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Honours, Styles and Dignities Bill, 2025

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An Act to provide for the creation, conferment, regulation and revocation of State honours, styles, dignities and post-nominals; to establish an Order of Precedence of the Hokorian State; and for related purposes.

ENACTED by the Koru of the Hokorian State under the Constitution of the Hokorian State.

Part I- Preliminary

Section 1- Short title

  1. This Act may be cited as the Honours, Styles and Dignities Act, 2025.

Section 2- Commencement

  1. This Act shall come into force on a date appointed by the Koru of the Hokorian State.

Section 3- Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-

  1. “State” means the Hokorian State;
  2. “Honour” means any order, decoration, medal, title, dignity or distinction recognised by the State;
  3. “Style” means a formal title or form of address recognised by the State;
  4. “Post-nominal” means letters authorised to be used after a person’s name to denote an honour, office or dignity;
  5. “Foreign national” means a person who is not a citizen;
  6. “Order of Precedence” means the formal ranking of honours, styles, dignities and post-nominals within the State.

Part II- State Honours

Section 4- Establishment of honours

  1. The State may maintain systems of honours, orders, decorations, medals, titles and dignities.
  2. Honours may be conferred upon-
    1. citizens; and
    2. foreign nationals.

Section 5- Authority to create and abolish honours

  1. The Koru of the Hokorian State may create, amend or abolish honours through Constitutional Order.
  2. The Assembly may create, amend or abolish honours by Act or resolution, subject to assent in accordance with the Constitution.

Section 6- Conferment and revocation

  1. Honours shall be conferred, suspended, revoked or restored by the authority that created them, in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed by law or Constitutional Order.

Part III- Styles and Dignities

Section 7- Authority of the Koru

  1. The Koru of the Hokorian State may, by Constitutional Order-
    1. create, amend or abolish official styles and dignities;
    2. attach styles and dignities to offices, functions, honours or classes of persons;
    3. prescribe the form and manner of address of any style.

Section 8- Style of former Korus

  1. Every former Koru of the Hokorian State shall bear for life the style of-
    1. His Royal Highness;
    2. Her Royal Highness; or
    3. Their Royal Highness.

Section 9- Other official styles

  1. The Koru may establish additional styles for Regents, successors, Ministers, judges, officers of the State and any other position or class of persons.

Part IV- Post-Nominals

Section 10- Creation and regulation

  1. The Koru may, by Constitutional Order, create and regulate official post-nominals.
  2. Post-nominals may denote honours, offices, appointments or distinctions recognised by the State.

Section 11- Eligibility and revocation

  1. The Koru may prescribe eligibility, duration and conditions for the use of post-nominals.
  2. The Koru may revoke the right to use post-nominals in accordance with Constitutional Order.

Part V- Order of Precedence

Section 12- Establishment

  1. The Koru may, by Constitutional Order, establish and maintain an Order of Precedence of the Hokorian State.

Section 13- Effect

  1. The Order of Precedence shall determine-
    1. the ranking of honours, styles and dignities;
    2. the order of post-nominals;
    3. ceremonial and protocol ranking for all public authorities.
  2. The Order of Precedence shall be binding upon all organs of the State.

Part VI- Registers and Records

Section 14- Register of Honours and Dignities

  1. The Koru’s Office shall maintain a Register of State Honours and Dignities.
  2. The Register shall include-
    1. honours in force;
    2. recognised styles;
    3. authorised post-nominals;
    4. Orders of Precedence currently in effect.

Part VII- Offences and Protections

Section 15- False claims

  1. A person commits an offence if they knowingly-
    1. falsely claim a State honour, style or post-nominal; or
    2. impersonate a holder of a recognised dignity.

Part VIII- Miscellaneous

Section 16- Legal effect

  1. No honour, style, dignity or post-nominal shall confer legal authority unless expressly provided by law.

Section 17- Saving

  1. Any honour, style or dignity lawfully created prior to the commencement of this Act shall continue in force unless amended or abolished in accordance with this Act.

Section 18- Regulations

  1. The Koru may make regulations for the purpose of carrying this Act into effect.