Constitution

African Kingdoms Federation

Art.1 - 1.

(1)

The Imperial Sovereign Institution of Kingdoms Nations Federation Monarchs, together with its Councils as established by Imperial law and usage, is hereby guaranteed.

(2)

With exception of the Kingdoms own Central Government, National Parliaments in accordance with Federation and National Constitutional Laws shall have no power to enact any law which-

(a)

Confers on any person or authority the right to accord or withdraw recognition to or from a King/Queen/Sultan for any purpose whatsoever; or

(b)

Detracts or derogates in any way from the Honour and Dignity of the Institution of Monarchies, Governments and Monarchical Institutions.

(3)

Nothing in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with, or in contravention of, clause (1) or (2) of this article if the law makes provision for-

(a)

The determination, in accordance with the appropriate Imperial Customary law and usage, by an Imperial Council, a Federation House of Kings/Queens/Sultans or a Monarchies Committee of any of them, of the validity of the nomination, election, selection, installation or deposition of a person as a King/Queen/Sultan;

(b)

An Imperial Council or a Federation House of Kings/Queens/Sultans or the Federation Kingdom/Regional/National or Trans-Kingdom/National House of Kings/Queens/Sultans to establish and operate a procedure for the registration of Kings/Queens/Sultans and the public notification in the Gazette or otherwise on both the AKF or FOS Official sites of the status of persons as Kings/Queens/Sultans in the World Hemispheres.

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Art.1 - 2.

(1)

There shall be an Imperial Federation Kingdoms/National or Trans-Kingdoms/National House of Kings/Queens/Sultans, comprising of the Kingdoms/National and Trans-Kingdom/National Houses of Kings/Queens/Sultans.

(2)

The Imperial House of Kings/Queens/Sultans of each Imperial Kingdom/Region/State shall elect as members of the Federation Trans-National House of Kings/Queens/Sultans five paramount Kings/Queens/Sultans from the Kingdom Region.

(3)

Where in a Kingdom Region there are fewer than five paramount Kings/Queens/Sultans, the House of Kings/Queens/Sultans /Sultans of the Kingdom Region shall elect such number of divisional Kings/Queens/Sultans as shall make up the required representation of Kings/Queens/Sultans for the Region.

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Art.1 - 3.

The Federation National or Trans-Federation/National House of Kings/Queens/Sultans shall -

(a)

Advise any person or authority charged with any responsibility under this Imperial Constitution or any other law for any matter relating to or affecting Monarchies;

(b)

Undertake the progressive study, interpretation and codification of Imperial Kingdom law with a view to evolving, in appropriate cases, a unified system of rules of Imperial law, and compiling the Imperial laws and lines of succession applicable to each throne, stool or skin;

(c)

Undertake an evaluation of Imperial customs and usages with a view to eliminating those customs and usages that are outmoded and socially harmful, while promoting best practices;

(d)

Perform such other functions, not being inconsistent with any function assigned to the Imperial Assembly/House of Kings/Queens/Sultans of a Kingdom Region, as the Federation Royal Parliament or the Kingdom/National/ Regional Parliament may refer to it.

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Art.1 - 4.

(1)

The Federation Kingdom/National or Trans-Kingdom/National House of Kings/Queens/Sultans shall have appellate jurisdiction in any cause or matter affecting Monarchies which have been determined by the Federation/Kingdom/National House of Kings/Queens/Sultans in a Kingdom Region, from which appellate jurisdiction there shall be an appeal to the Kingdoms Federation Cabinet, with the leave of the Federation Kingdom/National or Trans-National House of Kings/Queens/Sultans or the Kingdoms Central Government Imperial Court.

(2)

The appellate jurisdiction of the Federation Kingdoms/National or Trans-Kingdoms/National House of Kings/Queens/Sultans shall be exercised by a Judicial Committee of the Kingdoms/National or Trans-Kingdoms/National House of Kings/Queens/Sultans consisting of five persons appointed by that House from among its members.

(3)

A Judicial Committee of a Federation Kingdoms/National or Trans-Kingdoms/National House of Kings/Queens/Sultans shall be assisted by a lawyer of not less than ten years' standing appointed by the Kingdoms/National or Trans-Kingdoms/National House of Kings/Queens/Sultans on the recommendation of the Kingdoms Federation.

(4)

A member of a Judicial Committee of the Federation Kingdoms/National or Trans-Kingdoms/National House of Kings/Queens/Sultans shall be removed from office on the ground, of proven misbehaviour or of infirmity of mind or body by the votes of not less than two thirds of all the members of the Kingdoms/National or Trans-Kingdoms/National House of Kings/Queens/Sultans.

(5)

A Judicial Committee of the Federation Kingdoms/National or Trans-Kingdoms/National House of Kings/Queens/Sultans shall have original jurisdiction in any cause or matter affecting Monarchies-

(a)

Which lies within the competence of two or more Federation Houses of Kings/Queens/Sultans; or

(b)

Which is not properly within the jurisdiction of a Federation House of Kings/Queens/Sultans; or,

(c)

Which cannot otherwise be dealt with by a Federation/Kingdoms House of Kings/Queens/Sultans.

(6)

An appeal shall lie as of right in respect of any cause or matter dealt with by a Judicial Committee of the Federation Kingdoms/National or Trans-Kingdoms/National House of Kings/Queens/Sultans under clause (5) of this article to the Kingdoms Federation.

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Art.1 - 5.

(1)

There shall be established in and for each region of Africa a Federation/Kingdoms House of Kings/Queens/Sultans.

(2)

A Federation House of Kings/Queens/Sultans shall consist of such members as the Kingdoms Federation may, by Kingdom Central Government law, determine.

(3)

A Federation House of Kings/Queens/Sultans shall -

(a)

Perform such functions as may be conferred upon it by or under an Act of Federation Central Government;

(b)

Advise any person or authority charged under this Kingdoms Federation Constitution or any other law of the Kingdoms Central Government with any responsibility for any matter relating to or affecting Monarchies in the Kingdoms/Region;

(c)

Hear and determine appeals from the Imperial Councils within the Kingdom/Region in respect of the nomination, election, selection, installation or deposition of a person as a King/Queen/Sultan;

(d)

Have original jurisdiction in all matters relating to an Imperial throne, stool or skin or the occupant of a paramount throne, stool or skin, including a Queen/Sultan to a paramount throne, stool or skin;

(e)

Undertake a study and make such general recommendations as are appropriate for the resolution or expeditious disposition of Monarchies disputes in the Kingdom/Region;

(f)

Undertake the compilation of the customary laws and lines of succession applicable to each stool or skin in the region.

(4)

The original and appellate jurisdiction of a Federation House of Kings/Queens/Sultans shall be exercised by a Judicial Committee of the Federation House of Kings/Queens/Sultans consisting of three Kings/Queens/Sultans appointed by the Federation House of Kings/Queens/Sultans from among its members.

(5)

A Judicial Committee of a Federation King/Queen/Sultan shall be assisted by a lawyer of not less than five years' standing appointed by the Federation House of Kings/Queens/Sultans in the recommendation of the Federation.

(6)

A member of a Judicial Committee of a Federation House of Kings/Queens/Sultans may be removed from office on the ground of proven misbehaviour or infirmity of mind or body by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the members of the Federation House of Kings/Queens.

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Art.1 - 6.

A person shall not be formally acknowledged as a Federation King/Queen/Sultan if he/she has been convicted for high treason, treason, fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude, high crime or for an offence involving the security of the Imperial Throne of the Imperial Matriarch, Federation or Kingdoms Central Government.

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Art.1 - 7.

(1)

A Federation King/Queen/Sultan shall not take part in active National party politics; and any King/Queen/Sultan wishing to do so and seeking election to a National Parliament shall abdicate his stool or skin in the Federation Cabinets or Central Government of the Kingdoms.

(2)

Notwithstanding clause (1) of this article and paragraph (c) of this Imperial Constitution, a King/Queen/Sultan may be appointed to any Kingdom public office for which he/she is otherwise qualified.

(3)

Based on a clearly defined representation of Kings Queens and Sultans represented at the Continental Federation Assembly, such representative shall also be presenting the respective Kingdoms at their National parliament levels, AU, Pan-African Parliament and National Parliaments and select strategic decentralized Assemblies to implement policy.

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Art.1 - 8.

In this Chapter unless the context otherwise requires, "King/Queen/Sultan" means a person, who, hailing from the appropriate family and Royal lineage, has been traditionally recognized by rights of lineage descendent, validly nominated, elected or selected and en-stooled, en-skinned or installed as a King or Queen or Sultan in accordance with the relevant Imperial Kingdom law and usage.

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Art.1-9 Federations Supreme Council of Throne Elders

(1)

The need for a body of elders to advise the Imperial Monarch of the Continental African Kingdoms Federation and National Presidents within their respective National and Kingdom Boundaries in the performance of their duties has always been given consideration by this Kingdom/Country since the dawn of the Kingdoms and is a fundamental part of the respective Kingdoms Courts, and in post-modern history with the formation of National Nations.

(a)

The general consensus of Kingdoms Federation various Kingdoms Cabinets, Royal Commissions and Elders of the Throne Committees has been since the ancestral 0/1 Dynasty to this day, been an inherent part of the World Hemispheres Royal Kingdoms Court Culture. In the 2006 the Council of Elders of the Matriarchal Throne of the ancestral lines of Nubia Kush was further expanded as an integral part of the Matriarchs internal Government and Cabinet of the Federation. The Council of Elders comprises of the Federation Nubian Throne Monarchs Elders whose sole and specific duties as Council of Elders; is the protection of and advice to the Federation Matriarchal Throne Head.

(b)

Formally, the Council of Elders has 21 members of Royal Bloodlines and Thrones, from within the Federation Empires Supreme Assembly and Council of Queens, which include the Empire Prime Minister and Empire Chief of Warriors, appointed by the Imperial Throne. As well as the Courts Spiritual Elders Council that is a hereditary Stool from Throne Generation to Generation.

(c)

The main responsibilities of the Council of Elders are to advise the Imperial Matriarch in the performance of the Imperial Matriarchs functions. It also advises the Federation Kingdoms Ministers of Government, Royal Cabinet, Royal Parliament, and other Royal Public institutions established by the Imperial Matriarchal Throne or otherwise established by Imperial Decree of the Imperial Throne. The Imperial Throne, is not bound in any way to accept the recommendations of the Council of Elders but is required to give audience to the Council of Elders in performance of their sacred duties towards the Imperial Throne.

(d)

The Empire Federation Prime Minister Royal Office is required to consult the Council of Elders and Courts Spiritual Elders before presentation of appointees to the Imperial Matriarch

Throne, in the appointment of high-ranking Court Officials such as:

• the Royal Court Chief of Staff, the Chief of Warriors,
• the Chief of Royal Regalia, Chief of Royal Guards,
• the Imperial Matriarchs Commissioners, Royal Emissaries and Court Ambassadors.

Exceptions are in cases where the Throne directly decrees an appointment to the Court of the above. The Prime Ministers as Highest Office of the Imperial Matriarch Throne is not bounded by the Councils but in accordance to Court Protocols does perform where deem necessary the councils of the Council of Elders recommendations, but is not bound to do such, unless decreed directly by the Throne Imperial Matriarch.

(e)

The Council of Elders shall appoint 6 Committees for the effective performance of its duties.

These are:

• the Federations Royal Court Appointments Committee,
• the Federations Royal Courts Human Resource Development Committee,
• the Federations Royal Throne Welfare and Federations Development Committee,
• the Federations Royal Courts Good Governance and Petitions Committee,
• the Federations Royal Throne Economy and Kingdoms Private Sector Committee 
• the Federations Imperial Matriarchs Throne Security Committee.

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Art.1-10 - Federation AKF-FOS Imperial-Royal Court and Kingdom Empire Judiciary

(1)

According to the Imperial and Royal Court Laws throughout the Generation of the Kingdoms of the ancient World Hemispheres, the highest Judicial Office is that of the Imperial Throne. Justice emanates from the Throne in accordance to the call of the people and shall be administered in the name of the Imperial Throne by the Thrones Royal Court Judiciary and Federation, which shall be independent and subject only to the Constitution and Laws of the Imperial Matriarchs Throne in accordance to this unbroken Imperial Court Protocol for over 10,000 years.

Regulations for all Representatives of the Thrones:

All our Representatives and Staff are subjects of the Imperial and Royal Thrones and work and operate as such. The Monetary Operation Capital is aside from Throne allegiance. Disrespect to the World Hemispheres Thrones, Tribes and Culture is a serious offense to the World Hemispheres People as a Nation of History and Culture of Age. Protection and defence of an insult to the Throne and Nations should at no time be deemed as acceptable by any member of the Imperial Throne Royal Offices or Secretariats Representatives.

(End Articles: 1965-2012)