Palmshire Bill of Rights

Text of the Act

Preamble - An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject.

1. Laws shall not be dispensed with or suspended without the consent of Parliament;
2. no taxes shall be levied without the authority of Parliament;
3. the right to petition the monarch shall be without fear of retribution;
4. no standing army may be maintained during peacetime without the consent of Parliament;
5. the election of members of Parliament shall be free;
6. the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament;
7. No excessive fines shall be imposed;
8. jurors shall be duly impaneled and returned and jurors in high treason trials shall be freeholders;
9. promises of fines or forfeitures before conviction are void;
10. Parliaments shall be held frequently.