National Service Act, 1726

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National Service Act, 1726

Long title	An Act to Mandate National Service; Among Other Purposes.
Bill Number	1726-FA-01
Introduced by	Deputy Paolo Antonio Aguilar (FHP)
Session of Cortes Federales	7th Cortes Federales
Extent	Entire Federation of Nouvelle Alexandrie
Dates
Bill Status	Introduced
Date introduced	1726 AN
Last updated	1726 AN
Other legislation
Related legislation	Proclamation of Punta Santiago

The National Service Act, 1726, is a legislative proposal introduced in the 7th Cortes Federales by Premier Paolo Antonio Aguilar of the Federal Humanist Party. This Act aims to mandate a compulsory National Service for all nationals of the Federation of Nouvelle Alexandrie. The bill encompasses a variety of service areas, including military, civil, and cultural sectors, and introduces significant penalties for evasion. The Act reflects a significant shift in national policy towards civic duty and national preparedness.

Background

This legislation came about in light of the New Alexandrian general election, 1723, which was held in 1724, as well as the 1725 Constancian crisis and its aftereffects. The context of a developing recession was also in the air.

Key Provisions

• National Service Definition: The Act defines "National Service" as active or reserve duty in various federal agencies, including the Federal Forces, Gendarmerie, emergency management, civil service, and cultural programs.
• Mandatory Service: Starting in 1727 AN, all New Alexandrian nationals aged 18 are required to complete two years of National Service before their 40th birthday, with non-compliance subject to severe penalties.
• Exemptions: Nationals who have already served in certain capacities or are over 40 years old as of 1725 AN are exempted. Conscientious objectors are allowed to serve in non-military capacities.
• National Service Secretariat: Establishment of a new office within the Department for National Mobilization to manage the implementation of National Service.
• Agency Responsibilities and Reporting: Various federal agencies are instructed to establish offices for National Service and the National Service Secretariat must maintain records and report on the Act's implementation.

Legislative History

Date	Event
1.9.1726 AN	Bill introduced by the Federal Humanist Party minority government in the 7th Cortes Federales.
1.9.1726 AN - 1729 AN	Bill sat in the Hopper of the Federal Assembly unattended.
1729 AN

Bill as submitted to the "Hopper" of the Federal Assembly, 1726 AN

THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACT, 1726

THE READING OF

A

BILL

TO

MANDATE NATIONAL SERVICE; AMONG OTHER PURPOSES.

THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACT, 1726

Presented by Deputy Paolo Antonio Aguilar, FHP

Ordered, by the Cortes Federales of Nouvelle Alexandrie,
to be Printed, 1724 AN.
BE IT ENACTED by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Cortes Federales, in this present session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

An Act to mandate National Service and for purposes connected therewith.

I. CITATION

1. This Act may be cited in all purposes as the "National Service Act, 1726".

II. NATIONAL SERVICE

1. "National Service", as used in this Act, shall mean active-duty service or reserve-duty service with the Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie, the Federal Gendarmerie of Nouvelle Alexandrie, the Federal Emergency Management Council or its Regional and Local Committees or the Federal Emergency and Disaster Management Administration, the Federal Civil Service System, the Cultural Heritage Preservation Program, the Federal Cultural and Sports Outreach Program and such other offices or agencies as the Council of State may provide.
2. Beginning the first day of 1727, and every year thereafter, all nationals of Nouvelle Alexandrie aged 18 years of age shall be liable to two years of National Service, which must be completed before their 40th birthday. Failure to do so shall constitute a crime known as "evasion of National Service", which shall be penalized with a fine of 1,000 ecu per month of evasion, immediate impressment into the National Service, and imprisonment of one month per month of evasion, at the discretion of the court. All nationals of Nouvelle Alexandrie aged 40 years of age beginning the first day of 1725 are exempt. All nationals of Nouvelle Alexandrie, who, prior to the effectivity of this Act, have served in the active service of the Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie, the Federal Gendarmerie of Nouvelle Alexandrie, the Federal Emergency Management Council or its Regional and Local Committees or the Federal Emergency and Disaster Management Administration, the Federal Civil Service System, the Cultural Heritage Preservation Program, as well as in national and local government whether elected or appointed, and such other offices or agencies as the Council of State may provide, for at least two years, prior to the effectivity of this Act, are exempt.
3. Conscientious objection is recognized in Nouvelle Alexandrie, and nationals may by written and notarized declaration, affirm such. Conscientious objectors may be permitted to decline National Service in the Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie, or the Federal Gendarmerie of Nouvelle Alexandrie, but must serve in the other optional services.

III. INSTRUCTIONS TO NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

1. The Department for National Mobilisation shall create and sustain an office within its Department called the National Service Secretariat, which shall be jointly staffed with individuals from the Department of Defense, Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie, Department of the Interior, Federal Emergency Management Council, Federal Emergency and Disaster Management Administration and such other individuals as the Council of State shall determine.
2. The National Service Secretariat shall keep true records of all individuals called to National Service. The National Service Secretariat shall maintain and publish semi-annually a list of individuals who are liable but have failed to render National Service, and shall, by personal delivery, advise nationals accordingly. Three deliveries with no response shall authorize the National Service Secretariat to file charges for evasion of National Service at the nearest federal court.
3. Individuals after due evaluation may be deemed not physically or mentally capable to render National Service by designated individuals of the National Service Secretariat.
4. The Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie, the Federal Gendarmerie of Nouvelle Alexandrie, the Federal Emergency Management Council and its Regional Committees and the Federal Emergency and Disaster Management Administration, the Federal Civil Service System, the Cultural Heritage Preservation Program, the Federal Cultural and Sports Outreach Program, and such other offices or agencies as the Council of State may provide, shall establish an Office of National Service within their respective agencies and offices to assist the National Service Secretariat in its work.
5. Upon enactment of this Act, there are constituted within Regional Governments, State Governments, and Municipal Governments, as well as the Federal Capital District, an Office of National Service within their respective agencies and offices, to assist the National Service Secretariat in its work, to be headed by an Adjutant-General appointed by the Council of State. Support Staff of this office shall be as the Regional, State, and Municipal Governments shall direct by law.
6. Budgets for the entities created by this Act shall be included in the annual appropriations of the Federal Government.
7. The National Service Secretariat shall submit an annual report on the implementation of this Act to the Council of State and the Cortes Federales of Nouvelle Alexandrie.
8. A true copy of this Act shall be published in newspapers of general circulation.

IV. COMMENCEMENT AND APPLICATION

1. This Bill shall apply to all of the Federation of Nouvelle Alexandrie.
2. This Bill shall not become law unless it has been given Royal Assent.
3. This Bill shall be published and made publicly available.
4. In the event any provision or part of this Bill is found to be invalid or unenforceable, only that particular provision or part so found, and not the entire Bill, will be inoperative.

Bill as amended by the Federal Assembly, 1729 AN

THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACT, 1726

THE READING OF

A

BILL

TO

MANDATE NATIONAL SERVICE; AMONG OTHER PURPOSES.

THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACT, 1726

Presented by Deputy Paolo Antonio Aguilar, FHP

Ordered, by the Cortes Federales of Nouvelle Alexandrie,
to be Printed, 1724 AN.
BE IT ENACTED by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Cortes Federales, in this present session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

An Act to mandate National Service and for purposes connected therewith.

I. CITATION

1. This Act may be cited in all purposes as the "National Service Act, 1726".

II. NATIONAL SERVICE

1. "National Service", as used in this Act, shall mean active-duty service or reserve-duty service with the Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie, the Federal Gendarmerie of Nouvelle Alexandrie, the Federal Emergency Management Council or its Regional and Local Committees or the Federal Emergency and Disaster Management Administration, the Federal Civil Service System, the Cultural Heritage Preservation Program, the Federal Cultural and Sports Outreach Program and such other offices or agencies as the Council of State may provide.
2. Beginning the first day of 1727, and every year thereafter, all nationals of Nouvelle Alexandrie aged 18 years of age shall be liable to two years of National Service, which must be completed before their 40th birthday. Failure to do so shall constitute a crime known as "evasion of National Service", which shall be penalized with a fine of 1,000 ecu per month of evasion, immediate impressment into the National Service, and imprisonment of one month per month of evasion, at the discretion of the court. All nationals of Nouvelle Alexandrie aged 40 years of age beginning the first day of 1725 are exempt. All nationals of Nouvelle Alexandrie, who, prior to the effectivity of this Act, have served in the active service of the Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie, the Federal Gendarmerie of Nouvelle Alexandrie, the Federal Emergency Management Council or its Regional and Local Committees or the Federal Emergency and Disaster Management Administration, the Federal Civil Service System, the Cultural Heritage Preservation Program, as well as in national and local government whether elected or appointed, and such other offices or agencies as the Council of State may provide, for at least two years, prior to the effectivity of this Act, are exempt.
3. Conscientious objection is recognized in Nouvelle Alexandrie, and nationals may by written and notarized declaration, affirm such. Declared conscientious objectors must attend a court of inquiry for the validity of their declaration to be determined. Only sincerely held philosophical or religious objections to service shall be permitted. The court of inquiry shall be presided over by the senior ranking officer of the Federal Forces in the municipality where the conscientious objector resides. The objector must be able to cogently express the exact nature of his objections for them to be accepted by the court of inquiry. The court of enquiry must investigate the circumstances of the objector's life so as to ascertain whether the objector has lived in accordance with the supposed values of his objections. If the declaration is determined to have been made falsely, the punishment for evasion shall be applied.
4. Conscientious objectors may be permitted to decline National Service in the combat arms of the Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie, or the Federal Gendarmerie of Nouvelle Alexandrie, but must serve in the other optional services in a non-combat service capacity with the Federal Guards Service.

III. INSTRUCTIONS TO NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

1. The Department for National Mobilisation shall create and sustain an office within its Department called the National Service Secretariat, which shall be jointly staffed with individuals from the Department of Defense, Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie, Department of the Interior, Federal Emergency Management Council, Federal Emergency and Disaster Management Administration and such other individuals as the Council of State shall determine.
2. The National Service Secretariat shall keep true records of all individuals called to National Service. The National Service Secretariat shall maintain and publish semi-annually a list of individuals who are liable but have failed to render National Service, and shall, by personal delivery, advise nationals accordingly. Three deliveries with no response shall authorize the National Service Secretariat to file charges for evasion of National Service at the nearest federal court.
3. Individuals after due evaluation may be deemed not physically or mentally capable to render National Service by designated individuals of the National Service Secretariat.
4. The Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie, the Federal Gendarmerie of Nouvelle Alexandrie, the Federal Emergency Management Council and its Regional Committees and the Federal Emergency and Disaster Management Administration, the Federal Civil Service System, the Cultural Heritage Preservation Program, the Federal Cultural and Sports Outreach Program, and such other offices or agencies as the Council of State may provide, shall establish an Office of National Service within their respective agencies and offices to assist the National Service Secretariat in its work.
5. Upon enactment of this Act, there are constituted within Regional Governments, State Governments, and Municipal Governments, as well as the Federal Capital District, an Office of National Service within their respective agencies and offices, to assist the National Service Secretariat in its work, to be headed by an Adjutant-General appointed by the Council of State. Support Staff of this office shall be as the Regional, State, and Municipal Governments shall direct by law.
6. Budgets for the entities created by this Act shall be included in the annual appropriations of the Federal Government.
7. The National Service Secretariat shall submit an annual report on the implementation of this Act to the Council of State and the Cortes Federales of Nouvelle Alexandrie.
8. A true copy of this Act shall be published in newspapers of general circulation.

IV. COMMENCEMENT AND APPLICATION

1. This Bill shall apply to all of the Federation of Nouvelle Alexandrie.
2. This Bill shall not become law unless it has been given Royal Assent.
3. This Bill shall be published and made publicly available.
4. In the event any provision or part of this Bill is found to be invalid or unenforceable, only that particular provision or part so found, and not the entire Bill, will be inoperative.