Constitution Parliament

ARTICLE 8 – PARLIAMENT

The Parliament shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United Commonwealth Federation; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United Commonwealth Federation;

To borrow Money on the credit of the United Commonwealth Federation;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

To declare War;

To raise and support Armies as here in after detailed, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To provide and maintain an Air Force;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land air and naval forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United Commonwealth Federation, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Parliament;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Parliament, become the Seat of the Government of the United Commonwealth Federation, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; — And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United Commonwealth Federation, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

ARTICLE 9 – HOUSE OF COMMONS

The House of Commons shall be composed of Members chosen from multiple member districts. The citizens in each district shall elect two members on a first and second past the post basis for a term not to exceed seven years. One member shall be chosen by lot from among the citizens in the district for a term of five years. The Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.

No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United Commonwealth Federation, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
Districts and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective number of citizens, which shall be determined by an actual Enumeration which shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Parliment of the United Commonwealth Federation, and within every subsequent Term of twenty Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Districts shall not exceed one for every 750,000 citizens nor shall there be less than one district for every six million citizens, but each State shall have at Least one District, except that states with less than 100,000 residents shall elect one member and shall be joined with one or two other such states for the purpose of chosing a member by lot; and until such enumeration shall be made: the Province of Alberta shall have 4 districts, the Australian Capital Territory 1, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas 1, the Kingdom of Barbados 1, the Province of British Columbia 5, the Kingdom of England 73, the Bailiwick of Guernsey shall elect one member and, with the Bailiwick of Jersey which shall elect one member, shall have one member chosen by lot from among both, the Kingdom of Jamaica shall have 3 districts, the Isle of Mann shall elect one member and, with the Nunavut which shall elect one member, shall have one member chosen by lot from among both, the Province of Manitoba shall have 1 district, the province of New Brunswick 1, the State of New South Wales 8, the Kingdom of New Zealand 5, the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador 1, the Territory of North Australia 1, the Kingdom of Northern Ireland 2, the Northwest Territory shall elect one member and, with the Yukon Territory which shall elect one member, shall have one member chosen by lot from among both, the Province of Nova Scotia shall have 1 district, the Province of Ontario 16, the Province of Prince Edward Island 1, the Province of Quebec 10, the State of Queensland 5, the Province of Saskatchewan 1, the Kingdom of Scotland 6, the State of South Australia 2, the State of Tasmania 1, the State of Victoria 6, the Principality of Wales 3, and the State of Western Australia 2.
When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.

The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

ARTICLE 10 – SENTATE

The Senate of the United Commonwealth Federation shall be composed of: two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; a number of senators equal to 15 percent of the ones elected by the states elected by the people of the Confederation at large using a single transferable ballot, for a term of six years; a number of senators equal to 15 percent of the ones elected by the states chosen from among the citizens of the Commonwealth by lot, for a life term; a number of senators equal to 15 percent of the ones elected by the states appointed by the Monarch, for a life term; and a number of senators, not to exceed 5 percent of the whole number of senators, who shall be chosen by the House of Peers for a life term; each Senator shall have one Vote.

Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, the members of the senate chosen by the first two methods shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.

The Senate shall try all impeachments. The vote of two thirds of the members shall be necessary for conviction. If the Monarch is tried the Chief Justice shall preside.

ARTICLE 11 – HOUSE OF PEERS

All peers of England, Scotland, and the United Kingdom and all peers created by the monarch in the future shall be members of the House of Peers which shall debate the issues of the day, give the government its advice, and chose senators.