Constitution of Magdha
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'''Article 11.''' (1) Social egalitarianism shall be inviolable. All forms of hierarchy and subordination are forever banned. | '''Article 11.''' (1) Social egalitarianism shall be inviolable. All forms of hierarchy and subordination are forever banned. | ||
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'''Article 12.''' Discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, language, national origin, age, religion, health, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or on any other basis, is prohibited and punishable by law. | '''Article 12.''' Discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, language, national origin, age, religion, health, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or on any other basis, is prohibited and punishable by law. | ||
Revision as of 14:34, 2 February 2009
Contents |
Chapter I
The State
The State
Article 1. Magdha is an independent, sovereign, indivisible, revolutionary, democratic State enjoying territorial integrity.
Article 2. The official name of Magdha is: "The Revolutionary People's State of Magdha."
Chapter II
National Territory
National Territory
Article 3. The national territory comprises the Magdhan subcontinent and all other territories over which Magdha has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial, and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas.
Chapter III
Citizenship
Citizenship
Article 4. Magdhan citizenship is acquired by birth or through naturalization.
Article 5. Magdhan citizens by birth are:
(a) those born in national territory, with the exception of the children of foreign persons at the service of their government or international organizations. In the case of the children of temporary foreign residents in the country, the law stipulates the requisites and formalities;
(b) those born abroad, one of whose parents at least is Magdhan and on an official mission;
(c) those born abroad, one of whose parents at least is Magdhan, who have complied with the formalities stipulated by law;
(d) those born outside national territory, one of whose parents at least is Magdhan and who lost their Magdhan citizenship, provided they apply for said citizenship according to the procedures stated by law.
Article 6: Magdhan citizens by naturalization are those foreigners who acquire Magdhan citizenship in accordance with the regulations established by law.
Article 7. Neither marriage nor its dissolution shall affect the citizenship status of either of the spouses or their children.
Article 8. Magdhans may not be deprived of their citizenship save for established legal causes. Neither may they be deprived of the right to change citizenship. Dual citizenship shall not be recognized.
Article 9. Magdhan citizenship may be regained in those cases and ways specified by law.
Chapter IV
Equality
Equality
Article 10. All Magdhans are born and remain free and equal in rights and duties. No person shall be above the law.
Article 11. (1) Social egalitarianism shall be inviolable. All forms of hierarchy and subordination are forever banned.
(2) All honorifics and social titles are forever banned. No term of address shall be permitted except for "Citizen" (when addressing a Magdhan) or the name of the person being addressed (when addressing either a Magdhan or a foreigner).
Article 12. Discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, language, national origin, age, religion, health, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or on any other basis, is prohibited and punishable by law.
Article 13. Men and women shall have the same rights in the economic, political, cultural, and social fields, as well as in the family.
Article 14. All religions shall be equal under the law.
Article 15. No preference, privilege, or special favor of any kind shall be granted to any individual or group.
Article 2. The governing principles of Magdha are: “government of the people, by the people, and for the people” and “One for all and all for one.”
Article I
Rights and Duties of the Citizen
Rights and Duties of the Citizen
It is the noble duty and obligation of every citizen to safeguard the political and ideological unity and solidarity of the people, support the Magdhan Revolution, defend the patrimony of the nation, and protect the national unity and integrity of the country.
Every Magdhan shall be an elector at twenty-one years of age. Conditions to be an elector shall be established by law.
It is the noble duty and obligation of every elector to participate in elections and to cast his vote. Voting shall be equal, secret, free, and direct ballot.
Article II
The National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution
The National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution
Section 1. In Magdha there exists a single national institution, the National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution.
Section 2. (1) The National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution is the nation politically organized.
(2) Its doctrine is JLism.
(3) Every Magdhan national is a member of the National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution.
Section 3.
