Post by Feirmont on May 12, 2020 23:34:37 GMT -5
Treaties Act
Title
1. This act shall be cited as the Treaties Act.
Definition
2. A treaty shall be defined as a written agreement between the region Spiritus and another region of NationStates.
Enacting a Treaty
3. The Chief Executive shall present the final draft of a treaty, or amendment to an existing treaty, to the Legislature and will be automatically invited to participate in the discussion therein.
4. The Legislature shall debate the content and/or merit of the treaty or amendment for no less than three (3) days.
5. (a) Once the debate has been concluded, the Legislature may accept the treaty or amendment with a simple majority vote.
(b) Should the Legislature reject the treaty or amendment, the Legislature must present its reasons for doing so to the Chief Executive.
6. If accepted by the Legislature, the treaty must then be signed during a ceremony celebrating the friendship between all signatories of the treaty. An accepted amendment to a treaty need no celebration or signatures.
(a) If the total number of signatory regions including Spiritus is four (4) or less, the Chief Executive of Spiritus and a representative from each other signatory region must sign the treaty.
(b) or, if the total number of signatory regions is greater than four (4), the Chief Executive of Spiritus and a single selected representative representing all other signatory regions will be required to sign, and in their signature mention all regions that representative is representing.
7. As soon as the required signatures are present, the treaty will be officially recognized by the region of Spiritus.
Removing a Treaty
8. The process to render a treaty void begins when:
(a) The terms as outlined in the treaty have been breached by either party subject to the treaty. A notice of a Treaty Breach shall be presented to the Legislature by the Chief Executive or Chair Potato, or
(b) The Chief Executive presents a 'Notice of Annulment' to the Legislature, with just cause as to the reason for the annulment.
9. In either above case, the Legislature shall debate the merit of the annulment for three (3) days. After the discussion period has concluded, a voting period to accept annulling the treaty will begin and shall require assent from two-thirds of the total number of legislators in the Legislature.
Delegation; limits
10. The Chief Executive may delegate his powers and responsibilities under this Act to another citizen, to whom the provisions of this act with the exemption of Section 8 apply.
The current text of this act, as of 17 April 2023.