The Royal Directive, 1681

[Piov 2643]

A ROYAL DIRECTIVE

From the Office of the Lord Palatine of the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska

 

Issued by His Highness Prince Robert Sigismund and Confirmed by His Majesty King Sigmar I

 

5th of the Grand Harvest, 1681

 

 

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Va birodeo Herzenav e Edlervik,

 

By the order vested in me as Lord Chancellor and Palatine of the Realm, we hereby enact the following directives, instructing the Special Counsel and bestowing to his person the following measures to reinforce the integrity and efficaciousness of the Royal Investigation thus proclaimed by this office as of the 11th of the Deep Cold, 1680:

 

• Those subpoenaed for inquest by the appointed Special Counsel are required by law to respond to summons under penalty of the full force of the King’s Justice,

 

• Those who are summoned by the Special Counsel will be given one saint’s week to respond. Any time further will be seen as an act of transgression against His Majesty and will be met with the full force of the King’s Justice,

 

• Those caught in the active practice of demonology and dark arts associated that harm our citizens will be executed on sight, forfeiting all right to trial as prescribed in The Military and Civil Service Ordinance of 1680,

 

• Those summoned for questioning will be compelled to undergo search and seizures of their person and or property. All property and places in question will be placed under the Royal Administration for the purpose of this investigation,

 

• Those found aiding, sympathizing, and or associating with demonic entities and practitioners of these arts will be placed on the banishment list effective after they have been found guilty of such.

 

All sentencing shall be at the discretion at of the Lord Justiciar and final appeals for dispensing the justice duly required by law shall be left to His Majesty.

 

 

 

 

Signed,

His Highness, Prince-Father Robert Sigismund, Prince van Bihar, Great Crown Commandant, Lord Chancellor and Palatine of the Realm

 

 

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