If it may please the Honorable Prime Minister, in my capacity as Royal Chancellor and by assent of His Royal Majesty the King, I put forth the following for consideration by Parliament.
Austi Scot
Royal Chancellor
Part VII Constitutional Amendments
Article 58
(1) Bills of Constitutional Amendments to the Constitution of The Kingdom of Devonia may be introduced to the legislative body of the Parliament by any Member of Parliament or may be introduced into the Grand Council/Crown Council by any Minister who is a Member of the Council. If the first introduction of a Bill of Constitutional Amendment is to the Council it must be recommended to Parliament in an open session of the Council by 1/2 of the Ministers who are Members of that Council before the sponsoring Minister may introduced the proposed Bill of Constitutional Amendment to Parliament. If the first introduction of a Bill of Constitutional Amendment is to the Parliament it must be presented to the Grand Council/Crown Council by a Minister who is a member of the Council and who agrees to represent the Member of Parliament in the case when the Parliament sponsor is not a Member of the Council.
(2) A Bill of Constitutional Amendment must receive an affirmative vote of 2/3 or more of the Members of Parliament and in its final form the recommendation of ½ or more of the Ministers who are Members of the Council. If a Bill of Constitutional Amendment has passed Parliament with different wording than what was previously recommended by the Council or if it has not yet been recommended by the Council, the Member of Parliament who is the Sponsor shall cause the introduction of the Bill of Constitutional Amendment to the Council either by his own hand in the case where he is a Member of the Council or by the hand of a Minister who is a Member of the Council.
(3) Upon being passed by 2/3 or more of the Members of Parliament and having received in its final form the recommendations of ½ or more of the Ministers who are Members of the Council, the Royal Chancellor shall present the Bill of Constitutional Amendment to the King for his approval within fourteen days of the final recommendation or vote, whichever shall occur last, with his recommendations to the King.
(4) Upon failure of passage of Parliament or upon failure of recommendation from the Council of the Bill of Constitutional Amendment, the Article of the Constitution that was the subject of the Bill of Constitutional Amendment shall not be subject to another Bill of Constitutional Amendment by either a Member of Parliament or by a Member of the Council during the session of Parliament in which such Bill of Constitutional Amendment failed.
(5) The Bill of Constitutional Amendment shall become part of the Constitution and have full force of the Constitution only upon being signed as approved by the King within thirty days of its presentation to him.
(6) Upon approval of the Constitutional Amendment by the King the Royal Chancellor shall cause to be published the Constitution with the Amendment incorporated as part of the Constitution, notwithstanding, the Part numbers, Article numbers, and line numbers shall be adjusted accordingly to allow for the case of wording that is removed from or added to the Constitution due to the Amendment.
(7) Should the Bill of Constitutional Amendment not receive the signature of the King the Article of the Constitution that was the subject of the Bill of Constitutional Amendment shall not be subject to another Bill of Constitutional Amendment in the session of the Parliament in which it failed.
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Austi Scot MP
Royal Chancellor
Order of Devonia
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