Epsilonian Republic/Legislative Standards Act

Creating a set format for all pieces of legislation

I - Bills

1. Bills are individual pieces of legislation which set rules for their subject until they are repealed.
2. Bills must be made formatted in accordance with the following:
   1. They must have a title and a preamble in italics
      1. The preamble is not to be taken as law, it is simply a short summary of the subject of the bill for ease of reading.
   2. They may have any amount of chapters
   3. If they have two or more chapters they will be formatted with a roman numeral and the name of the chapter, and which describes the following bit of legislation.
      1. In the case that a bill only has a single chapter, the chapter name does not need to be included.
   4. They must have at least one article, which must have a number.
   5. Sub-articles can be added by adding indentation and using letters.
   6. Sub-sub articles can be added by adding another layer of indentation and using lower case roman numerals.
3. Each bill is put on a separate wiki page with a log of amendments.
4. All bills, even those made before the passing of this act, must abide by this act.
5. All new bills must be reviewed for at least three days. After that, if two MPs motion for a vote one will be held.
6. The review time may be skipped with support of three MPs and also the approval of either the president or the vice president

II - Amendments

1. Amendments are proposals brought up to the house of representatives requesting to change a law by adding or removing certain (or all) parts.
2. Additions must be formatted using green or bold text but not both.
3. Removals must be formatted using strike-through text and, if possible, red text.
4. If the whole text of a law is removed through an amendment then the whole law is repealed, and a new bill must be passed to reinstate it.
5. All new amendments must be reviewed for at least three days. After that, if two MPs motion for a vote one will be held.
6. The review time may be skipped with support of three MPs and also the approval of either the president or the vice president

III - Resolutions

1. Resolutions are legally binding acts of the house of representatives that do not change, add nor remove a piece of legislation.
   1. Resolutions must not contradict current legislation and must be changed if a passed amendment contradicts it.
2. Resolutions must have a title, however, other than that, may be formatted in any way.
3. All resolutions must be reviewed for at least three days. After that, if two MPs motion for a vote one will be held.
4. The review time may be skipped with approval from the president or the vice president.

Description

The act itself, which was originally proposed by Johngi, became law on February 17th, 2020. Its identification ID is ER-12A.

Amendments

• ER-20A added article 5 in chapter I and article 5 in chapter II.
• ER-32A added article 6 in chapter I and article 6 in chapter II.
• ER-34A added chapter III.