North Pacific Legal Code

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Outer Kharkistania

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Okay, so the general idea here is to clean up the the various patchwork of laws that govern our region by consolidating all the laws into a single document and passing it as a law. The main reason for doing this is to remove anachronisms such as mentions of the Prime Minister, as well as the WA. In addition, sections stating "This law shall take effect immediately" have been removed and will be replaced by a single "Take Effect Immediately" Statement that will cover all the laws.

Here is my Proposal:

THE NORTH PACIFIC LEGAL CODE

TNP Law 1
Oath of Office

Section 1: Scope of Effect

1 - All government officials, including Cabinet Ministers, Deputy Ministers, WA Regional Delegate, and other offices created through Ministerial Directive, Legislation through The North Pacific Legal Code, or Amendment to The Constitution of The North Pacific, be they elected or appointed to office shall henceforth be required to take the Oath of Office listed in Section 2 of this Act before assuming their elected or appointed role within The Government of The North Pacific. The exception are members of the Regional Assembly, who shall take the Oath laid out in TNP Law 2, Section 1, before joining the Regional Assembly.

2 - All Government Officials, as listed in Clause 1 of this Section, shall be required to take the Oath of Office listed in Section 2 of this bill before assuming office. Failure to do so will lead to disqualification of the offending official to serve in the office he/she was elected or appointed to.

Section 2: Oath of Office

The following Oath of Office shall be required for all Government Officials, as according to Section 1 of this Act:


I, (insert forum username), do hereby solemnly swear that during my duly elected/appointed term as (insert government position), I will uphold the ideals of Democracy, Freedom, and Justice of The Region of The North Pacific. I will use the powers and rights granted to me through The North Pacific Constitution and Legal Code in a legal, responsible, and unbiased manner, not abusing my power, committing misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, in any gross or excessive manner. I will act only in the best interests of The North Pacific, not influenced by personal gain or any outside force, and within the restraints of my legally granted power. As such, I hereby take up the office of (insert government position), with all the powers, rights, and responsibilities held therein.
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Section 3: Penalties for Violation

This Oath shall be binding on all government officials as previously covered, and violations of said Oath may be ground for indictment of impeachment charges in a legal Court of The North Pacific, pursuant to the guidelines and procedures laid out in Article IV of The North Pacific Constitution, The North Pacific Legal Code, and the guidelines of The Ministry of Justice.

TNP LAW 2
Regional Assembly Registration and Membership

Article I:
Membership Requirements

Section One

Membership in The North Pacific Regional Assembly does not require WA membership, in accordance with the TNP Bill of Rights. However, the following requirements must be met and confirmed for membership.

1. Assembly member applicants must maintain a nation in The North Pacific.

2. Each member Nation will by oath, abide by the Constitution of The North Pacific and The North Pacific Legal Code.

3. Each member Nation shall refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any other nation or region in a manner inconsistent with the Constitution of The North Pacific.

4. Each member Nation shall refrain from giving assistance to any nation or region against which The North Pacific is taking defensive or enforcement action. Exceptions shall be given to Nations acting with official authorization of the North Pacific Army or Intelligence Agencies, and is subject to the consent of the Cabinet.

5. The use of a proxy server by an applicant for Regional Assembly member status is grounds for automatic denial of Regional Assembly member] application.

a. Proxy server usage is defined as the use of an IP connection with the intent of rendering a forum user anonymous, aka proxy spoofing, or any such practice designed to allow a member to have multiple accounts on the TNP forum.

Section Two

All Assembly applicants are required to post the following Oath, as their application to join. The Oath will be posted by the applicant in the thread provided by the Speaker of The Assembly.

Your TNP Nation's name
Your WA Nation's name

I, (forum user name), as the leader of The North Pacific nation of (your TNP nation's name), pledge loyalty to the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Laws of The North Pacific Region, and to act as a responsible member of its society.  I understand that if my Nation leaves The North Pacific region for reasons other than for official government business, that I may be stripped of my right to vote and required to reapply.  I pledge to only register one Nation to vote in The North Pacific.  I understand that my registration of, or attempt to register, multiple Nations to vote in The North Pacific shall warrant the summary withdrawal of my right to vote from all my Nations, past, present, and future, as well as possible expulsion from the Region. I further understand that if any nation under my control directly wages war against the North Pacific, or allies themselves with a region waging war, declared or not, against the North Pacific, this shall warrant the summary withdrawal of my right to vote from all my Nations, past, present, and future, as well as possible expulsion from the Region.  In this manner, I petition the Speaker of The Regional Assembly of The North Pacific region for membership in the Regional Assembly.
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Article II:
Registrant Processing and Membership Confirmation

The Speaker of the Assembly, or a deputy so appointed by the Speaker, shall be responsible for processing and confirming the Assembly membership of applicants.

1. The Speaker shall provide and maintain a forum thread for the posting of Assembly applications.

2. The Speaker or assigned deputy, shall respond to applicant requests within 14 days. Failure to respond to the applicant within the specified period will result in automatic admittance of the applicant to the Assembly.

3. The Speaker will work with the forum Administrators and any Intelligence information provided to the Speaker, to ensure applicant compliance with membership eligibility.

4. The Speaker or assigned deputy will be responsible to maintain and post an updated list of Assembly members. The list shall be updated no less than once a month.

Article III:
Member Removal

In accordance with Article II, Section Three of the Constitution, providing for the removal of unelected government members, the following methods and instances are provided for removal of Assembly members.

Section One

Violation of the Constitution or Laws of The North Pacific

1. Any Assembly member that has been found by due process to be in violation of the Constitution and Laws of The North Pacific shall be removed with immediate effect by The Speaker.

Section Two

Inactivity

1. Assembly members whose nation has CTE'd (Ceased to Exist) or who have moved out of The North Pacific when not on official business shall be removed from membership automatically by the Speaker.

2. Assembly members who fail to indicate their activity on the forum by posting for over 30 days shall be removed from membership automatically by the Speaker.

Section Three

Proxy Use

Use of a proxy server by an Assembly member, without specific official TNP permission for Army or Intelligence purpose, is forbidden and is grounds for immediate removal from the Assembly.

1. Forum administrators shall inform the Speaker in the event that an Assembly member is found to be engaged in the use of a proxy server to access the forum.

2. Upon notification, the Speaker shall immediately remove the offending member from the Assembly.

TNP LAW 3
Enumeration of Prohibited Acts

The following acts shall be illegal for Nations of The North Pacific, in both the NationStates region "The North Pacific" and on the off-site forum, unless specifically specified otherwise. Other laws subsequently passed that pertain to these crimes shall modify the articles herein.

Section 1: Treason
A - "Treason" is defined as taking arms or providing material support to a group or region for the purpose of undermining or overthrowing the lawful government of The North Pacific or any of its treatied allied groups and regions as governed by the Constitution.
B - Exceptions may be given to North Pacific Army and North Pacific Intelligence Agency members, with the consent of and notification by both: 1) the Minister of Defense or NPIA Director, respectively, and 2) the Delegate. This exception is only valid when on officially sanctioned missions for the purposes of preserving regional security and the Constitution.

Section 2: Espionage
A - "Espionage" is defined as the use of a Nation or Persona within The North Pacific for the purpose of gathering information for a group or region not officially sanctioned by the lawful government of The North Pacific as governed by the Constitution.
B - The information gathered must be of a nature that a person that has not registered on the official forums or has not attained Regional Assembly status would be unable to access it without circumventing real-life legal means.
C - Exceptions may be given to North Pacific Army and North Pacific Intelligence Agency members, with the consent of and notification by the Minister of Defense or NPIA Director, respectively, when on officially sanctioned missions.

Section 3: Sedition
A - "Sedition" is defined as an intentional attempt on the official forums or within the NationStates region "The North Pacific" to incite the Nations of The North Pacific to revolt in a manner not sanctioned by the Constitution.

Section 4: Election Fraud
A - "Election fraud" is defined as the willful deception of voters or residents of The North Pacific with regards to the candidates running, the time and venue of the elections, or the requirements and methods by which one may be eligible to vote or run for office.

TNP LAW 4
Election Dates

Section 1:

The election cycle for the 4-month terms of The Delegate, The Speaker of the Assembly, and CLO members, shall begin on the first day of the months of January, May, and September.

Section 2:

The election cycle for the 6-month terms of The Judiciary, including the Chief Justice, shall begin on the first day of the months of April and October.

TNP LAW 5
Proxy Server Usage Law

Article I

Section One

The use of a proxy server by a forum user to conceal a forum user's host server is declared to be a security risk to the region.

1. The use of a proxy server by a Member Nation that is a member of The North Pacific Army or Intelligence Agencies shall require the prior express authorization of said official entity which may be disclosed confidentially to other government officials only in the performance of their official duties.

2. Use of a proxy server by a member Nation that applies for Regional Assembly membership is prohibited, and constitutes a criminal offense that may subject the violator to a permanent ban from the regional forum, ejection from the region by the WA Delegate, or both. This provision may be enforced prior to, or subsequent to, a trial in the manner provided by law.

Section Two

1. Proxy server usage is defined as the use of an IP connection with the intent of rendering a forum user anonymous, aka proxy spoofing, or any such practice designed to allow a member to have multiple accounts on the TNP forum.

TNP LAW 6
Official Flag

Section 1:
The following flag, as designed by ThelDRan, is adopted as the official flag of The North Pacific:

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TNP LAW 7
Official News Publication

Section 1. The North Pacific Wire.

The North Pacific Wire shall be the official News Publication of the region. The North Pacific Wire shall be administered by the Ministry of Interior Affairs.

TNP LAW 8
Holidays

Cognizant of the role of shared national events in shaping and maintaining the culture of a region, and mindful of the importance of a region's history and the lessons it may contain, The North Pacific hereby recognizes the following annual holidays.

1. The first day of January shall be known as Remembrance Day, and shall provide an occasion for Nations to reflect upon and remember those players who have left the region and the game of Nationstates.

2. The twenty-sixth day of May shall be known as Manumission Day, and shall provide an occasion for Nations to commemorate the end of the delegacy of Pixiedance, and celebrate the return of a democratic government to the region.

3. The seventh day of July shall be known as Constitution Day, and shall provide an occasion for Nations to commemorate the ratification of the Constitution of the North Pacific.

4. The twenty-eighth day of July shall be known as Liberation Day, and shall provide an occasion for Nations to commemorate and celebrate the overthrow of Great Bight, and the return of a native government to the region.

5. The thirteenth day of November shall be known as Creation Day, and shall provide an opportunity for Nations to commemorate and celebrate the establishment of that first and greatest of games, Nationstates; as well as provide an opportunity to enjoy and extend fellowship to our counterparts throughout the NationStates communities.

6. The twenty-third day of November shall be known as Founders' Day, and shall provide an opportunity for Nations to commemorate and celebrate the establishment of the first official forum of The North Pacific, and the establishment through it of the community which has kept The North Pacific as the preeminent region in Nationstates.
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I removed the Law on the University, as I believe it has already been repealed, as well as a law stating that no nation can have another nation in a region at war with TNP. I personally think that such a law is unduly harsh, considering that such a nation may have no say in the foreign policy of his/her other region, and if they are indeed an enemy of TNP can easily be prosecuted under any of the "Prohibited Acts".

However, if needed, it can be added again if there is demand.

This Law would take effect immediately.

NOTE: I did not mess with the COPS Treaty as it is a separate document and a treaty and should stay that way.
 
Turns out the University Law was re-passed simultaneously to its repeal. I think your semantic changes should be separate from a proposal to repeal the University Law.
 
Okay. I won't include the University law in there, but I won't advocate taking it off the books as a separate law either.

This would mean that if my proposal were to pass, The legal code would consist of this document, the existing university law, and the COPS treaty.

That is, unless Law 25 is repealed.
 
Would you kindly please show the changes you propose to the actual text of the laws you propose to retain?

It would be difficult to verify that the changes you propose are not substantive since it's hard to compare, and your changing the order of the various laws..

I believe that the Law on "Wartime Provisions" should be retained. If you want to repeal it, then propose that separately. The same thing applies to th University Law as well until and less it is repealed.
 
Okay, after an afternoon of wrangling with wiki code, I now have the changes outlined here: http://wiki.thenorthpacific.org/wiki/User:Kharkistania

New stuff is bolded, eliminated stuff is crossed out. I did not detail the change of the order of the laws, which was done for aesthetic purposes of putting the most referred to laws closer to the top. I also did not detail the several typographical errors I corrected since those changes were nothing of substance.

I didn't include the law on university as it is not part of my proposal. If my proposal is passed and the law on university is not repealed, it will exist as a separate document by itself. The same applies to the COPS treaty- it is not part of my proposal but will exist in its current form.
 
Section 3 of the Law on RA Membership and Registration is still needed. There are about 80 suspended RA members who have the right to seek reinstatement and repeal of that process would leave them in limbo.

RA membership is not considered and has never been considered an "office", and the addition of the exception for the RA in the Oath of Office law is unnecessary, and complicates things.

I don't know of any circumstance where someone posting the oath of office would not have previously posted the RA oath, btw, since RA membership is a requiremment to hold any TNP office.
 
Here are some nicpicks:

Section 1 Clause 2 of the Oath of Office Law has "of this bill" should be changed to "of this Act".

In the RA Registration and Membership Law, Article I, Section 1, Item 2, should include a reference to the Bill of Rights as it is a separate (already enacted) document.
Each member Nation will by oath, abide by the Constitution of The North Pacific, the Bill of Rights, and The North Pacific Legal Code.
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In the same Law, Article III, Section 1, Clause 1 also needs a reference to the Bill of Rights:
Any Assembly member that has been found by due process to be in violation of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Laws of The North Pacific shall be removed with immediate effect by The Speaker.
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In the same Law, Article III, Section 2, Clause 1, there is a "]" that does not need to be there.

In the same Law, Article III, Section 3 "purpose" sould be "purposes":

Use of a proxy server by an Assembly member, without specific official TNP permission for Army or Intelligence purposes, is forbidden and is grounds for immediate removal from the Assembly.
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As to the Law on The North Pacific Wire, the last sentence needs to be changed.
The North Pacific Wire shall be administered by the Ministry of Communications Interior Affairs
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It probably needs to be "a Cabinet official appointed by the Delegate." Since each Delegate can re-title and re-construct the executive in any manner the Delegate sees fit, we'd be faced with the need of amending this every time there is a new Delegate.

THe Law on Wartime Provisions needs a change to the phrase "by the Security Council." First "by" should be "of" and "Security Council" needs to be changed to whoever has the autority to declare war, presumably that would be the Regional Assembly, but the Constitution is vague on that.
 
Mr. Sniffles, from what I can tell, the wiki-bassed draft has made those changes.

It took me a while, but I was able to color code the wiki draft of the bill to highlight the proposed additions and deletions. Khark might want to double check this to make sure I've got them all marked correctly.

He also needs to respond to the nickpits that I pointed out in a previous posts and decided what other changes will be made to the draft:

TNP Law 1
Oath of Office
Section 1: Scope of Effect
1.All government officials, including Cabinet Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Prime Minister,UN WA Regional Delegate, Attorney General, and other offices created through Ministerial Directive, Legislation through The North Pacific Legal Code, or Amendment to The Constitution of The North Pacific, be they elected or appointed to office, to ensure and protect the ideals of Democracy, Freedom, and Regional Security, shall henceforth be required to take the Oath of Office listed in Section 2 of this Act before assuming their elected or appointed role within The Government of The North Pacific.
2. All Government Officials, as listed in Clause 1 of this Section, shall be required to take the Oath of Office listed in Section 2 of this bill before assuming office. Failure to do so will lead to disqualification of the offending official to serve in the office he/she was elected or appointed to and may lead to prosecution.

All Government Officials, as listed in Clause 1 of this Section, shall be required to take the Oath of Office listed in Section 2 of this bill within one week of assuming office. Any Government Officials already in office at the time of this bill's passage shall be required to take the Oath of Office listed in Section 2 of this bill within one week of this bill's passage, or face removal from office, in accordance with Section 3, Clause 2 of this Act.
Section 2: Oath of Office
The following Oath of Office shall be required for all Government Officials, as according to Section 1 of this Act:
I, (insert forum username), do hereby solemnly swear that during my duly elected/appointed term as (insert government position), I will uphold the ideals of Democracy, Freedom, and Justice of The Region of The North Pacific. I will use the powers and rights granted to me through The North Pacific Constitution and Legal Code in a legal, responsible, and unbiased manner, not abusing my power, committing misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, in any gross or excessive manner. I will act only in the best interests of The North Pacific, not influenced by personal gain or any outside force, and within the restraints of my legally granted power. As such, I hereby take up the office of (insert government position), with all the powers, rights, and responsibilities held therein.

Section 3: Penalties for Violation

This Oath shall be binding on all government officials as previously covered, and violations of said Oath may be ground for indictment of impeachment charges in a legal Court of The North Pacific, pursuant to the guidelines and procedures laid out in Article IV of The North Pacific Constitution, The North Pacific Legal Code, and the guidelines of The Ministry of Justice.
Any Government Official required to take the Oath of Office as listed in Section 1, Clause 1 of this bill that fails to do so within the allotted time set forth in Section 1, Clause 2 of this Act shall be subject to removal from office following a trial as set forth in Article IV of The North Pacific Constitution, The North Pacific Legal Code, and the guidelines of The Ministry of Justice.
TNP LAW 2

Regional Assembly Registration and Membership
Section One. A Law on Regional Assembly Registration and Membership is hereby adopted, as follows:
Regional Assembly Registration and Membership
Article I
Membership Requirements
Section One
Membership in The North Pacific Regional Assembly does not require UNWA membership, in accordance with the TNP Bill of Rights. However, the following requirements must be met and confirmed for membership.

Assembly member applicants must maintain a nation in The North Pacific.
Each member Nation will by oath, abide by the Constitution of The North Pacific and The North Pacific Legal Code.
Each member Nation shall refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any other nation or region in a manner inconsistent with the Constitution of The North Pacific.
Each member Nation shall refrain from giving assistance to any nation or region against which The North Pacific is taking defensive or enforcement action. Exceptions shall be given to Nations acting with official authorization of the North Pacific Army or Intelligence Agencies, and is subject to the consent of the Cabinet.
The use of a proxy server by an applicant for Regional Assembly member status is grounds for automatic denial of Regional Assembly member application.
Proxy server usage is defined as the use of an IP connection with the intent of rendering a forum user anonymous, aka proxy spoofing, or any such practice designed to allow a member to have multiple accounts on the TNP forum.

Section Two
All Assembly applicants are required to post the following Oath, as their application to join. The Oath will be posted by the applicant in the thread provided by the Speaker of The Assembly.
Your TNP Nation's name Your UN WA Nation's name I, (forum user name), as the leader of The North Pacific nation of (your TNP nation's name), pledge loyalty to the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Laws of The North Pacific Region, and to act as a responsible member of its society. I understand that if my Nation leaves The North Pacific region for reasons other than for official government business, that I may be stripped of my right to vote and required to reapply. I pledge to only register one Nation to vote in The North Pacific. I understand that my registration of, or attempt to register, multiple Nations to vote in The North Pacific shall warrant the summary withdrawal of my right to vote from all my Nations, past, present, and future, as well as possible expulsion from the Region. I further understand that if any nation under my control directly wages war against the North Pacific, or allies themselves with a region waging war, declared or not, against the North Pacific, this shall warrant the summary withdrawal of my right to vote from all my Nations, past, present, and future, as well as possible expulsion from the Region. In this manner, I petition the Speaker of The Regional Assembly of The North Pacific region for membership in the Regional Assembly.
Article II
Registrant Processing and Membership Confirmation
Section One
The Speaker of the Assembly, or a deputy so appointed by the Speaker, shall be responsible for processing and confirming the Assembly membership of applicants.

The Speaker shall provide and maintain a forum thread for the posting of Assembly applications.
The Speaker or assigned deputy, shall respond to applicant requests within 14 days. Failure to respond to the applicant within the specified period will result in automatic admittance of the applicant to the Assembly.
The Speaker will work with the forum Administrators and any Intelligence information provided to the Speaker, to ensure applicant compliance with membership eligibiliy.
The Speaker or assigned deputy will be responsible to maintain and post an updated list of Assembly members. The list shall be updated no less than once a month.
Article III
Member Removal
In accordance with Article II, Section Three of the Constitution, providing for the removal of unelected goverrnment members, the following methods and instances are provided for removal of Assembly members.
Section One
Violation of the Constitution or Laws of The North Pacific
Any Assembly member that has been found by due process to be in violation of the Constitution and Laws of The North Pacific shall be removed with immediate effect by The Speaker.
Section Two
Inactivity
Assembly members whose] nation has CTE'd (Ceased to Exist) or who have moved out of The North Pacific when not on offical business shall be removed from membership automatically by the Speaker.
Assembly members who fail to indicate their activity on the forum by posting for over 30 days shall be removed from membership automatically by the Speaker.
Section Three
Proxy Use
Use of a proxy server by an Assembly member, without specific official TNP permission for Army or Intelligence purpose, is forbidden and is grounds for immediate removal from the Assembly.
Forum administrators shall inform the Speaker in the event that an Assembly member is found to be engaged in the use of a proxy server to access the forum.
Upon notification, the Speaker shall immedately remove the offending member from the Assembly.

Section Two
The Law contained in Section One of this Act shall take effect upon its adoption pursuant to the Constitution. Current members of the Regional Assembly are required to subscribe and execute the oath as enacted by the Law contained in Section One of this Act within one week after enactment pursuant to the Constitution.
Section Three

If, once seven days has elapsed after the Law contained in Section One of this Act takes effect, a member of the Regional Assembly has not executed such oath, they shall be suspended from membership in the Regional Assembly as well as any office or position they may otherwise hold in The North Pacific. This suspension shall be enforced by the use of a temporary mask by forum administration. Once the oath has been duly executed, the suspension shall be lifted promptly and without delay.
TNP LAW 3

Enumeration of Prohibited Acts
The following acts shall be illegal for Nations of The North Pacific, in both the NationStates region "The North Pacific" and on the off-site forum, unless specifically specified otherwise. Other laws subsequently passed that pertain to these crimes shall modify the articles herein.
Section 1: Treason

1."Treason" is defined as taking arms or providing material support to a group or region for the purpose of undermining or overthrowing the lawful government of The North Pacific or any of its treatied allied groups and regions as governed by the Constitution.
2.Exceptions may be given to North Pacific Army and North Pacific Intelligence Agency members, with the consent of and notification by both: 1) the Minister of Defense or NPIA Director, respectively, and 2) the Prime MinisterWA Delegate. This exception is only valid when on officially sanctioned missions for the purposes of preserving regional security and the Constitution.

Section 2: Espionage
1."Espionage" is defined as the use of a Nation or Persona within The North Pacific for the purpose of gathering information for a group or region not officially sanctioned by the lawful government of The North Pacific as governed by the Constitution.
2.The information gathered must be of a nature that a person that has not registered on the official forums or has not attained Regional Assembly status would be unable to access it without circumventing real-life legal means.
3.Exceptions may be given to North Pacific Army and North Pacific Intelligence Agency members, with the consent of and notification by the Minister of Defense or NPIA Director, respectively, when on officially sanctioned missions.

Section 3: Sedition
1."Sedition" is defined as an intentional attempt on the official forums or within the NationStates region "The North Pacific" to incite the Nations of The North Pacific to revolt in a manner not sanctioned by the Constitution.

Section 4: Election Fraud
1."Election fraud" is defined as the willful deception of voters or residents of The North Pacific with regards to the candidates running, the time and venue of the elections, or the requirements and methods by which one may be eligible to vote or run for office.


TNP LAW 4
Election Dates
This law is hereby enacted to enable an election schedule for the offices and elections prescribed in Article I, Section Three of the Constitution of The North Pacific.
SECTION ONE
The election cycle for the 4-month terms of The Delegate, The Speaker of the Assembly, and CLO members, shall begin on the first day of the months of January, May, and September.
SECTION TWO
The election cycle for the 6-month terms of The Judiciary, including the Chief Justice, shall begin on the first day of the months of April and October.
SECTION THREE
This Act shall take immediate effect.


TNP LAW 5
Proxy Server Usage Law
Article I
Section One
The use of a proxy server by a forum user to conceal a forum user's host server is declared to be a security risk to the region.
1.The use of a proxy server by a Member Nation that is a member of The North Pacific Army or Intelligence Agencies shall require the prior express authorization of said official entity which may be disclosed confidentially to other government officials only in the performance of their official duties.
2.Use of a proxy server by a member Nation that applies for Regional Assembly membership is prohibited, and constitutes a criminal offense that may subject the violator to a permanent ban from the regional forum, ejection from the region by the UN Delegate, or both. This provision may be enforced prior to, or subsequent to, a trial in the manner provided by law.

Section Two
1.Proxy server usage is defined as the use of an IP connection with the intent of rendering a forum user anonymous, aka proxy spoofing, or any such practice designed to allow a member to have multiple accounts on the TNP forum.

Article II
This law shall go into effect immediately upon passage.


TNP LAW 6
Official Flag
SECTION ONE.
The following flag, as designed by ThelDRan, is adopted as the official flag of The North Pacific:

SECTION TWO.
This Act shall be effective upon its adoption.

 
TNP LAW 7
Ministry of Communications Official News Publication
Section 1. The North Pacific Wire.
The North Pacific Wire shall be the official News Publication of the region. The North Pacific Wire shall be administered by the Ministry of Communications Interior Affairs.


TNP LAW 8
Holidays
Cognizant of the role of shared national events in shaping and maintaining the culture of a region, and mindful of the importance of a region's history and the lessons it may contain, The North Pacific hereby recognizes the following annual holidays.
1.The first day of January shall be known as Remembrance Day, and shall provide an occasion for Nations to reflect upon and remember those players who have left the region and the game of Nationstates.
2.The twenty-sixth day of May shall be known as Manumission Day, and shall provide an occasion for Nations to commemorate the end of the delegacy of Pixiedance, and celebrate the return of a democratic government to the region.
3.The seventh day of July shall be known as Constitution Day, and shall provide an occasion for Nations to commemorate the ratification of the Constitution of the North Pacific.
4.The twenty-eighth day of July shall be known as Liberation Day, and shall provide an occasion for Nations to commemorate and celebrate the overthrow of Great Bight, and the return of a native government to the region.
5.The thirteenth day of November shall be known as Creation Day, and shall provide an opportunity for Nations to commemorate and celebrate the establishment of that first and greatest of games, Nationstates; as well as provide an opportunity to enjoy and extend fellowship to our counterparts throughout the NationStates communities.
6.The twenty-third day of November shall be known as Founders' Day, and shall provide an opportunity for Nations to commemorate and celebrate the establishment of the first official forum of The North Pacific, and the establishment through it of the community which has kept The North Pacific as the preeminent region in Nationstates.



TNP LAW 9
Wartime Provisions
Section 1: Wartime Provisions
No player maintaining a nation in a region at war with TNP may maintain a nation within TNP, or participate in the governance thereof, for the duration of hostilities. Any player found doing so will be stripped of membership in the Regional Assembly and subject to banishment from the region. A "region at war" is any region which has made a formal declaration, or made acts of war against The North Pacific, or vice versa, as deemed by decision by the Security Council. War does not constitute actions taken by or against the North Pacific Army unless the conflict meets the conditions above. A state of war exists until a formal peace treaty, surrender terms, or similar, is/are recognized.
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Khark, it's not necessary to annotate changes in a wiki :lol: !

You can just save the new version as what you want the law to change to, and then use the wiki's History functions to see the difference! :D
 
Khark, you had asked for any other nitpicks to be pointed out so they could be addressed. I posted these a few weeks ago before the Gatesville treaty came up, but you had not responded.

So I'll post them again and ask for you to respond.

Here are some nicpicks:

Section 1 Clause 2 of the Oath of Office Law has "of this bill" should be changed to "of this Act".

In the RA Registration and Membership Law, Article I, Section 1, Item 2, should include a reference to the Bill of Rights as it is a separate (already enacted) document.
Each member Nation will by oath, abide by the Constitution of The North Pacific, the Bill of Rights, and The North Pacific Legal Code.
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In the same Law, Article III, Section 1, Clause 1 also needs a reference to the Bill of Rights:
Any Assembly member that has been found by due process to be in violation of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Laws of The North Pacific shall be removed with immediate effect by The Speaker.
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In the same Law, Article III, Section 2, Clause 1, there is a "]" that does not need to be there.

In the same Law, Article III, Section 3 "purpose" sould be "purposes":

Use of a proxy server by an Assembly member, without specific official TNP permission for Army or Intelligence purposes, is forbidden and is grounds for immediate removal from the Assembly.
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As to the Law on The North Pacific Wire, the last sentence needs to be changed.
The North Pacific Wire shall be administered by the Ministry of Communications Interior Affairs
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It probably needs to be "a Cabinet official appointed by the Delegate." Since each Delegate can re-title and re-construct the executive in any manner the Delegate sees fit, we'd be faced with the need of amending this every time there is a new Delegate.

The Law on Wartime Provisions needs a change to the phrase "by the Security Council." First "by" should be "of" and "Security Council" needs to be changed to whoever has the autority to declare war, presumably that would be the Regional Assembly, but the Constitution is vague on that.
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