a continued and advancing the state of friendship and cooperation between the signatory nations.


Article I
State of Friendship

1. The contracting parties recognize the sovereignty, any territorial claims, and the legitimacy of the rulers and government of the other.
2. The basic relation between the peoples and governments of the Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Babkha is and shall continue to be one of peace and friendship.
3. The objective of the contracting parties shall be to advance this relationship through enhanced cooperation and positive interaction, with the aim of building on this agreement with future agreements consistent with the principles of these articles.

Article II
Cooperation

1. The contracting parties will continue to enhance a state of cooperation between their respective peoples and governments.
2. The contracting parties will endeavor to support each other in their respective national endeavors.
3. The contracting parties will support each other in gaining admittance to international and micronational organizations.
4. The contracting parties agree to share intelligence regarding hostile actions of a third party against either of the contracting parties.

Article III
Fair Treatment

1. Each Contracting Party shall accord to the nationals of the other Contracting Party fair and equitable treatment with respect to matters relating to their business and professional activities, provided that in no case shall such treatment be discriminatory between nationals of the other Contracting Party and nationals of any third nation.
2. The property of nationals of one Contracting Party of the other Contracting Party shall not be compulsorily taken unless for a public purpose and unless prompt, adequate and effective compensation is paid. Without prejudice to the foregoing, with respect to all matters dealt with in this paragraph, the nationals of one Contracting Party shall be accorded of the other Contracting Party treatment which shall in no case be discriminatory between those nationals and nationals of any third nation.

Article IV
Definition of Territory

1. The Contracting Parties agree, the purposes of bilateral relations, on considering sovereign territory of each other: websites, message boards, mailing lists and other virtual property under direct or indirect control of respective governments, as proclaimed by them as national jurisdiction and as long as respecting others micronations' sovereignty under international law and micronational convention.

Article V
Mutual Protection

1. The Contracting Parties commit to:
a) Never to facilitate, support, or allow to be prepared from within the sovereign territory of the contracting parties, coups, rebellions or other micronational conspiracies against the other contracting party.
Condemn and abstain from recognizing or interacting with wherever possible, separatist movements from the other contracting party unless the sovereignty of these groups is irrefutable.

Article VI
Diplomatic Representation

1. The King of Hanover, members of the Hanoverian Royal Family, the Minister of State, Prime Minister of the said Kingdom and the Ambassador of Hanover before Babkha shall enjoy full sovereign immunity whilst within the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Babkha.
2. The Shah of the Kingdom of Babkha, members of the Babkhan Royal Family, the Vizier of Foreign Affairs, Grand Vizier of said Kingdom and the Ambassador of Babkha before the Kingdom of Hanover shall enjoy full sovereign immunity whilst within the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Hanover.
3. Upon the establishment of this treaty there shall be appointed an Ambassador appointed by the head of state from each contracting to party and accredited by the head of state of the other, to act as a representative of that contracting party in the other.
4. Each contracting party shall establish an embassy in the other to be occupied by the appointed Ambassador.
5. ach Contracting Party are allowed to demand immediate removal of the Ambassador, at any time since arrival and without notice.

Article VII
Extradition

1. The Contracting Parties agree, the purposes of bilateral relations, on considering extradition as the expelling of an individual from all message boards, mailing lists and national channels of public communication and further symbolic delivery to the other Contracting Party, in the terms of this Article.
2. The Contracting Parties agree to extradite to each other, subject to the provisions of this Article, people found in the territory of one of the Contracting Parties who have been charged with, are being tried for, or have been found guilty of an extraditable offence in the Requesting State.
3. The crimes of treason, espionage, terrorism, paplism or any offence that may be punished by banishment under the laws of both Contracting Parties shall be considered extraditable offences. An offence shall be an extraditable offence whether or not the laws of the Contracting Parties place the offence within the same category of offences or denominate the offence by the same terminology.
4. Extradition shall be granted for an extraditable offence regardless of where the act or acts constituting the offence were committed.
5. Extradition shall not be granted when, accordingly to the classification of the Requesting State, the individual is persecuted for political offences or crimes of conscious or when extradition is being asked for solely political reasons.

Article VIII
Final Provisions

1. Nothing in the present Treaty shall affect the validity of agreements which are in force between the Contracting Parties at the date of signature of the present Treaty.

2. The Contracting Parties shall periodically review, at the departmental level, the general operation of the present Treaty with a view to ensuring that the purposes of the present Treaty are being fully realized.

3. This treaty shall last indefinitely and it shall only be revoked by previous advice to the other Contracting Party, altogether with an explanation of reasons.

Parliament endorses the nomination of Sir Wyatt-James McIntyre for the post of Chief Justice.

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A Resolution

Ratifying the following

TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION

Between
The Kingdom of Babkha
and
The Kingdom of Hanover


Whereas the appointed representatives of the Kingdom of Hanover and of the Kingdom of Babkha do agree in good faith, by mutual consent and without coercion, to the following articles with the aim of ensuring a continued and advancing the state of friendship and cooperation between the signatory nations.


Article I
State of Friendship

1. The contracting parties recognize the sovereignty, any territorial claims, and the legitimacy of the rulers and government of the other.
2. The basic relation between the peoples and governments of the Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Babkha is and shall continue to be one of peace and friendship.
3. The objective of the contracting parties shall be to advance this relationship through enhanced cooperation and positive interaction, with the aim of building on this agreement with future agreements consistent with the principles of these articles.


Article II
Cooperation

1. The contracting parties will continue to enhance a state of cooperation between their respective peoples and governments.
2. The contracting parties will endeavor to support each other in their respective national endeavors.
3. The contracting parties will support each other in gaining admittance to international and micronational organizations.
4. The contracting parties agree to share intelligence regarding hostile actions of a third party against either of the contracting parties.


Article III
Fair Treatment

1. Each Contracting Party shall accord to the nationals of the other Contracting Party fair and equitable treatment with respect to matters relating to their business and professional activities, provided that in no case shall such treatment be discriminatory between nationals of the other Contracting Party and nationals of any third nation.
2. The property of nationals of one Contracting Party of the other Contracting Party shall not be compulsorily taken unless for a public purpose and unless prompt, adequate and effective compensation is paid. Without prejudice to the foregoing, with respect to all matters dealt with in this paragraph, the nationals of one Contracting Party shall be accorded of the other Contracting Party treatment which shall in no case be discriminatory between those nationals and nationals of any third nation.


Article IV
Definition of Territory

1. The Contracting Parties agree, the purposes of bilateral relations, on considering sovereign territory of each other: websites, message boards, mailing lists and other virtual property under direct or indirect control of respective governments, as proclaimed by them as national jurisdiction and as long as respecting others micronations' sovereignty under international law and micronational convention.


Article V
Mutual Protection

1. The Contracting Parties commit to:
a) Never to facilitate, support, or allow to be prepared from within the sovereign territory of the contracting parties, coups, rebellions or other micronational conspiracies against the other contracting party.
Condemn and abstain from recognizing or interacting with wherever possible, separatist movements from the other contracting party unless the sovereignty of these groups is irrefutable.


Article VI
Diplomatic Representation

1. The King of Hanover, members of the Hanoverian Royal Family, the Minister of State, Prime Minister of the said Kingdom and the Ambassador of Hanover before Babkha shall enjoy full sovereign immunity whilst within the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Babkha.
2. The Shah of the Kingdom of Babkha, members of the Babkhan Royal Family, the Vizier of Foreign Affairs, Grand Vizier of said Kingdom and the Ambassador of Babkha before the Kingdom of Hanover shall enjoy full sovereign immunity whilst within the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Hanover.
3. Upon the establishment of this treaty there shall be appointed an Ambassador appointed by the head of state from each contracting to party and accredited by the head of state of the other, to act as a representative of that contracting party in the other.
4. Each contracting party shall establish an embassy in the other to be occupied by the appointed Ambassador.
5. ach Contracting Party are allowed to demand immediate removal of the Ambassador, at any time since arrival and without notice.


Article VII
Final Provisions

1. Nothing in the present Treaty shall affect the validity of agreements which are in force between the Contracting Parties at the date of signature of the present Treaty.

2. The Contracting Parties shall periodically review, at the departmental level, the general operation of the present Treaty with a view to ensuring that the purposes of the present Treaty are being fully realized.

3. This treaty shall last indefinitely and it shall only be revoked by previous advice to the other Contracting Party, altogether with an explanation of reasons.

Reichlau Treaty - Hanover and Commonwealth-Gotzborg
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Hanover and Commonwealth-Gotzborg Treaty of Mutual Recognition and Friendship

Short Form Title - Reichlau Treaty

Hanover and Commonwealth-Gotzborg Treaty of Recognition and Friendship between the Royal Kingdom of Gotzborg and the Kingdom of Hanover and the Hanoverian Commonwealth of Nations

AFFIRMING the spirit of friendship and cooperation on which relations between the two nations are based, and wishing to place their relations on an even closer and more solid foundation;

AFFIRMING that both nations formally recognize and respect each other as independent and sovereign nations.

ACKNOWLEDGING the importance to each nation of the relationship and the close connection between them;

RESOLVED to evaluate and pursue opportunities for their governments and their peoples to work together in a spirit of understanding on matters of mutual interest;

CONVINCED of the importance of creating, developing and maintaining relations on an equitable and mutually advantageous basis in a long-term perspective;

RECOGNISING that cooperation between the two nations should have their common interest in the prosperity and welfare of both nations;

CONVINCED that the conclusion of a Treaty which formally embodies the friendship and cooperation between the governments and peoples of the two nations will assist the further development of their relations;


HAVE RESOLVED to conclude this treaty and for that purpose sign to indicate acceptance as follows:

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ROYAL KINGDOM OF GOTZBORG
signed

KINGDOM OF HANOVER AND THE HANOVERIAN COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS
signed