Gazette of Cyberia

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Friday, August 10, 2007

Signature of the Impeachable Offences Bill of 2007

Mr. Speaker,

I sign the Impeachable Offenses Bill of 2007 into law.

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IMPEACHABLE OFFENCES BILL OF 2007

The National Assembly enacts Chapter 290 of the Federal Code as follows:

290.1 The following conduct constitutes an impeachable offence:

290.11 a serious violation of the Constitution or the law;

290.12 serious misconduct;

290.13 inability to perform the functions of office; or

290.14 failure to perform the functions of office.

290.2 When it appears to a court or another organ of state that an impeachable offence may been committed, they must communicate that fact to the National Assembly.

290.3 The National Assembly may suspend an impeached officer from office until the final decision on conviction or acquittal, but the suspension may neither be renewed nor continued longer than 28 days.

290.4 The common law of impeachment is abrogated in Cyberia.
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Signed,

Michael Fors
President of the Commonwealth