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The Federal Laws of the VCC.
CYBERIAN FEDERAL CODE
TITLE II - EXECUTIVE BRANCH
CHAPTER 200 - GENERAL
200.1 EXECUTIVE BRANCH Article 4 of the Constitution provides for the executive branch.
200.2 DETAILS Executive orders provide for more detail with respect to the executive branch.
200.3 OTHER AGENCIES Title V provides for federal agencies, programs and activities not created by executive order.
200.4 EXECUTIVE DECISIONS Any decision by the President which has legal consequences under the Constitution or the laws is null and void unless and until it is notified in writing to the National Assembly. Every notification message must be in clear and unambiguous terms, must have a date of effect, and must carry a subject line which identifies it as a presidential decision.
200.5 LEGISLATIVE SIGNATURE Any decision under Section 200.4 which contains the signature or veto of a bill is null and void unless and until it includes the whole text of the bill.
200.6 GAZETTAL Any decision under Section 200.4 must be gazetted within 48 hours.
CHAPTER 210 IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP
OPEN CITIZENSHIP
210.1 Cyberians may hold dual citizenship in other micronations.
210.2 No-one may be subject to arbitrary exile or deprivation of citizenship.
GRANT OF CITIZENSHIP
210.3 Subject to this section, the National Assembly may, on application, grant Cyberian citizenship to anyone who satisfies the President that:
210.31 they understand the nature of the application;
210.33 they are of good character;
210.34 they have an adequate knowledge of the rights and duties of Cyberian citizenship; and
210.35 if granted Cyberian citizenship they will maintain a close and continuing association with Cyberia.
DISQUALIFICATIONS
210.4 The National Assembly must not grant Cyberian citizenship to a person:
210.41 while criminal proceedings (including appeals) are pending against them; or while they are confined to a prison in Cyberia;
210.42 if they have been released from imprisonment on parole while action can be taken against them by law to serve any of the remainder of that sentence.
EFFECTIVE DATE
210.5 A grant of citizenship is effective from the date on which it is requested. The president must lay all citizenship requests before the assembly as soon as practicable.
DEPORTATION
210.61 The president may deport any noncitizen who is convicted of any offence for which imprisonment is a penalty or who the president has reasonable cause to believe is a threat to the peace and dignity of this Commonwealth.
210.62 The National Assembly may disallow any deportation within 14 days of its authorization.
210.63 The trial division of the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals against deportation. The court may stay the deportation until such time as it makes a final order.
210.64 You commit a Class A offence if you remain in or return to Cyberia in breach of a deportation order.
CONWAY VISAS ACT
210.71 The object of this Chapter is to authorise visas for certain applicants for citizenship who may threaten national security or present other problems to the Commonwealth.
210.72 The National Assembly may issue visas
210.73 A visa allows its holder to participate in all the Cyberian forums, attend classes at the University, and enjoy any other benefits a normal citizen can enjoy except the right to vote, run for higher office or participate in the Assembly.
210.74 A visa is valid for three months.
210.75 A visa can be renewed by the National Assembly.
210.76 The President can suspend a visa. The National Assembly has 14 days to disallow the suspension.
210.81 CITIZENSHIP INVESTIGATION The President, on receipt of a request for citizenship, must investigate if the applicant
210.811 meets the requirements of CFC 210.3.
210.812 has done anything seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of this Commonwealth.
210.82 The President must maintain a list of all known Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used by persons liable to deportation under this Chapter and must compare the IP address from which the request is made to the IP addresses in the list.
210.83 An applicant must answer any questions asked by the President in the course of a citizenship investigation.
210.84 The President must certify the results of each investigation to the National Assembly in sufficient detail to enable the assembly to make its own decision on the application.
210.85 Anyone who obtains naturalisation by means of fraud, false representation, or concealment of a material fact is guilty of a Class B offence.
210.86 Anyone convicted under CFC 210.85 may be deprived of their citizenship by an act of the National Assembly only after a hearing by the Assembly under which such person is given adequate opportunity to present evidence to the Assembly as to why their citizenship should not be revoked.
Citizenship Notification
210.91 When an applicant is admitted as a citizen, the President must inform:
210.91.1 the Electoral Commissioner,
210.91.2 the province, district or territory where the new citizen chooses to live,
210.91.3 the party (if any) the new citizen chooses to join
210.92 A citizen who has not chosen a province or district of residence must be assigned to that with the lowest population. If two or more provinces or districts are tied, the citizen must be assigned to that listed first in alphabetical order.
REGISTER
210.101 The President must maintain a register showing for each citizen:
210.1011 their province and party or independent status
210.1012 the date they became a citizen;
210.1013 the date (if any) they ceased to be a citizen.
210.102 The register is a public document and any citizen, province or party may apply to the Supreme Court for corrections to the register.
DELEGATION
210.11 The President may delegate the powers and functions prescribed by this Chapter to a Minister by executive order.
210.12 CFC 700.35 imposes additional duties on the President.
CHAPTER 211 - VIVALDIAN DEMOCRACY ACT (99-001)
Repealed by Open Citizenship Act 2001.
CHAPTER 220 FORUM POLICIES (98-008, 98-014, 98-019, 02-000)
220.1 The forum shall not be flooded with links that could disrupt the free-flow of information in this virtual commonwealth. To enforce this principle, the following policy shall be applied to all forums designated as official Cyberian forums.
220.2 The President is responsible for the implementation of this Chapter but may delegate that responsibility by executive order;
220.3 The President must assign the chief justice or a justice designated by the Supreme Court as moderator of the judicial forum.
220.4 The president must assign the speaker and the president pro tempore as moderators of the legislative forum.
220.5 Any forum ban or deletion is subject to judicial review on the merits.
220.6 You commit a Class A offense if you delete a message contrary to law or if you deny posting rights to any Cyberian citizen contrary to law.
220.7 Everyone who posts to the Cyberian Forum thereby makes themself subject to Cyberian law.
CHAPTER 230 - THE CYBERIAN SIMULATION (98-011)
230.1 The president may determine events, processes and circumstances in the Cyberian simulation by actors that are not actual citizens or persons.
230.11 The president may delegate this duty by executive order.
230.12 All determinations under this section must be expressed as findings and reported to the National Assembly.
230.2 Any attempt to determine anything with respect to he simulation contrary to this section is a Class A felony.
230.21 Any attempt to determine anything contrary to this section with respect to the simulation is absolutely null and void.
230.3 The ratio of actual citizens to virtual citizens is 1:100 000.
CHAPTER 240 - STANDARDS IN RECOGNITION
240.1 The Minister of Foreign Relations or an appointed Ambassador, under the supervision of the President will negotiate all treaties with other micronations and micronational organizations.
240.2 All treaties must require that signatories place links to each other. Links must be of like size, prominence, style, function and target.
CHAPTER 260 - ARMED FORCES AND DEFENSE
260. 1 GOVERNING PRINCIPLES The following principles govern national security in this Commonwealth:
National security must reflect the resolve of Cyberians, as individuals and as a nation, to live as equals, to live in peace and harmony, to be free from fear and want and to seek a better life.
The resolve to live in peace and harmony precludes any Cyberian citizen from participating in armed conflict, nationally or internationally, except as provided for under the Constitution or law.
National security must be pursued in compliance with the law, including international law.
National security is subject to the authority of the National Assembly and the President.
260. 2 SECURITY SERVICES 260. 21 The security services of the Commonwealth consist of the Cyberian Defence Force, the provincial guards and the federal and provincial police.
260. 22 The CDF and the provincial guards are the only lawful military forces in the Commonwealth.
260. 23 Other than the security services established under this Chapter, armed groups may be established only by law.
260. 24 The security services must act, and must teach and require their members to act, in accordance with the Constitution and the law, including customary international law and international agreements binding on the Commonwealth.
260. 25 No member of any security service may obey a manifestly illegal order or be punished or prejudiced for disobeying a manifestly illegal order.
260. 26 Neither the security services, nor any of their members, may, in the performance of their functions prejudice a political party interest that is legitimate under the Constitution; or further, in a partisan manner, any interest of a political party.
260. 3 CDF The CDF must be structured and managed as a disciplined military force. The object of the CDF is to defend and protect the Commonwealth, its territorial integrity and its people in accordance with the Constitution and the principles of international humanitarian law.
260. 4 POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY 41 Only the President may authorise the deployment of the CDF in co-operation with the police service; in defence of the Commonwealth; or in fulfilment of an international obligation.
260. 42 When the CDF is deployed, the President must inform the National Assembly, promptly and in appropriate detail, of the reasons for the deployment of the CDF; any place where the force is being deployed; the number of people involved; and the period for which the force is expected to be deployed.
260. 43 A Minister must be responsible for defence.
260. 5 COMMAND OF CDF 260. 51 The President is commander-in-chief of the CDF and of the provincial guards when they are called into the service of the Commonwealth.
260. 52 Command of the CDF must be exercised in accordance with the directions of the Minister responsible for defence, under the authority of the President.
260. 53 Subject to the authority of the President and the Minister, the Chief of Defence Staff has the operational command of the CDF.
260. 6 REGULATIONS The President may make regulations implementing this Chapter, subject to legislative disallowance within 14 days.
260.7 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION The production, transit and deployment of weapons of mass destruction (defined as nuclear, chemical, biological, and radiological weapons) is prohibited in Cyberia as is the development and testing of such weapons. The deployment of a delivery system for weapons of mass destruction or a missile defence system is prohibited in Cyberia. Any violation of this prohibition is a Class A offence.
260.72 Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit the research, development or production of nuclear, chemical, biological or radiological devices or processes for legitimate, civil, domestic purposes.
CHAPTER 270 - WEBSITE CONTENT
270.1 The content of any Commonwealth website must conform to the Constitution, the laws and any lawful directions by the President.
270.2 The content of any Commonwealth website is the property of the Commonwealth and the creator abandons any claim to such content by posting or providing it as content of a Commonwealth website.
270.3 'Commonwealth website' means any website maintained by an officer of the Commonwealth acting in that capacity and includes the CDF website.
270.4 This Chapter does not apply to any legislative, judicial or private website, to the Commonwealth forums or the CBC blog.
CHAPTER 280 - SOVEREIGNTY ACT OF 2007
280.1 The Treaty of Shirekeep has the force of law in Cyberia, conduct and executive decisions inconsistent with the Treaty are invalid, and the obligations imposed by it must be fulfilled.
280.2 The President must not, without the prior consent of the National Assembly:
280.21 revoke a deportation order against a prescribed individual;
280.22 fail to enforce a deportation order against a prescribed individual; or
280.23 enter into negotiations by which this Commonwealth would accept conditions less favourable than those fixed by the Treaty of Shirekeep.
280.3 The President mist not exercise any form of clemency towards a prescribed individual except on 28 days notice and after hearing any objections by citizens of this Commonwealth to the proposed exercise of clemency. This section does not apply during any time when martial law is in force.
280.4 In this Chapter, 'prescribed individual' means any person who signed and ratified the Treaty of Shirekeep or who is bound by its provisions who was not at the date of signature a citizen of this Commonwealth, His Imperial Majesty the Kaiser of Shireroth or one of His Imperial Majesty's officers and subjects. The principle set down in Article 6 of the Treaty of Shirekeep applies to any prescribed individual for the purposes of this chapter.
CHAPTER 290 - IMPEACHABLE OFFENCES ACT OF 2007
290.1 The following conduct constitutes an impeachable offence:
290.11 a serious violation of the Constitution or the law;
290.12 serious misconduct;
290.13 inability to perform the functions of office; or
290.14 failure to perform the functions of office.
290.2 When it appears to a court or another organ of state that an impeachable offence may been committed, they must communicate that fact to the National Assembly.
290.3 The National Assembly may suspend an impeached officer from office until the final decision on conviction or acquittal, but the suspension may neither be renewed nor continued longer than 28 days.
290.4 The common law of impeachment is abrogated in Cyberia.
