CONSTITUTION of PERSIA

Article l - §0 §0Bill of Rights§0 §1- All citizen are equal§0 §1before the law and§0 §1have the right to§0 §1equal protection and§0 §1benefit of the law.§0 §2 - All citizens have the§0 §2right to freedom and§0 §2security of the§0 §2person, which

includes§0 §2the right;§0 §0 §0

a. not to be deprived§0 §0of freedom arbitrarily§0 §0or without just cause;§0 §0b. not to be detained§0 §0without trial;§0 §0c. to be free from all§0 §0forms of violence from§0 §0either public or§0 §0private sources;§0 §0d. not to be tortured§0 §0or

coerced by means§0 §0of pearl;§0 §0

e. not to be treated or§0 §0punished in a cruel,§0 §0inhuman or degrading§0 §0way;§0 §0f. not to be forced to§0 §0work involuntarily§0 §0without compensation.§0 §0 §3 - All persons have§0 §3the right to privacy,§0 §3which includes the§0 §3right to be

secure in§0 §3their §0 §0

persons, houses, and§0 §0effects, against§0 §0unreasonable§0 §0searches and§0 §0seizures.§0 §4 - All persons have§0 §4the right to freedom§0 §4of conscience, religion,§0 §4thought, belief and§0 §4opinion.§0 §0

Article ll – Membership§0 §01 - Any person§0 §0applying for§0 §0citizenship in persia§0 §0must be sponsored by§0 §0a citizen or apply§0 §0through the proper§0 §0channels. A top§0 §0government official§0 §0must approve and§0 §0screen all future§0

citizens first.§0 §0

2 - Persons applying§0 §0for citizenship must§0 §0not be indebted or§0 §0participating/involved§0 §0in any ongoing conflict.§0 §0If the applying person§0 §0is involved in an§0 §0ongoing conflict, If§0 §0the applying person is§0 §0involved in an ongoing

conflict§0 §0

then he/she will be§0 §0forced to cease§0 §0hostilities before§0 §0joining the nation, as§0 §0to prevent Persia§0 §0from entering said§0 §0conflict. This Section§0 §0may be overruled by a§0 §0majority vote for§0 §0exemptions.§0 §0

3. Citizenry may only§0 §0be revoked if a Judge§0 §0deems the person to§0 §0be a threat to the§0 §0nation. A citizen has§0 §0the right to appeal in§0 §0court against citizenry§0 §0revocation. No Noble§0 §0or Government official§0 §0may revoke citizenry.

Article lll - The Shah§0 §01 - The Shah shall be§0 §0the symbol of the§0 §0State and of the unity§0 §0of the People, deriving§0 §0his position from the§0 §0will of the citizens with§0 §0whom resides§0 §0sovereign power.§0 §0

Persia shall be§0 §0reigned over and§0 §0governed by a line of§0 §0Shahs unbroken for§0 §0ages eternal.§0 §02 - The Imperial§0 §0Throne shall be§0 §0succeeded to by§0 §0Imperial male§0 §0descendants, as§0 §0appointed by the§0 §0rightfully reigning§0

Shah.§0 §0

§3 - The Shah shall§0 §3perform only such§0 §3acts in matters of§0 §3state as are provided§0 §3for in this Constitution.§0 §4 - The Shah confers§0 §4titles of nobility, rank,§0 §4orders and other§0 §4marks of honor.§0 §0

5 - A Regency shall be§0 §0instituted only in§0 §0cases where there is§0 §0an absence of a§0 §0rightful heir and the§0 §0Shah is either dead,§0 §0missing, or unable to§0 §0take his place . The§0 §0Regent shall perform§0 §0his acts in matters of§0 §0state

in the Shah’s§0 §0name.§0 §0

At any time the Shah§0 §0may appoint a Regent.§0 §0All acts of the Sitting§0 §0regent are subject to§0 §0scrutiny by the Shah§0 §0upon his return to§0 §0rule.§0 §06 - The Shah shall§0 §0appoint Nobles into the§0 §0Crown’s Chamber upon§0 §0consulting the

sitting§0 §0lords and the§0 §0Shahzadeh.§0 §0

§7 - The Shah can§0 §7declare war, makes§0 §7peace, and conclude§0 §7treaties only with the§0 §7full approval of the§0 §7Crown’s Chamber, but§0 §7he can declare a§0 §7state of siege or a§0 §7state of emergency§0 §7without the approval§0 §7of the Chamber

in§0 §7desperate situations.§0 §0 §0

8 - The Shah, may§0 §0never, even in case of§0 §0emergencies, dissolve§0 §0the Crown’s Chamber.§0 §0He may on§0 §0consequence of an§0 §0urgent necessity to§0 §0maintain public safety§0 §0or to avert public§0 §0calamities in absence§0 §0of all the Lords in

the§0 §0Chamber,§0 §0

issue laws and when§0 §0the Chamber does not§0 §0approve of the laws,§0 §0the Government shall§0 §0declare them to be§0 §0invalid for the future.§0 §09 - The Shah can§0 §0issue Ordinances§0 §0(executive orders),§0 §0the Ordinances§0 §0necessary for the

carrying out of the§0 §0laws,§0 §0

or for the§0 §0maintenance of the§0 §0public peace and§0 §0order, and for the§0 §0promotion of the§0 §0welfare of the§0 §0subjects. But no§0 §0Ordinance shall in any§0 §0way alter any of the§0 §0existing laws.§0 §0 §0

10 - The Shah§0 §0reserves the right to§0 §0veto all actions of the§0 §0State, which may in§0 §0turn may be§0 §0overturned by the§0 §0Crown’s chamber§0 §0(after a unanimous§0 §0vote).§0 §0

Article lV - Crown’s§0 §0Chamber§0 §01 - The Crown’s§0 §0Chamber is the§0 §0Legislative council of§0 §0the State and shall§0 §0consist of nobles,§0 §0including the§0 §0Shahzadeh of Persia,§0 §0the Shah and the§0 §0Satraps. §0 §0

Each with one vote, the§0 §0Shahzadeh shall be§0 §0elected from among§0 §0the other lords by the§0 §0Shah and approved by§0 §0unanimous vote from§0 §0the Satraps.§0 §0 §0

2 - The Shah of§0 §0Persia can dismiss and§0 §0appoint Lords in the§0 §0chamber, the appointee§0 §0must be reviewed by§0 §0the Chamber and§0 §0advice given by the§0 §0Lords.§0 §0 §0

3 - The Shahzadeh§0 §0Holds the keys to the§0 §0Persian Chamber and§0 §0is leader of the Lords.§0 §0The Shahzadeh holds§0 §0a veto on all actions§0 §0of the State which can§0 §0be overturned by the§0 §0Shah or by the§0 §0Chamber with a 2/3rds§0 §0vote.§0

4 - Every law§0 §0requires two thirds§0 §0consent of the§0 §0Chamber.§0 §05 - Lords can appoint§0 §0personal secretaries,§0 §0ambassadors, or§0 §0negotiate treaties with§0 §0the approval of the§0 §0Shah.§0 §0

6 - No debate can be§0 §0opened and no vote§0 §0can be taken in the§0 §0Chamber, unless no§0 §0less than three fifths§0 §0of the whole number§0 §0of Members thereof§0 §0are present and the§0 §0Shah. Laws must be§0 §0approved by the Shah,§0 §0if the Shah

rejects a§0 §0law,§0 §0

, his rejection can be§0 §0overturned by a§0 §0unanimous agreement§0 §0of the territorial§0 §0lords(satraps). §0 §7 - The Chamber may§0 §7respectively present§0 §7addresses to the Shah§0 §78 - The Chamber may§0 §7receive petitions§0 §7presented by§0

§7subjects,§0 §0

, but not foreign§0 §0entities, lobbying by§0 §0foreign entities is§0 §0therefore illegal in all§0 §0Persian territories§0 §0 §0 §0

Article 5 - Judiciary §0 §01 - All Persian citizens§0 §0have a right to trial,§0 §0and the state must§0 §0provide the defendant§0 §0with a lawyer if he/she§0 §0wants one. §0 §02 - The judge of the§0 §0case will decide guilt§0 §0or innocence on the§0

charges, §0 §0

as well as the amount§0 §0of time to be served,§0 §0no one else may§0 §0overturn this; the§0 §0shah has the power to§0 §0pardon criminals,§0 §0though.§0 §03 - Judges are§0 §0appointed by the shah,§0 §0a trial by jury may be§0 §0called forth if the§0

defendant wishes.§0 §0

If trial by jury is§0 §0chosen, then 3 unbias§0 §0observers may look§0 §0through the evidence§0 §0and decide guilt or§0 §0innocence. If found§0 §0guilty, a judge must§0 §0choose the length of§0 §0time the guilty will§0 §0serve.§0 §0

4 - The judge may§0 §0pick to have a public§0 §0or private trial after§0 §0consulting both§0 §0parties. All trials must§0 §0be documented and§0 §0recorded properly by§0 §0the Judge.§0 §0

5 - All guilty may§0 §0appeal their sentence,§0 §0a second appeal can§0 §0only be brought forth§0 §0if new evidence is§0 §0brought forward.§0 §06 - For extraditions, a§0 §0citizen of persia has§0 §0the right to appeal an§0 §0order.§0 §0

An extradition order§0 §0may only be§0 §0processed and§0 §0verified by both a§0 §0judge and the shah. If§0 §0the person is not a§0 §0Persian citizen then it§0 §0only needs to be§0 §0verified by a Judge.§0 §0 §0

7 - Citizens may call§0 §0forward a Judiciary§0 §0overwatch on laws§0 §0that may be deemed to§0 §0violate their rights, a§0 §0judge will review the§0 §0laws and may overturn§0 §0them.§0 §0 §0