Republic of Antica

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Small Commonwealth Membership Act

Section 1. The Small Commonwealth General Membership Treaty, included in the Appendix, is ratified.

Section 2. Volume II, Part Two, Section 1 of the Republican Code is amended to read as follows:

1. The functions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs include:
   1. Note-taking and analysis on Antican foreign matters and providing advice to the Cabinet;
   2. Recommending to the Assembly individuals for ambassadorial posts;
   3. Working with the ambassadors to coordinate the foreign policy of Antica for the Archon;
   4. Representing the Antican government at official state functions abroad;
   5. Representing the Antican government at international organisations such as the Small Commonwealth.

Section 3. This Act of Assembly shall take effect immediately upon passage.

APPENDIX:

Treaty of General Membership to the Small Commonwealth

1. There is a commonwealth, called the Small Commonwealth, which shall consist of all signatory members of this Treaty. All member nations may send one representative to the Commonwealth Assembly.

2. Nations wishing to join the commonwealth must be approved by the Commonwealth Assembly with at least a 1/3rd plurality. If rejected, a nation may reapply in 3 months.

3. The commonwealth's day to day operations are headed and overseen by a chairman known as the Primate which shall be a permanent position once appointed by the Commonwealth Assembly. The Primate oversees the Commonwealth Assembly.

3b. The Commonwealth Assembly may elect an official known as the Secundus, subject to all the same election and removal procedures as the Primate, whom shall be vested with the responsibility of assisting the Primate. Should the Primate be unavailable or unable to fulfill his/her duties the Secundus shall stand in for the Primate, until available, or a new one is elected.

4. At any time the Commonwealth Assembly may hold a vote of no confidence and remove the current Primate. A simple majority (50%+1) is needed to remove a Primate and elect a new one. This vote is managed by the representative who proposed it.

5. Nations may leave at any time, but must give public notice of their intent to leave this treaty for it to be recognized. Upon leaving this treaty the departing nation is removed from all other treaties dependent upon this one.

6. This treaty may be amended by the Commonwealth Assembly with a 3/4th (75.0%) majority.