Post by Perland on Aug 2, 2017 16:24:37 GMT -5
The Confederate Parliament
Amendment #002
An Amendment to the Constitution Entitled: The Amendment to Clarify Changes During Voting
July 26th, 2017
Member of Parliament: Perland
Parliament Proposal
Resolved by the Confederate Parliament of the Confederacy of Free Nations, that the following article is proposed as an amendment under the jurisdiction of the Confederacy of Free Nations, enforceable by all of its institutions.
Be it enacted by the MP’s of the Confederacy of Free Nations in the Confederate Parliament, that;
Section 1
The Original Text
ss.1. "Bills proposed to Parliament are considered to be static at the moment of their proposal. No changes beyond grammatical, spelling or minor structural edits can be made to a bill once it has been proposed. These edits can only be made at the discretion of the Speaker." -Section Eight, Article Three.
Section 2
Changed Text
ss.1. The above section shall be changed to the text in sub section two of this section.
ss.2. "Bills, amendments, motions, and referendums proposed to Parliament are considered to be static at the moment of their proposal. Documents for elections (such as platforms) and referendums (such as a law, petition, etc.) are also static at the time the vote goes up. No changes beyond grammatical, spelling or minor structural edits can be made to a bill/legislation/etc. once it has been proposed. These edits can only be made at the discretion of the Speaker."
ss.3. Any legislation, referendums, etc. that are active before the passage of this amendment shall not be affected by this.
ss.4. The Speaker of Parliament and their staff, as well the Ministry of Justice and their staff, shall be tasked with enforcing this.