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  ACT OF CONST ITUTION OF KAL EIDO (Sixth Constitution of the Republic of Kaleido)

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ACT OF CONSTITUTION OF KALEIDO

(Sixth Constitution of the Republic of Kaleido)

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Preamble Foundation of the State

The People of Kaleido, having assumed the mission of defending democracy, strengtheningunity, and patronizing charity, to destroy all social vices and injustice to the people, toafford equal opportunities to every person and provide for the fullest development of

individual capabilities in all fields, including political, economic, social and cultural life byfurther strengthening the free and democratic basic order conducive to private initiativeand public harmony, and to help each person discharge those duties and responsibilitiesconcomitant to freedoms and rights, and to elevate the quality of life for all citizens andcontribute to lasting world peace and the common prosperity of mankind and thereby toensure security, liberty and happiness for ourselves and our posterity forever, pursuing thegoals spelled out in this Constitution, establish the Republic of Kaleido and do ordain thisconstitution.

Chapter I State Definition

Article 1 State People (Citzenship, Language)

(1) Citizens of Kaleido are all humans who are children of a citizen of the State, who areborn in the Territory of the State, or who are naturalized.

(2) The official language of the Republic of Kaleido is the English and Tagalog. The Statemust maintain its bilingualism and fairness to both languages and use the languages inofficial and unofficial purposes. The State shall propagate the use of the languages to thepeople in order to cope with the challenges of globalization

Article 2 State Form

(1) The Republic of Kaleido is a secular, sovereign democracy and a subject of internationallaw and exercises sovereign functions. All entities of the State must yield to theseprinciples.

(2) This Constitution is the supreme law of the land; it is directly binding on all Stateauthority. The general rules of public international law constitute an integral, inviolablepart of the national law.

(3) The Republic of Kaleido shall endeavor to maintain international peace and shallrenounce any war of aggression.

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Article 3 State Symbols, Capital

(1) The National Colors of the Republic of Kaleido are colors Gold, White, and Black

(2) The National Flag of the Republic of Kaleido is a horizontal tricolored flag consist of

colors Gold, White and Black (3) The State Seal and Coat of Arms of the Republic of Kaleido is the CircularRepresentation of the Guardian of the East and Protector of Fire, the Mythological CreatureSuzaku or the Phoenix God in Eastern Mythology

(4) The National Anthem of the Republic of Kaleido is The Kaleido Hymn

(5) The State Motto is "Democracy, Unity, Charity."

(6) The capital of the Republic of Kaleido is Sora Naegino and the State may designate new

capital as provided by law.Chapter II State Objectives

Article 4 General Constitutional Objectives

(1) The State promotes justice and universal protection of human rights as individualrights. The State encourages fraternity among its citizens by establishing solidarity, generalwelfare, and national unity.

(2) The State acknowledges the right of the People to national autonomy and self-

determination, and the right of minorities to group autonomy.(3) The State promotes:

(a) public health care;

(b) education and schooling;

(c) schemes for social welfare;

(d) preservation and development of culture;

(e) preservation and maintenance of historical objects;

(f) environmental protection, intergenerational equity, and the protection of nature

for its intrinsic value including the protection of nature's right;

(g) natural and social sciences.

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Article 5 State Security

(1) The State promotes worldwide peace. Acts undertaken to prepare war or to otherwisedisturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional.

(2) The State takes adequate measures to preserve its integrity even in the state of war orcivil war.

(3) The State protects the People against terrorism, extremism, and catastrophes.

Chapter III State Organization

Part I General Organization

Article 6 Elections

(1) Absent of special provisions, elections are universal, free, equal, and secret.

(2) Elections are always free and equal.

(3) Elections are always secret if a person eligible to vote or be elected so demands.

(4) Elected representatives are only bound by their conscience. They are servants of all, not only of their constituents.

Article 7 Organizational Principles

(1) The State separates executive, legislative, and adjudicative powers. Offices in different

powers are incompatible with each other (horizontal incompatibility). Offices in nationalentities are incompatible with any public office on a lower level (vertical incompatibility)and with any other salaried office, private or public (economic incompatibility). Politicaloffices are incompatible with active duty in the armed forces (military incompatibility).

(2) The State acknowledges national, regional, and local autonomy.

(3) Autonomy is bound to the principle of democratic organization.

Article 8 National Powers

(1) State powers belong to the national entities for the following subject matters:

a) state defence,

b) foreign relations,

c) economic regulations,

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d) infrastructure and traffic,

e) taxation,

f) solidarity systems,

g) private, criminal, and procedural law,

h) educational and other standards,

i) and all other subject matters which by their very nature or as a corollary to thesubjects listed have to be centralized on the national level.

(2) The State may give up sovereign powers to international or supranational bodies,including systems of mutual collective security and trade organizations, as long as it retainsan adequate representation in those bodies and those bodies guarantee sufficient legal

protection for the Citizens.Part II Representation of the State

Article 9 The Head of State

(1) The Executive Power of the Nation shall be vested in a citizen with a title of President of the Republic of Kaleido who shall be elected by the Legislature.

(2) The President is the head of state. He or she has the right of pardon, to conduct foreignaffairs, and to all other representative functions of the State.

(3) A person is not qualified to be elected President unless he is a member of Legislature.The President holds office until the election of another person as President. The Legislatureshall elect a President-

(a) whenever the office of President is vacant; and

(b) whenever-

(i) the President tenders the resignation of his office by writing under hishand delivered to the Speaker;

(ii) a resolution for the removal from office of the President and Secretariesis approved by the legislature; or

(iii) the President ceases to be a member of the Legislature.

(4) The President may assign to himself or to a Secretary responsibility for any business of the government of Kaleido and may revoke or vary an assignment made.

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(5)Every resident citizen with the right to vote who has attained the legal age and amember of the Legislature is eligible for the office of President

(6 )Before taking office, the President must take the following Oath or Affirmation: “I do solemnly swear before the people that I will faithfully execute the Office of the President by

observing and preserving the Constitution, defending the State, promoting Democracy,Unity, and Charity, endeavoring to develop national identity, and upholding the virtues andprinciples that embody the State.”

(7)The President shall not be held accountable for actions performed in the exercise of hisoffice except in the case of high treason where the Legislature on a resolution approved byat least one-half of the total number of members of Parliament resolves that the President and Ministers be removed from office on the grounds that it has no confidence in theCabinet, an election of a President shall be held.

(8)In case a vacancy occurs in the office of the President or the President-elect dies, or isdisqualified by a court ruling or for any other reason, a successor shall be elected withinten days.

(9)If the Office of President is vacant or the President is unable to discharge the powersand duties for any reason, the Cabinet may appoint a Minister to perform the duties andexercise the functions of the President during any period during which the President isunable to act owing to illness, absence from Kaleido or any other cause.

(10)The President may attend and address the Legislature or express his views by written

message.Part III Executive Power

Article 10 National Government

(1) The executive power of the State is vested in the Cabinet. It includes diplomatic affairs

(2) The President is the head of the National Government. The President freely chooses theNational Ministers.

Article 11 Administrative Powers and Decorations

(1)The President can issue proclamations, decree, orders, instrument of instructions andother forms of law to maintain and administer the Republic and the President have theright to issue laws of the state.

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(2) The President may confer Orders, decoration, and medals to the citizens of the State byhis or her own prerogative. Such prerogative requires no confirmation or approval fromany State body or official.

Article 12 Council of State

(1) The Council of State is the executive body of the highest organ of state power and shalldeliberate on important policies that fall within the power of the President and thesupreme national guidance organ of state sovereignty.

(2)The Council of State shall be composed of the chairman and members.

(3)The term of office of the Council of State shall be five years.

(4) The Council of State shall have the duties and authority to the following matters:

(a)Basic plans for state affairs, and general policies of the Executive;(b)Declaration of war, conclusion of peace and other important matters pertainingto foreign policy;

(c)Draft amendments to the Constitution, proposals for national referenda,proposed treaties, legislative bills, and proposed presidential decrees;

(d)Budgets, settlement of accounts, basic plans for disposal of state properties,contracts incurring financial burden on the State, and other important financialmatters;

(e)Emergency orders and emergency financial and economic actions or orders bythe President, and declaration and termination of martial law;

(f)Important military affairs;

(g)Requests for convening an extraordinary session of the Legislature;

(h)Awarding of honors;

(i)Granting of amnesty, commutation and restoration of rights;

(j)Demarcation of jurisdiction among the Departments of the Executive;

(k)Basic plans concerning delegation or allocation of powers within the Executive;

(l)Evaluation and analysis of the administration of state affairs;

(m)Formulation and coordination of important policies of each ExecutiveDepartments;

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(n)Action for the dissolution of a political party;

(o)Examination of petitions pertaining to executive policies submitted or referred tothe Executive;

(p)Appointment of the Prosecutor General, ambassadors, and such other publicofficials and managers of important state-run enterprises as designated by Act; and

(q)Other matters presented by the President or a member of the Cabinet.

(r)Establish important policies of the state for carrying out the military-first revolutionary line.

(s)Guide the overall armed forces and defense-building work of the state.

(t)Supervise the status of executing the orders of the chairman of the Republic of

Kaleido Council of State and the decisions and directives of the Council of State, andestablish relevant measures.

(u)Rescind the decisions and directives of state organs that run counter to theorders of the chairman of the Republic of Kaleido Council of State and to thedecisions and directives of the Council of State.

(v)Establish or abolish central organs of the national defense sector.

(w)Institute military titles and confer military titles above the general grade officerrank.

(5) The Council of State shall issue decisions and directives.

(6) The Council of State shall be accountable for its work to the Legislature.

(7) The chairman of the Republic of Kaleido Council of State is the supreme leader of theRepublic of Kaleido.

(8) The term of office of the chairman of the Republic of Kaleido Council of State shall befive years.

(9) The chairman of the Republic of Kaleido Council of State is the supreme commander of the overall armed forces of the Republic of Kaleido and commands and directs all thearmed forces of the state.

(10)The chairman of the Republic of Kaleido Council of State shall have the duties andauthority to:

(a) Guide overall affairs of the state.

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(b)Directly guide the work of the Council of State.

(c)Appoint or dismiss important cadres of the national defense sector.

(d)Ratify or abrogate significant treaties concluded with other countries.

(e) Exercise the right to grant special pardons.

(f)Declare a state of emergency and state of war in the country, and issue orders formobilization.

(11) The chairman of the Republic of Kaleido Council of State shall issue orders.

(12) The chairman of the Republic of Kaleido Council of State shall be accountable for hiswork to the Legislature.

Part IV Legislative Power

Article 13 The Legislature of Kaleido

(1) The legislative power is vested in the Legislature of Kaleido, which is the highest organof state power.

(2) The Legislature consists of elected members to be known as Senators whose numbershall be no more than ten and no less than three and the Legislature shall determine intheir succeeding sessions the number of Senators who will be seated in the Legislature. Themembers of the Legislature are elected at-large by the voters. The elected Senators shall

serve for a four-month term(3) The Legislature meets in session three times a year and a session of the Legislature maybe convened at any time when more than one-fifth of the Senators so propose. When theLegislature meets, it elects a Speaker to conduct its session. The Speaker shall not be thePresident of the Republic of Kaleido at the same time and shall have no Vote, unless they beequally divided. The Legislature draws up its own rules of procedures.

(4) Decisions of the Legislature require a majority of the votes cast (simple majority)unless this Constitution provides otherwise.

(5) The Legislature exercises the following functions and powers:

(a) To amend the Constitution;

(b) To supervise the enforcement of the Constitution;

(c) To enact and amend basic statutes concerning criminal offences, civil affairs, thestate organs and other matters;

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(d) To decide on the choice of the Secretaries in charge of Departments orCommissions and the Auditor-General upon nomination by the President;

(e) To confirm the nominee for the Chief Justice and other judges of the SupremeCourt;

(f) To examine and approve the plan for national economic and social development and the reports on its implementation;

(g) To examine and approve the state budget and the report on its implementation;

(h) To alter or annul inappropriate decisions of the Council of State of the Republicof Kaleido;

(i) To approve the establishment of provinces, autonomous regions, andmunicipalities directly under the Central Government;

(j) To decide on the establishment of special administrative regions and the systemsto be instituted there;

(k) To decide on questions of war and peace

(6) The Legislature shall establish a Internal Affairs Committee, a Law Committee, aFinance and Economic Committee, an Education, Science, Culture and Public HealthCommittee, a Foreign Affairs Committee, and such other special committees as arenecessary. These special committees work under the direction of the Legislature. Thespecial committees examine, discuss and draw up relevant bills and draft resolutions underthe direction of the Legislature.

(7) The organization and working procedures of the Legislature are prescribed by law.

Article 14 Rights of Members of the Legislature

(1) Members of the Legislature are only bound by their conscience.

(2) Members of the Legislature may not be subjected to court proceedings or disciplinaryaction for a vote cast or a statement made by them in the Legislature or in any of itscommittees (Indemnity).

(3) Members of the Legislature may not be called to account or be arrested except bypermission of the Legislature (Immunity).

(4) Members of the Legislature are entitled to adequate remuneration ensuring theirindependence. The remuneration may not be altered for the present term.

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Article 15 Lawmaking Process

(1) Bills can be introduced only by the Members of the Legislature or by one percent of thecitizens (Public Initiative). Bills can specify the additional requirement of a publicreferendum after they have been voted upon.

(2) Laws altering this Constitution require two thirds of the votes cast (qualified majority),at least the votes of a majority of the Members of the Legislature (absolute majority). Alllaws are void if they are unconstitutional.

(3) Laws have to specify their effective date. They must be countersigned by the President and promulgated in the Official National Publication.

(4) Bills can be submitted to a referendum if provided by parliamentary decision or as part of the initiative.

Article 16 Budget

(1) The bill for the yearly budget law is introduced by the President.

(2) Budget laws are not subjected to referendums.

Article 17 Treaties

(1) The President signs treaties with other states.

(2) The legislative power of the Legislature includes the power to ratify treaties with other

states.(3) Treaties not ratified within six months have to be revoked by the President.

Article 18 National Ordinances

(1) Laws may empower National Ministers to adopt National Ordinances regarding aspecified subject matter.

(2) National Ordinances do not require ratification by the Legislature.

Article 19 State of Emergency

(1) In cases of grave and immediate threat to the existence of the State, the President maytake necessary measures of defence.

(2) All emergency measures must be confirmed or revoked by the Legislature at theearliest time possible. The President is bound by the Legislature' decisions.

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Article 20 Ombudsman

The parliamentary Ombudsman safeguards fundamental rights and liberties and controlsthe compliance of all state powers with the provisions of this Constitution.

Part V Adjudicative Power Article 21 Independent Courts

(1) The adjudicative power is vested in independent courts.

(2) Judges of these courts are citizens appointed by the President. They are independent.Their office ends at time of retirement or when they lose their electoral rights.

Article 22 Supreme Court

(1) The Supreme Court decides issues involving this Constitution. In particular, theSupreme Court has jurisdiction over:

(a) disputes between state entities concerning their respective rights and dutiesunder this Constitution;

(b) challenges of a national or local entity, a Court in the course of its determination,or a third of the Members of the Legislature against the constitutionality of a law;

(c) claims of individuals regarding violations of their constitutional rights;

(d) popular complaints about the violation of fundamental rights;

(e) challenges of an act of a state power by the Ombudsman;

(f) cases on appeal from National Courts as the Supreme Court deems necessary toreview;

(g) review to their previous decisions and cases of inconsistent application of thelaw

(g) all other cases assigned to its jurisdiction by law.

(2) Decisions of the Supreme Court are directly binding for all entities of the State.

(3) The Supreme Court is composed of a Chief Justice and other judges if necessary andprovided by law, who is appointed by the President. The Chief Justice and the other judgesshall hold their Office during good behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for theirServices, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.

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(4) Separate national courts maybe established for private law, penal law, and generalpublic law if necessary. If these courts do not exist for a moment of time, the Supreme Court shall act and decide for it during its absence, and exercise supreme jurisdiction over thepowers of the under mentioned courts during their absence.

Chapter IV Fundamental Rights

Part I General Provisions

Article 23 Human Rights

(1) The State acknowledges liberty and equality of all humans.

(2) Human dignity must be respected in any case.

(3) Everyone is free to do or not to do whatever he or she chooses. Everyone is responsible

for acts freely chosen.(4) Slavery is abolished.

Article 24 Applicability

(1) Fundamental rights apply to natural persons, domestic and foreign, who are assignedthese rights. They apply to legal persons, domestic and foreign, where, and to the extent that, the nature of the rights permits.

(2) Fundamental rights are inviolable and inalienable. They include the freedom not to

make use of them (negative freedom). Their exercise may, in single instances, be waived byfree and responsible declaration of the rightholder, but such declaration is never bindingfor future instances.

Part II Liberties and Property

Section I Integrity

Article 25 Personal Integrity

(1) Everyone has the right to life and bodily integrity.

(2) Everyone has the right to remain free (personal freedom).

(3) All citizens are free to reside anywhere in, move throughout, enter, and leave theTerritory.

(4) Capital and corporal punishment are abolished.

(5) Torture is prohibited.

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Article 26 Property Integrity and Related Rights

(1) Everyone has the right to acquire, own, possess, exclusively use, and convey privateproperty.

(2) Property may not be taken without due compensation. Article 27 Right to Testify and Inherit

Everyone has the right to testify and inherit.

Section II Religious Freedom

Article 28 Freedom of Religion and Belief

(1) Everyone has the right to choose and practice his or her religion, creed, conscience,faith, confession, and belief.

(2) Everyone can refuse to give religious instructions.

(3) Everyone can, on the basis of conscience, refuse to serve in armed forces.

Section III Freedom of Communication

Article 29 Freedom of Expression and Information

(1) Everyone has the right to freely express and disseminate his or her opinions.

(2) The Freedom of the press and other media is guaranteed.(3) Everyone has the right to freely retrieve information from publicly available sources.

(4) Censorship is abolished.

Article 30 Right to Assemble and Associate

(1) Everyone has the right to peacefully assemble.

(2) Everyone has the right to associate with others. This includes association in politicalparties.

(3) Every adult has the right to marry one partner.

Article 31 Right to Privacy

(1) Everyone has the right to privacy.

(2) The home is inviolable.

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(3) The privacy of letters as well as the secrecy of mail and telecommunication areinviolable.

Section IV Freedom of Profession and Activities

Article 32 Freedom of Profession(1) All citizens have the right to freely choose their occupation, their place of work, andtheir place of study or training.

(2) There is no duty to work. Forced labor is prohibited.

Article 33 Freedom of Research, Science, and Teaching

(1) Everyone has the right to research and conduct science.

(2) Everyone has the right to perform arts.

(3) Everyone has the right to teach and to found private schools.

Section V Political Rights

Article 34 Electoral Rights

(1) All resident adults have the equal right to vote and to be elected. In national elections,only citizens have this right.

(2) There is no compulsory voting.

(3) Anyone who has attained the age of eighteen years is an adult.

Article 35 Right to Petition

Everyone has the right to address written petitions to the competent agencies, togovernments, and to parliaments.

Article 36 Freedom of Citizenship

(1) Citizens can at any time give up their citizenship.

(2) Citizens may at no time be forced to give up their citizenship.

Article 37 Right to Self-Determination and Resistance

(1) Everyone has the right to collective self-determination including the right to decideabout membership in regional or local entities. The State guarantees these rights throughadequate powers of decentralized regional and local governments.

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(2) All citizens have the right to civil disobedience and resistance against attempts toabolish this constitutional order, should no other remedy be available.

Article 38 Right to Found Political Parties

(1) Everyone has the right to found political parties respecting the principles of secularity,sovereignty, and democracy.

(2) Everyone is free to carry on political activities in or with such parties.

Section VI Other Liberties

Article 39 Freedom of Procreation and Childrearing

(1) Everyone has the right to procreation.

(2) Parents have the right to bringing up and educating their children. They have the right to decide about their children's participation in religious instructions.

Part III Equality

Article 40 Equality

(1) All humans are equal before the law (general equality).

(2) Matrimonial equality and legitimacy equality are guaranteed.

(3) All citizens are equally eligible for public office according to their professional aptitude.

Article 41 Prohibition of Discrimination and Privileges

(1) No person may be discriminated against or privileged on the basis of sex, gender, origin,race, language, origin, parentage, creed, faith, or nobility.

(2) Measures for the advancement of persons are admissible to remedy past discrimination(affirmative action).

Part IV Right to Protection

Article 42 Special Protection(1) Protection of human dignity is a duty of the State.

(2) The institution of marriage has the special protection of the State.

(3) Families, mothers, and minors have the special protection of the State.

(4) Everyone persecuted on political grounds has the right to asylum.

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Part V Welfare Rights

Article 43 Special Support

(1) Everyone has the right to livelihood, health care, shelter, and education.

(2) Mothers have the special support of the State.

Part VI Procedural Rights

Article 44 Access to courts

(1) Everyone has free recourse to the courts.

(2) Everyone has the right to a constitutional judge. Extraordinary courts are not allowed.

(3) Persons and groups have recourse to the court acting for other rightholders not being

in a position to seek relief in their own name (third party standing).

Article 45 Fair Trial

(1) Everyone has the right to a fair trial. Evidence obtained illegally is inadmissible.Everyone has the right of access to all state information required for the exercise orprotection of any of his or her rights (file access).

(2) Everyone has the right to trial by jury.

(3) No one may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

(4) No law shall be passed stipulating regulations of the past without due compensation forall losses (ex post facto law).

Article 46 Criminal Justice

(1) No act may be punished unless it constituted a criminal offence under the law beforehaving been committed (nullapoena sine lege). No one may be punished for the same act more than once (double jeopardy).

(2) Only judges may indict or subpoena persons or issue warrants for arrest, search, or

seizure.

(3) Everyone accused or arrested enjoys the right

(a) to a speedy and public trial,

(b) to be presumed innocent until proven guilty,

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(c) not to be a witness against himself,

(d) promptly to be informed about the reason of accusation or detention and about the right to be silent (Miranda rights),

(e) to counsel for defence,(f) to communicate with next-of-kin, partner, and legal, medical, and religiouscounsellor,

(g) to be released no later than 24 hours after the arrest if not further detendedafter court hearing, and

(h) to redress in case of false imprisonment.

Article 47 Prohibition of Extradition

No citizen may be extradited to a foreign country.

Chapter V Individual Restrictions

Part I General Provisions

Article 48 Admissible Restrictions

(1) The State can apply restrictions on individual rights only for the purpose of protectingindividual rights of other persons or furthering other state interests explicitly mentioned inthis Constitution (constitutional interest).

(2) Any restriction on individual rights must be competent and narrowly tailored to furtherthe constitutional interest. Such restriction must be an adequate means to achieve thepurpose of furthering the constitutional interest. In no case may the essence of afundamental right be infringed.

(3) Any restriction must apply generally and not solely to an individual case.

Article 49 Special Restrictions

(1) Possession and use of drugs resulting in strong and imminent danger for the generalpublic is prohibited.

(2) Possession and use of firearms and other weapons without a permit is prohibited.

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Part II Duties

Article 50 General Duties

(1) Parents have the duty to rear and educate their minor children.

(2) Adults have the duty to support and assist their parents if they are in need.

(3) Parents and children have the duty to ensure that minors attend public schools orequivalent institutions (compulsory schooling). Vocational schools and certified privateschools are equivalent to public schools.

Article 51 Civil Service

(1) Every citizen of age serves one year in the Armed Forces, in the unarmed civil services,or in equivalent non-profit services.

(2) Whoever is unable to serve is liable to compensate the community.

Part III Burdens

Article 52 Taxation

(1) The State levies taxes from the citizens.

(2) The State levies taxes throughout the Territory.

(3) It is the duty of citizens of the Republic of Kaleido to pay taxes in accordance with the

law.

Article 53 Mandatory Insurance

The State establishes the requirements for mandatory insurance.

Part IV State Monopolies

Article 54 Monopolies on objects

No one but the State may own heavy weapons or ultra-hazardous material.

Article 55 Monopolies on activities

(1) No one but the State may coin or print money.

(2) The State retains the monopoly on mail and telecommunication networks.

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Part V Forfeiture of Fundamental Rights

Article 56 Forfeiture of Rights

(1) Persons and political parties who abuse fundamental rights in order to combat the free

democratic basic order forfeit these rights.(2) Such forfeiture and the extent thereof is determined by the Supreme Court.

Article 57 Deprivation of Electoral Rights

By final court order, the right to vote and to be elected can, partially or at large, temporarilyor unlimited, be suspended if an adult

a) has not the requisite mental capacity for any legal responsibility or

b) has irrevocably been sentenced to at least one year of imprisonment.

Part VI Transitory Provisions

Article 58 Suspension of Provisions

If the Provision written in this Constitution is not applicable for a moment of time, thePresident shall issue a decree suspending those provisions for a period of time until thoseprovisions are applicable to implement.

Article 59 Continuation of Statutes

All of the laws, decrees, proclamation and other form of law passed before the ratificationof this constitution are subject to this constitution unless amended or repealed.

Part VII Amendments and Revisions

Article 60 Methods of Revisions and Amendments

(1)This Constitution can be amended through the initiative of the President on his issueddecree;

(2) By one percent of the citizens (Public Initiative) and;

(3) By a statute issued by the Legislature, which requires 2/3 vote ratification from thecitizens.

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Part VIII Citation

Article 61 Formal Name of the Act

This Constitution may be cited as The Act of Constitution of Kaleido.

Part IX Ratification of the Constitution

Article 62 Effectivity of the Constitution

This Constitution shall take effect immediately upon the signature of at least three KaleidoCitizens.

FIRST ORDINANCE

Since there is no law stating the exact number of the members of the Legislature, in the first legislative session of the Legislature, it shall consist of four elected senators. In the first

parliamentary elections under this constitution, the first four obtaining the highest numberof votes shall serve for four months as elected Senators of the Legislature

SECOND ORDINANCE

The members of the Legislature, before they take their offices shall take the following oath:I, ......... swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the Republic

of Kaleido and that I will justly and faithfully carry out my duties as a member of

Legislature of Kaleido. So help me God!THIRD ORDINANCE

The members of the Judiciary, before taking their offices shall take the following oath:I, ............. swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the

Republic of Kaleido in the office of ............. and that I will do right to all manner of peopleaccording to law, without fear or favour, affection or ill-will. So help me God!

FOURTH ORDINANCE

The members of the Cabinet, before taking their offices shall take the following oath:I, ........... swear by Almighty God that I will faithfully carry out my duties as a member of theCabinet and that I will not improperly reveal any matters of which I have become aware by

reason of my membership of the Cabinet. So help me God.

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