Christopher Livingston
07-13-2007, 05:16 AM
An Act To Regulate the Acquisition and Loss of Hanoverian Citizenship
BE IT ENACTED by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1: Citation
This bill may be cited as the Naturalization Act (2006).
Section 2: Probationary Citizenship
1. Any person may, upon application, be naturalized as a probationary citizen.
2. A person shall not be registered as a probationary citizen if (s)he was deprived of citizenship under clauses two (2) and/or three (3) of Section four (4) of this act.
3. A probationary citizen may lose citizenship status if:
a. (s)he violates and is found guilty of violating no fewer than three laws of the Realm;
b. (s)he is inactive without explanation for a period of no shorter than two (2) weeks, inactivity being defined as absolutely no posting for the said time;
c. (s)he is found to have been dishonest regarding his/her answers to questions provided in his/her application for naturalization; or,
d. (s)he is deprived of citizenship under clauses two (2) and/or three (3) of Section four (4) of this act.
4. A probationary citizen may not hold office or rank in the agencies responsible for the national security and public order of the Realm, nor may they partake in matters pertaining to interal security. Probationary citizens shall not hold offices in the Cabinet, nor shall they hold any Great Office of State. Probationary citizens shall not have the right to vote. Other than the exclusions made in this clause, probationary citizens shall have all of the same rights as full citizens do.
5. After thirty (30) days of probationary citizenship, probationary citizens shall be eligible to become full citizens. The Secretary of State for Home Affairs shall determine, based upon merit and activity, whether the probationary citizen is worthy of full citizenship at that time.
6. After sixty (60) days of probationary citizenship, probationary citizens shall automatically become full citizens.
7. Probationary citizenship may be waived by an Act of Parliament granting a named individual, or group of named individuals, who have applied for naturalization, full citizenship. Such acts shall be used when, in the opinion of Parliament, the individual or individuals so named have already proven themselves in the past to be good, active and industrious citizens of either this realm, or some other realm.
Section 3: Naturalization Application
1. The Naturalization Application Form must contain:
a. the Forename of the Applicant;
b. the Surname of the Applicant;
c. the Date of Birth of the Applicant;
d. the Sex of the Applicant;
e. the Applicant's E-mail Address;
f. the Highest Completed Graduation of Applicant (with Specification of Field of Study where applicable); and,
g. an indication of the County or other local entity in which the Applicant desires to reside.
2. The Naturalization Application Form may also require the Applicant to indicate answers to statistical questions, which shall only be used for that purpose.
3. Any Applicant shall have the right to have his/her Application processed, either by the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, some competent subordinate of the Home Secretary or the Prime Minister, within the period of one week.
4. Any Applicant shall have the right to request that private information given in his/her Application remain private.
5. No office or officer of the Kingdom of Hanover shall willfully communicate any private information provided in accordance with subclauses b, c, e and f of clause one (1) above, or any information provided in accordance with clause two (2) above, about any Applicant, Probationary Citizen, Citizen or Ex-Citizen to any third party without that person's consent. Any violation of this clause shall result in the immediate disqualification of the person or persons responsible from holding any office in the His Majesty's service, the immediate indictment of the person or persons responsible, and, if found guilty in a court of law, the immediate punishment of such responsible person or persons as the court may see fit.
6. As far as filling out the Naturalization Apllication Form goes, an Applicant shall have a choice between filling out an electronic form on the webiste, filling out the form in a post in the Home Office's forum, or filling out the form in an e-mail sent to the Home Secretary or some other competent officer.
Section 4: Deprivation of Citizenship
1. A person shall cease to be a citizen, whether probationary or full, if:
a. (s)he has been inactive for an unbroken period of no fewer than three-hundred and sixty-five (365) days, with no proper explanation; or,
b. (s)he was deprived of citizenship under clauses two (2) and/or three (3) below.
2. His Majesty in Council or, under his special authorization in Council, the Home Office may deprive of citizenship any citizen who shall endanger the State or internal national life or institution in such manner that it satisfied declaration of the state of public emergency, whether it was actually declared or not.
3. The Judiciary may deprive of citizenship any citizen who is guilty of a crime, provided that deprivation of citizenship is expressly mentioned an an option for the punishment of such offense by statute.
Section 5: List of Citizens
1. The Home Office shall enrol any registered citizen in the List of Citizens. The List of Citizens shall be kept in private, and contain the name, sex, date of birth and residency of each citizen, as well as an indication of whether that citizen is a probationary or full citizen.
2. Any citizen may demand that the Home Office communicate him/her the data about his/her person in the List of Citizens; and if the Home Office shall not do so within 72 hours, a citizen may request before the Judiciary that a writ of habeas data be issued and adressed to the Home Office.
3. Upon receiving the writ of habeas data, the Home Office must immediately, that is to say within next 24 hours, execute its duty under the precedent clause in relation to the person indicated therein.
4. Where the Home Office finds that a person ceased to be a citizen, it shall cancel the enrollment of that person in the List of Citizens.
Section 5: Commencement
This act shall come into force upon receiving Royal Assent.
BE IT ENACTED by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1: Citation
This bill may be cited as the Naturalization Act (2006).
Section 2: Probationary Citizenship
1. Any person may, upon application, be naturalized as a probationary citizen.
2. A person shall not be registered as a probationary citizen if (s)he was deprived of citizenship under clauses two (2) and/or three (3) of Section four (4) of this act.
3. A probationary citizen may lose citizenship status if:
a. (s)he violates and is found guilty of violating no fewer than three laws of the Realm;
b. (s)he is inactive without explanation for a period of no shorter than two (2) weeks, inactivity being defined as absolutely no posting for the said time;
c. (s)he is found to have been dishonest regarding his/her answers to questions provided in his/her application for naturalization; or,
d. (s)he is deprived of citizenship under clauses two (2) and/or three (3) of Section four (4) of this act.
4. A probationary citizen may not hold office or rank in the agencies responsible for the national security and public order of the Realm, nor may they partake in matters pertaining to interal security. Probationary citizens shall not hold offices in the Cabinet, nor shall they hold any Great Office of State. Probationary citizens shall not have the right to vote. Other than the exclusions made in this clause, probationary citizens shall have all of the same rights as full citizens do.
5. After thirty (30) days of probationary citizenship, probationary citizens shall be eligible to become full citizens. The Secretary of State for Home Affairs shall determine, based upon merit and activity, whether the probationary citizen is worthy of full citizenship at that time.
6. After sixty (60) days of probationary citizenship, probationary citizens shall automatically become full citizens.
7. Probationary citizenship may be waived by an Act of Parliament granting a named individual, or group of named individuals, who have applied for naturalization, full citizenship. Such acts shall be used when, in the opinion of Parliament, the individual or individuals so named have already proven themselves in the past to be good, active and industrious citizens of either this realm, or some other realm.
Section 3: Naturalization Application
1. The Naturalization Application Form must contain:
a. the Forename of the Applicant;
b. the Surname of the Applicant;
c. the Date of Birth of the Applicant;
d. the Sex of the Applicant;
e. the Applicant's E-mail Address;
f. the Highest Completed Graduation of Applicant (with Specification of Field of Study where applicable); and,
g. an indication of the County or other local entity in which the Applicant desires to reside.
2. The Naturalization Application Form may also require the Applicant to indicate answers to statistical questions, which shall only be used for that purpose.
3. Any Applicant shall have the right to have his/her Application processed, either by the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, some competent subordinate of the Home Secretary or the Prime Minister, within the period of one week.
4. Any Applicant shall have the right to request that private information given in his/her Application remain private.
5. No office or officer of the Kingdom of Hanover shall willfully communicate any private information provided in accordance with subclauses b, c, e and f of clause one (1) above, or any information provided in accordance with clause two (2) above, about any Applicant, Probationary Citizen, Citizen or Ex-Citizen to any third party without that person's consent. Any violation of this clause shall result in the immediate disqualification of the person or persons responsible from holding any office in the His Majesty's service, the immediate indictment of the person or persons responsible, and, if found guilty in a court of law, the immediate punishment of such responsible person or persons as the court may see fit.
6. As far as filling out the Naturalization Apllication Form goes, an Applicant shall have a choice between filling out an electronic form on the webiste, filling out the form in a post in the Home Office's forum, or filling out the form in an e-mail sent to the Home Secretary or some other competent officer.
Section 4: Deprivation of Citizenship
1. A person shall cease to be a citizen, whether probationary or full, if:
a. (s)he has been inactive for an unbroken period of no fewer than three-hundred and sixty-five (365) days, with no proper explanation; or,
b. (s)he was deprived of citizenship under clauses two (2) and/or three (3) below.
2. His Majesty in Council or, under his special authorization in Council, the Home Office may deprive of citizenship any citizen who shall endanger the State or internal national life or institution in such manner that it satisfied declaration of the state of public emergency, whether it was actually declared or not.
3. The Judiciary may deprive of citizenship any citizen who is guilty of a crime, provided that deprivation of citizenship is expressly mentioned an an option for the punishment of such offense by statute.
Section 5: List of Citizens
1. The Home Office shall enrol any registered citizen in the List of Citizens. The List of Citizens shall be kept in private, and contain the name, sex, date of birth and residency of each citizen, as well as an indication of whether that citizen is a probationary or full citizen.
2. Any citizen may demand that the Home Office communicate him/her the data about his/her person in the List of Citizens; and if the Home Office shall not do so within 72 hours, a citizen may request before the Judiciary that a writ of habeas data be issued and adressed to the Home Office.
3. Upon receiving the writ of habeas data, the Home Office must immediately, that is to say within next 24 hours, execute its duty under the precedent clause in relation to the person indicated therein.
4. Where the Home Office finds that a person ceased to be a citizen, it shall cancel the enrollment of that person in the List of Citizens.
Section 5: Commencement
This act shall come into force upon receiving Royal Assent.