10-02-2007, 05:41 PM
My Lords and Gentlemen,
I propose the following bill:
I propose the following bill:
Quote:
The Legal Names Bill
A bill concerning a citizen's official name and other matters
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: Legal Name
a.) A legal name is that name by which a citizen is legally recognized within the Kingdom of Hanover.
b.) When applying for citizenship, an individual may identify themselves by any name they so choose.
c.) Unless otherwise changed or modified according to the provisions of this act, a citizen's legal name is that name with which the afor said individual applied for Hanoverian citizenship.
Section 2: Changes
a.) Any Hanoverian citizen may apply to change their Legal name according to the provisions of this article.
a.1 Applications to change a legal name may be made in writing to His Majesties Privy Council. Applications must explain why it is necissary for the citizen to change their legal name, and should nominate the new or modified name the citizen requests.
a.2 The Privy Council must approve all requests for a change in legal name that are accompanied by acceptable grounds for the change in name.
b.) Acceptable grounds for a change in legal name include, but are not limited to:
b.1.) the protection of personal privacy
b.2.) the need for a name to better reflect an individuals true gender identity
c.) Further grounds may be judged acceptable at the discretion of the Privy Council. Should grounds be judged acceptable for one citizen, they will thereafter be judged acceptable for all citizens.
d.) All changes in legal name that have occurred by any legislative, executive or judicial mechanism prior to the passage of this act are hereby upheld.
Section 3: Retroactivity
a.) Upon a change in legal name, it shall be deemed that the citizen's name has changed for their entire involvement within the Kingdom of Hanover.
b.) For all purposes within the Kingdom of Hanover, a citizen shall be addressed according to their current legal name, subject to whatever requirements of title or position may exist.
c.) All records, archives and documents, including forum threads, shall reflect a citizens current legal name. His Majesties government shall be obligated to make the relevant changes as it is practical.
Section 4: Enactment
a.) this act shall come into force upon receiving royal assent.
A bill concerning a citizen's official name and other matters
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: Legal Name
a.) A legal name is that name by which a citizen is legally recognized within the Kingdom of Hanover.
b.) When applying for citizenship, an individual may identify themselves by any name they so choose.
c.) Unless otherwise changed or modified according to the provisions of this act, a citizen's legal name is that name with which the afor said individual applied for Hanoverian citizenship.
Section 2: Changes
a.) Any Hanoverian citizen may apply to change their Legal name according to the provisions of this article.
a.1 Applications to change a legal name may be made in writing to His Majesties Privy Council. Applications must explain why it is necissary for the citizen to change their legal name, and should nominate the new or modified name the citizen requests.
a.2 The Privy Council must approve all requests for a change in legal name that are accompanied by acceptable grounds for the change in name.
b.) Acceptable grounds for a change in legal name include, but are not limited to:
b.1.) the protection of personal privacy
b.2.) the need for a name to better reflect an individuals true gender identity
c.) Further grounds may be judged acceptable at the discretion of the Privy Council. Should grounds be judged acceptable for one citizen, they will thereafter be judged acceptable for all citizens.
d.) All changes in legal name that have occurred by any legislative, executive or judicial mechanism prior to the passage of this act are hereby upheld.
Section 3: Retroactivity
a.) Upon a change in legal name, it shall be deemed that the citizen's name has changed for their entire involvement within the Kingdom of Hanover.
b.) For all purposes within the Kingdom of Hanover, a citizen shall be addressed according to their current legal name, subject to whatever requirements of title or position may exist.
c.) All records, archives and documents, including forum threads, shall reflect a citizens current legal name. His Majesties government shall be obligated to make the relevant changes as it is practical.
Section 4: Enactment
a.) this act shall come into force upon receiving royal assent.
