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Government of Taijitu => The Ecclesia => Legislative and Treaty Votes => Topic started by: Cormac on April 29, 2015, 03:00:43 PM

Title: Citizenship Act
Post by: Cormac on April 29, 2015, 03:00:43 PM
A motion has been made and seconded to adopt the following Act:

Quote from: Citizenship Act
1. Repeal of Previous Law
1. Legislation Concerning Citizenship is hereby repealed.

2. Admittance to Citizenship
1. All persons who held citizenship prior to enactment of this Act will continue to maintain citizenship until such is legally removed under the terms of this Act.
2. Applicants for citizenship may only be admitted to citizenship if they have a nation residing in Taijitu, if they have properly completed the citizenship application, and if they have passed a security check conducted by forum administration.
3. The citizenship application will require applicants to disclose their nation in Taijitu, current regional and organizational affiliations in NationStates, and any other NationStates identities or aliases previously or currently in use by the applicant.
4. The citizenship application will require applicants to swear the following oath of citizenship:

Quote from: Oath of Citizenship
I, [forum name], in sound mind and good conscience, do hereby declare my loyalty to the Citizens' Democracy of Taijitu and to the principles of the Glorious Revolution. I swear to respect and uphold the Constitution and the laws adopted by the Ecclesia. I recognize that should I break my oath I shall be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and that my citizenship may be forfeit.

3. Removal of Citizenship
1. The Citizen-Initiator will remove a person's citizenship if that person's nation in Taijitu has relocated to another region or ceased to exist, unless the nation is restored within seven days after relocation or ceasing to exist or prior to any election period.
2. A person's citizenship may be removed by simple majority vote of the Ecclesia, and may only be reinstated by simple majority vote of the Ecclesia if removed in such manner.

Citizens may vote for the Act, against, or may abstain from voting. This vote will last for five days. The original discussion can be found here (http://forum.taijitu.org/proposals-and-discussions/citizenship-act/).
Title: Re: Citizenship Act
Post by: Cormac on May 04, 2015, 11:32:43 PM
The Citizenship Act has passed with 7 votes Aye, 2 Nay, and 1 Abstain.