THE NO REPRESENTATION WITHOUT TAXACTION ACT of 2024
AKA THE 'NRWT' ACT
Submitted by The House of Parliament of The Empire of EmoKingdom03_
on the day of December 1st, 2024 during The 6th Session of Parliament.
Enacted & Granted Royal Assent by way of the signatures of
Her Most Excellent Imperial Majesty Queen EmoGirl XXXVI,
His most Excellent Majesty, King Cubby I,
& His Royal Highness The Lt. King M. Sauvage.
In order to ensure the fair and equitable contribution of all colonies within the EmoKingdom03_ Empire, and to uphold the principles of governance and accountability, the following amendment to the Emriald Act is hereby enacted.
Loss of Representation and Voting Rights
Section One: Any colony within the EmoKingdom03_ Empire that fails to pay its monthly tax as required by the Emriald Act shall lose all representation and voting rights in Parliament during the month that they have not payed taxes for.
Section Two: The loss of representation and voting rights shall be effective immediately upon the failure to pay the required tax and shall continue until a month's taxes are paid.
Section Two: Should a colony fail to pay taxes for multiple months, they are not required to pay back every month of tax that they missed. Colonial rights and representation will be restored upon the payment of a month's taxes.
Section Two: During months where a colony has not paid their tax, support from the kingdom will be limited to support in times of invasion only, and all other governor perks will be suspended for the month; such as access to the Kingdom's farms, trading hall, etc.
ARTICLE TWO
Royal Council's Discretionary Actions
Section One: The Royal Council shall have the authority to take action at their discretion against any colony that fails to pay the required tax.
Subsection 1.2: Such actions may include, but are not limited to, the removal or replacement of the governor of the colony, the seizure of colonial assets to make up for the unpaid tax, the stripping of a governor's hereditary title, and the imposition of higher taxes in the future.
ARTICLE THREE
Wheel of Punishments
Section One: Should a colony fail to pay the required tax, Parliament may, when necessary, vote to advise the Royal Council to spin a Wheel of Punishments.
Section Two: The Wheel of Punishments shall determine which punishment from a list of predetermined punishments is selected for the governor of the colony that has not paid taxes.
Section Three: The Wheel of Punishments may also be spun without parliamentary approval, and other punishments may be enacted without parliamentary approval as deemed necessary by the Royal Council.
ARTICLE FOUR
Implementation and Enforcement
Section One: This amendment shall be implemented and enforced by the Royal Council of EmoKingdom03_.
Section One: All colonies are hereby notified of the provisions of this amendment and are expected to comply with the requirements set forth herein.
THIS ACT HAS BEEN DEBATED UPON BY THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT AND PASSED A MAJORITY VOTE.
THIS ACT HAS BEEN GRANTED ROYAL ASSENT BY THE ROYAL COUNCIL AND HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY DECLARED A LAW AS OF DECEMBER 1ST, 2024.
