Part 1: The Senators



Article 6 – Number of Senators

1. The Senate consists of 24 delegates of the Noble Houses.

2. Each Noble House has 1 seat in the Senate.

3. To be eligible to become Senator, member of the Noble House have to be:

- male;

- at least 25 years old;

- experienced in the service of the Imperium;

4. The privilege of representation in the Senate is granted and revoked by His Imperial Majesty.



Article 7 – Album Senatorium

List of the Senators (Album Senatorium) is maintained and revised by the President of the Senate.



Article 8 – Prerogatives and duties

1. The Senator has a right to

- vote on bills of His Imperial Majesty and the Senate;

- propose amendments to the bills;

- participate in the debate during the Session;

- join or leave Factions.

2. The Senator may not hold any other office.

3. The Senator has to reside in Konstantinoupolis at all time.



Article 9 – Term of office

1. The Senators, before the commencement of the performance of their duties, shall take the following oath in the presence of the Senate:

- „I do swear in the name of the Holy and Indivisible Trinity to perform my duties to the Throne diligently and conscientiously, to devote all my effort to serve His Imperial Majesty with counsel and to observe the laws of the Imperium Romanum. So help me Saint Markos.”

2. The Senators serve until they are removed from office.

3. The Senators are removed from office in case of:

- death;

- being charged with treason or heresy;

- flagrant violation of the rules.

4. In case its delegate to the Senate is removed from office, the Noble House has to choose new delegate before the next Session or it will lose its seat in the Senate.



Part 2: The Factions



Article 10 – Senatorial Factions

1. The Senators may organise themselves within the Factions.

2. The Factions are as follows:

- the White Demes;

- the Red Demes;

- the Blue Demes.

3. The Factions may propose amendments to the bills of His Imperial Majesty and the Senate.



Article 11 – Membership

1. Membership in the Factions is voluntary.

2. A Senator may be a member of only one Faction at a time.



Article 12 – Faction Speakers

1. Each Faction has a Speaker who represents it before the Senate and other Factions.

2. Speaker is elected among the members of his Faction by acclamation.

3. Speaker:

- proposes Senatorial Policies in the name of his Faction;

- requests a Meeting for his Faction;

- notifies members of his Faction via PM of the Meeting;



Article 13 – Faction Meeting

1. Each Faction may hold a Meeting for its members to discuss public affairs of the state between Sessions.

2. Meeting lasts for 72 hours and is requested by the Speaker

3. Meetings take place in:

- Atrium of Church of the Virgin of the Pharos (Meeting of the White Demes);

- Hall of Augusteus in Palace of Daphne (Meeting of the Red Demes);

- Neptune's Balcony in Boukelon Palace (Meeting of the Blue Demes).

4. Speaker ensures order and decorum during the Meeting, while members of the Imperial Senate Guard ensure safety of the Senators.



Part 3: The President



Article 14 – President of the Senate

1. The President of the Senate presides over the debates of the Senate, safeguards the rights of the Senate, as well as represents the Senate in external matters.

2. The President is nominated by His Imperial Majesty.

3. The President exercises his prerogatives in accordance with will of His Imperial Majesty.

4. Speaker of the dominant Faction is given a title of Vicepresident of the Senate and an honorary seat during the Session.

5. President may delegate some of his responsibilities to the Vicepresident.



Article 15– Prerogatives and duties

1. President also:

- convenes the Sessions of the Senate;

- introduces bills of His Imperial Majesty to the Senate;

- invites guest to the Sessions of the Senate;

- announces results of the Sessions of the Senate;

- maintains Album Senatorium.

2. President ensures order and decorum during the Sessions of the Senate with help of the Imperial Senate Guard.

3. President issues penalties in case of violations of the rules and removes Senators from the office by the order of His Imperial Majesty.



Article 16 – Diarium Senatorum Imperialis

1. President issues Senatorial Record (Diarium Senatorum Imperialis).

2. Senatorial Record includes information concerning the following:

- Album Senatorium;

- new Noble Houses given the privilege of representation in the Senate;

- new Seators nominated to the Senate by the Noble Houses;

- other issues deemed important by the President.