Palmshire Bill of Rights

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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.
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