Gazette of Cyberia

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Friday, August 03, 2007

Signature of the Sovereignty Bill of 2007

Mr. Speaker,

I sign the Sovereignty Bill of 2007 into law.

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SOVEREIGNTY BILL OF 2007

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Commonwealth of Cyberia,

280.1 The Treaty of Shirekeep has the force of law in Cyberia, conductand executive decisions inconsistent with the Treaty are invalid, andthe obligations imposed by it must be fulfilled.

280.2 The President must not, without the prior consent of the National Assembly:

280.21 revoke a deportation order against a prescribed individual;

280.22 fail to enforce a deportation order against a prescribedindividual; or

280.23 enter into negotiations by which this Commonwealth would accept conditions less favourable than those fixed by the Treaty of Shirekeep.

280.3 The President mist not exercise any form of clemency towards aprescribed individual except on 28 days notice and after hearing any objections by citizens of this Commonwealth to the proposed exerciseof clemency. This section does not apply during any time when martial law is in force.

280.4 In this Chapter, 'prescribed individual' means any person who signed and ratified the Treaty of Shirekeep or who is bound by itsprovisions who was not at the date of signature a citizen of thisCommonwealth, His Imperial Majesty the Kaiser of Shireroth or one ofHis Imperial Majesty's officers and subjects. The principle set down in Article 6 of the Treaty of Shirekeep applies to any prescribedindividual for the purposes of this chapter.
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Signed,

Michael Fors
Acting President