Zeed Directive 13
Zeed Directive 13
This Directive creates the law codification commission.
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THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE AND SUPREME PLENIPOTENTIARY
Zeed Directive 13
WHEREAS Article 18 of the 1701 Armistice of Alduria City provides that, "Hostilities between the Raspur Pact and the Revolutionary Government of Rusjar shall cease from midnight, local time, on 24.IX.1701 AN" andWHEREAS Article 1 of the 1701 Armistice of Alduria City provides that, "There shall be an immediate demobilisation of all formations and personnel associated with the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Revolutionary Government in Rusjar"
WHEREAS Article 13 of the aforesaid Armistice provides that, "An appointed deputy of the High Representative of Trans-Euran Command shall be attached to the Revolutionary Government in Rusjar to safeguard Pact interests and to supervise the establishment of a Transitional Government" and
WHEREAS Article 16 of the aforesaid Armistice provides that, "The Revolutionary Government in Rusjar shall reconstitute as a Transitional Government that is fundamentally nationalist and humanist in its essential character" and
LET IT THEREFORE BE KNOWN that the entire governance of Zeed is now subject immediately to the absolute authority of the Raspur Pact, as personified by the High Representative and Supreme Plenipotentiary, in accordance with the laws of war and the 1701 Armistice of Alduria City
and I therefore promulgate the following:
1. There is created a Codification Commission to sit as Rusjar, with the task to codify all laws of Zeed prior to the ultimate triumph of the Raspur Pact.
2. When the High Representative is personally present, he shall chair all sessions of the Codification Commission. In the absence of the High Representative, the Minister for the Interior and the Preservation of Law and Order of the State shall be Chairman of the Codification Commission, and the Chief Secretary of the Allied Control Commission shall be Vice Chairman of the Codification Commission.
3. Whosoever was member of the Union High Judiciary, or member of the All-Union Presidium of the Republics, or able to provide evidence of their practice of law all under the Constitution of Zeed; or whosoever the High Representative, and Chairman and Vice Chairman may appoint, shall sit as a member of the Codification Commission.
4. All citizens of Zeed as defined by Zeed Directive 12 may issue written nominations of potential members to the Chairman of the Codification Commission for his consideration.
5. The Codification Commission shall promulgate its own rules. Until the Commission shall provide otherwise, the Chairman shall promulgate the initial rules by which the Commission shall be governed.
6. The Codification Commission shall have a Secretary-General who be elected by a majority of the Commission and shall serve at its pleasure. The Proceedings of the Commission shall be recorded.
7. The Chairman shall ensure that all regions as defined by Zeed Directive 8 are equally represented in the Commission.
8. Where no Zeed citizen is qualified, the Chairman may appoint a qualified official of the military government to represent the Region.
9. The Minister of Finance and Governor of the Bank of Zeed is directed to provide such sums necessary for the implementation of this Directive.
10. In accordance with Article 3 of Zeed Directive 1, which remains in full effect, the senior-ranking Raspur Pact officer present in the Region who is presently serving as military governor of their Region, responsible for maintenance of law and order until otherwise directed, and subject to the command and direction of the High Representative and Supreme Plenipotentiary, shall provide all necessary assistance for the proper implementation of this Directive.
11. This Directive takes immediate effect on the date of signature. The military governors are directed to cause the public announcement and posting of this Directive over the next ten days, as well as its immediate enforcement.
Given at the former Presidium building, Rusjar, this 19th day of the Xth month of the year 1701 AN.
THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE AND SUPREME PLENIPOTENTIARY
