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<center>ANNO QUARTO
ALEXANDRI REGIS.

A Bill to consolidate the Laws and Conventions relating to the Constitution.</center>
WHEREAS in the Parliament summoned in October of the Year of Our Lord Two-thousand and Six, it was resolved that the several Acts of Parliament and unwritten Conventions which presently comprise the Hanoverian Constitution should be consolidated into a single document;

BE IT THEREFORE 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:

<center>Part I. Preliminary.</center>
1. This Act may be cited as the Constitution Act 2007.
2. This Act shall enter into force upon such a date as the King shall fix by a Royal Proclamation under the Great Seal of Hanover.
3.(1.) �Parliament� shall mean the High Court of Parliament, comprising the King and all persons summoned thereby, the latter sitting together in a single House.
(2.) �A parliament� shall mean the assembled members of Parliament, sitting between one dissolution and the next.
(3.) References to �the King� shall be construed as including a Queen Regnant, and any other person lawfully exercising the powers of the King.
(4.) �The Kingdom� shall mean the Kingdom of Hanover, and any other Realm or Territory subject to the King in right of Hanover.
(5.) �An Order-in-Council� shall mean an Order agreed to by the King in the Privy Council, and published in the Royal Gazette.
4. The enactments and portions of enactments listed in the first Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed.

<center>Part II. The High Court of Parliament.</center>
5. The sovereignty of the Kingdom shall continue to be vested in the King, acting by and with the advice and consent of Parliament.
6. Parliament shall have power to make any law for the peace, order, and good government of the Kingdom, and to make rules and orders with respect to the conduct of its business.
7.�(1.) Each year, the King shall be obliged to summon parliaments in accordance with the dates given in the second Schedule to this Act.
(2.) The King may revise the second Schedule to this Act by means of an Order-in-Council.
8. There shall be a Speaker to preside at all meetings of Parliament, and to interpret such rules and orders as Parliament may make for the conduct of its business.
9.�(1.) After the resignation of a Speaker, he shall preside during the election of his successor.
(2.) When, for any reason, the Speaker is unable to preside, any member of Parliament may serve in his place as a Temporary Speaker.
(3.) A Temporary Speaker may not take disciplinary actions against members; if such actions are necessary, they must be taken by resolution of the House.
10. A person shall cease to sit in Parliament if�
(i) he is convicted of High Treason or Felony;
(ii) he has voluntarily resigned his seat by means of a Notice given in Parliament, as prescribed in the third Schedule to this Act;
(iii) in the judgment of Parliament, he has failed to uphold the Oath or Affirmation he took upon taking his seat.

<center>Writs of Attendance.</center>
11.�(1.) The King shall, from time to time, summon qualified subjects to serve in Parliament, by means of a Writ of Attendance under the Great Seal of Hanover.
(2.) Subjects so summoned shall be ineligible to vote on business, or to serve as an officer of the House.
12. To sit in Parliament by virtue of a Writ of Attendance, a person must�
(i) be either a natural-born Hanoverian subject, or a Hanoverian subject naturalized by Act of Parliament, or a Hanoverian subject naturalized in any other manner prior to the passage of this Act;
(ii) have taken the Oath or Affirmation set out in the third Schedule to this Act.

<center>Writs of Summons.</center>
13. The King shall, from time to time, summon qualified subjects to serve in Parliament, by means of a Writ of Summons under the Great Seal of Hanover.
14. To sit in Parliament by virtue of a Writ of Summons, a person must�
(i) be either a natural-born Hanoverian subject, or a Hanoverian subject naturalized by Act of Parliament, or a Hanoverian subject naturalized in any other manner prior to the passage of this Act;
(ii) have been a Hanoverian subject for at least thirty days;
(iii) have taken the Oath or Affirmation set out in the third Schedule to this Act.

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Schedule I. Repeals.</center>
The Constitution Act 2006.
The Government Act 2006.
The Parliament Act 2007.
The Royal Household Act 2007.
The Naturalization Act 2006.

<center>Schedule II. Sitting Dates of Parliament.</center>
(Such dates as may be determined.)

<center>Schedule III. Parliamentary Instruments.</center>
<center>Notice of Resignation from Parliament.</center>
I, _____ _____, do hereby give notice that I have of my own volition resigned my seat in Parliament, and I do hereby surrender my right to a vote and a voice therein, and my right to serve as an officer of the House.

<center>Oath of a Member by Writ of Attendance.</center>
I, _____ _____, swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Alexander, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.

<center>Affirmation of a Member by Writ of Attendance.</center>
I, _____ _____, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Alexander, his heirs and successors, according to law.

<center>Oath of a Member by Writ of Summons.</center>
I, _____ _____, swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Alexander, his heirs and successors, according to law. I do further swear that, within my abilities, I will take part in all business of this present Parliament, in accord with His Majesty�s command. So help me God.

<center>Affirmation of a Member by Writ of Summons.</center>
I, _____ _____, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Alexander, his heirs and successors, according to law. I do further declare and affirm that, within my abilities, I will take part in all business of this present Parliament, in accord with His Majesty�s command.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

The above is the first two parts of the Constitution Bill. I'm presenting these now, so that we can work through the Bill piece-by-piece, rather than trying to consider it all at once. Now, this Bill is not intended to significantly change any aspect of government. Rather, it is describing the status quo, with a few relatively small changes. I will be making more detailed speeches about this document in the future, but I thought I would put this Bill before you as early as possible.

Also, Mr. Speaker, I ask that we not obey the normal rules of order in this case. My suggestion is that we discuss this Bill in stages, with no time limits, and when the full Bill has been written and considered, we can move for passage.

Christopher Livingston

Christopher Livingston