Law Standards Act |
Law Standards Act
An act to define the standard of all laws in the Coalition of the South Pacific
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1. Scope (1) All bills, amendments, and repeals brought before the Assembly should be written in a formal and consistent manner. (2) No bill or amendment will be brought to a vote in the Assembly unless it follows the formatting outlined in this act. 2. Formatting of Bills and Amendments (1) Titles should be bolded and centered. (2) Subtitles should be italicized and centered. (3) The Charter and all laws passed by the Assembly that have at least four articles should feature a table of contents after the subtitle with links to anchors at the start of each article. (4) The following should be observed for articles, sections, and sub-sections: a. Articles should be numbered and bolded. b. Sections should be numbered with parentheses, unless there is only one section without any sub-sections. c. Sub-sections should be lettered with lowercase letters. (5) Addendums should be numbered and at the bottom of all bills, regardless of where the referenced material is in the bill, and placed in a quote box. 3. Amendments and Repeals (1) The standard format for an amendment will be to note which law, article, and section is being amended, and to quote only that part of the law. (2) Additions of words will be formatted in green text. (3) Subtractions of words will be formatted in red text with a strike-through. (4) Ellipses will be used to indicate an intentional omission of a whole article, section, or sub-section. (5) The Chair will not put to vote an amendment that copies an entire law, when only individual parts of the law are being amended. (6) If a legislator moves to repeal only specific sections of a law, then the amendment procedure must be used. (7) If a legislator moves to repeal an entire law, the Chair will quote the entire law and note that the entirety of it will be repealed. 4. General Rules (1) Sections should be written in such a way to reduce wordiness without losing the spirit of the text. (2) All titled sections should be followed by a line break before starting a new section. 5. Reformatting of Laws and Legislation (1) For the purpose of this act, the Chair of the Assembly will bring all previously written laws into compliance with the standards outlined by this act. (2) The Chair of the Assembly may bring proposed legislation into compliance with the standards outlined by this act before bringing it to vote. (3) The Chair of the Assembly may renumber articles, sections, and sub-sections where appropriate. Addendum 1 – Example of an Amendment Amendment to Article IV, Section 7 Wrote: Addendum 2 — Example of a Table of Contents Quote:
The Law Standards Act was amended by the Assembly on May 23, 2017.
Article 5 was amended as follows: Amendment to Article 5 Wrote:5. Reformatting of Laws and Legislation
Articles 3, 5, and Addendum 1 of the Law Standards Act was amended on the 9th of February, 2019.
Debate Thread | Voting Thread Text of the Amendments Wrote:
The Law Standards Act was amended 9 June 2020
Debate Thread | Voting Thread Amendment to the Law Standards Act Wrote:
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This Act was edited by Chair discretion on 9th September 2020.
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The Law Standards Act was amended on 2 November 2020 using discretionary powers.
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The Law Standards Act was amended on 4 January 2021 using the Chair's discretionary powers.
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