- The purpose of this Act is to create separate classes of Magistrates, affirm that the Consuls are also Magistrates, establish a system for legal appeals, and amend XXIX Jon. I 2014.
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Magistrates shall be classed by jurisdiction.
- The Consuls serve as magistrates over the whole Empire. There is no higher rank of magistrate.
- The Praetors are magistrates who serve in Archduchies. They are responsible for suits of grievances between parties which reside within two or more separate Duchies within their respective jurisdiction.
- The Aediles are magistrates who serve in Duchies. They are responsible for suits of grievances between parties which reside within two or more separate Counties within their respective jurisdiction.
- The Proquaestors are magistrates who serve in Counties. They are responsible for suits of grievances between parties which reside within two or more separate Towns or Territories within their respective jurisdiction.
- The Quaestors are magistrates who serve in Towns.
- In the case of a vacancy, a magistrate from a lower jurisdiction may be promoted by the Monarch, Prime Minister, or Home Secretary.
- Paragraph 26 of XXIX Jon. I 2014 shall be amended to include: “civil grievance or suit which includes, but is not limited to, ” in the place of “dispute regarding”; “appeals against prior ruling,” directly after “inheritance, ” and preceding “and/or”.
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An appeal to a Magistrate must be made to a higher or equal respective jurisdiction from where the ruling was made. e.g. a party may appeal to a Proquaestor to reverse the ruling of a Quaestor only if that ruling was made within that Proquaestor’s jurisdiction.
- A request to hear an appeal to the Consuls by the Consuls must be accepted by both. If accepted, the Consul who was exercising the powers of that office when the appeal was made shall decide whether to accept or deny the appeal.
- Should a Magistrate elect not to reverse a ruling, they may send the appeal to the Judge of a higher court. In the event that the Consuls decide to take this action, the appeal goes to the Imperial Court.
- Should a court not be able to make a decision, the appeal shall move to a higher court.
- Any case which a Magistrate hears must be recorded and submitted to the Ministry of Justice.