Amendment to the Edict of Reform, 1787

[John Ivory 4546]

AMENDMENTS TO THE EDICT OF REFORM, 1787

 

 

 

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To Our Beloved Subjects, 

 

Upon the recommendation of the government, the Crown has deemed fit to amend Section IV of the Edict of Reform of 1763 so as to clarify matters of redundancy as inspired by The Viscount Rillsworth’s ‘Conventions on government and the legislature’ of 1777.

 

Delivered at Novellen.

13^th of Sun’s Smile, 1787.

 

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AMENDMENTS TO SECTION IV: JURISDICTIONS

 

In the event that the Archchancellor (Whether he sit in the lower house, the upper house, or neither) commands the confidence of the House of Commons, defined as a simple majority of votes ‘for’ his government, there shall exist a presumed majority for the Crown’s appointments to the Council of State, thus fulfilling the role of advice and consent through the instrument of the House’s confidence and forgoing any requirement for the traditional confirmation process and vote.

 

In the event that the Archchancellor for any reason does not command the confidence of the House of Commons, and thus presumably does not have a majority, the chamber’s role of advice and consent shall be fulfilled through the traditional confirmation process and vote.

 

Any part of the Edict of Reform not explicitly amended by this amendment edict or another amendment edict shall be construed as remaining in effect.