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ARTICLE XVI - Miscellaneous Laws

• XVI-100 Anyone may attend Middle Kingdom events provided they wear an attempt at pre 17th century dress and adhere to the requirements for participation as specified in Society law.

• XVI-200 The research and display of medieval gunnery is to be permitted, but no weapon is to be discharged under any circumstances under SCA auspices, except for signaling purposes at the Pennsic War.

• XVI-300 Within the constrictions of federal, state, local and SCA ordinances, any person may choose any persona, regardless of race, national origin, or sex.

• XVI-400 No household, guild, association, etc., organized for the purpose of assassination or of slavery shall be allowed in the Middle Kingdom as this does not meet with the basic principles of chivalric behavior. Assassination games may still be played with the advance knowledge and consent of the players. No activity, contest or publication which appears to condone or frivolously treat slavery shall be allowed in the Middle Kingdom.

• XVI-500 No Great Officer of the Middle Kingdom or their warranted Deputies shall produce any official publications without approval of the Curia Regis.

• XVI-501 Contents of any official handbook is subject to editing by the appropriate Great Officer and review by Curia and the Crown before publication.

• XVI-502 All profits resulting from such publications must be returned to the Kingdom Treasury as required by the Exchequer, for disbursement through the normal budgeting procedure.

• XVI-503 Full financial reporting must be made to the Kingdom on a regular schedule as required by the Exchequer.

• XVI-600 There shall be established within the Middle Kingdom an avenue for the dissemination of knowledge and information regarding the historical Middle Ages and Renaissance together with the history, traditions and customs of the Middle Kingdom. This organization shall be called the Regalis Universitas Mediterraneae, hereafter called RUM. RUM shall be governed and administered pursuant to its by-laws which shall be approved and signed by the Crown, after consultation with the Curia Regis.

• XVI-601 RUM shall be overseen by a Chancellor, who shall be empowered to appoint such assistants in office as are needful to the effective performance of the duties of that office.

• XVI-700 All Great Officers of State and principality officers shall be Sustaining, Contributing, or Patron members of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Incorporated, and shall maintain such membership while they are officers. All Lesser Officers, deputies, and local branch officers shall be Sustaining, Contributing, or Patron members or shall be Associate or Family members with immediate access to the Pale provided by a subscribing membership at their residence, and shall maintain such membership while they are officers.

• XVI-800 Local, baronial or provincial officers shall be appointed by their kingdom superiors and their appointments confirmed by the Crown or Coronet, as appropriate. These officers must not be substantively opposed by the people of their branch, but the final decision regarding their tenure remains with the superior officers and royalty.

• XVI-810 Officers once removed from office for just and stated cause may not hold said office again.

• XVI-820 All requisite officers shall report as required to their Kingdom superiors. Local and Baronial level officers shall copy their reports to their fellow branch officers, including Baron and/or Baroness where applicable. Personal opinion/evaluation sections are confidential and officers can exercise the option to remove then from the shared reports. Failure to distribute reports to other officers can be held to serve as resignation from office by the Great Officer of State to whom the officer reports. Resignation from office is without prejudice.

• XVI-900 The deliberations of each of the Patent Orders are conducted in the Crown's confidence. No person shall violate that confidence without the express permission of the Crown. Deliberations of the Patent Orders specifically includes polls and any other correspondence between the Crown and the Order as a whole as well as any discussions within the Peerage meetings.

• XVI-1000 An officer may resign by sending written notice to their baronial (if applicable), principality/regional and kingdom superior. The failure to send in required reports can be held to serve as a resignation from office by the Great Officer of State that the office reports to. Resignation from office is without prejudice.

• XVI-1010 An officer serves for the duration of their warrant or the length of their tenure in office (a maximum tenure may be imposed on the offices under their jurisdiction by a Great Officer of State). Warrants run from one Crown Tourney to the next unless specifically superimposed by a new warrant issued by the Crown and the Great Officer of State for that office. Warrants may be renewed or not, by the Crown and the Great Officer of State. Such a lapse of warrant or tenure is without prejudice towards the outgoing officer.

• XVI-1020 The Crown may suspend an officer while an investigation is conducted regarding that officer. The suspension may last no longer than the duration of the reign. The investigation will be conducted in a timely fashion by the affected Great Officer and a recommendation for disposition via removal for cause or reinstatement will be rendered. If the investigation is not complete by the end of the reign in which it was begun, the Great Officer will make a recommendation to the Heirs--in conjunction with the outgoing Crown--as to the disposition of the matter.

• XVI-1030 A Great Officer of State may suspend an officer under their jurisdiction while an investigation is conducted regarding that officer (pursuant to XVI-1020). The suspension may last no longer than thirty days, at which time the Great Officer will either request that the Crown invoke Its suspension privileges under XVI-1020, re-instate the officer, or recommend that the officer be removed for cause.

• XVI-1040 The Crown and a Great Officer may remove one of their officers or an officer under the jurisdiction of their office permanently for just and stated cause. Removal for just and stated cause requires that the Crown and Great Officers act in concert. The just and stated cause for removal from office must be given in writing to the officer removed, but may not be published. A copy of the removal for just and stated cause must remain in the permanent files of the Crown and Great Office.
  
  Officers once removed from an office for just and stated cause may not hold any type of office under the same Great Office again.
  
  A removal for just and stated cause can be suspended at any future date, should new information warrant such. The suspension of a removal for just and stated cause requires that the Crown and the Great Officer act in concert. A record of the suspension of a removal for just and stated cause must remain in the permanent files of the Crown and Great Office.

• XVI-1050 Once an officer has resigned or a warrant has lapsed and is not renewed, or the length of tenure has expired, or an officer's warrant has been revoked, or the officer was removed for just and stated cause; a new officer acceptable to the Crown and the Great Officer of State must be chosen by the group. Either the Crown or Great Officer of State may specify a method for the group's selection. The Crown and the Great Officer of State may appoint an individual other than any selected by the group to the office, subject to the restrictions under these laws.

• XVI-1100 Events cannot be placed on the Kingdom Calendar or in The Pale if scheduled for a date already reserved by a group within a 100-mile radius, unless the group hosting the event previously scheduled gives permission.
  
  If the first group denies permission, exceptions permitting the scheduling of the second event within the 100-mile radius include specific-focus events that will clearly and unmistakably appeal to generally very different audiences, i.e. a dance event and a war practice, an equestrian challenge and a bardic arts symposium, etc. This determination will be made by the Kingdom Calendar. If permission is refused and the difference in audience appeal is not clear cut, the Kingdom Seneschal will make the final ruling in the conflict.

• XVI-1101 Groups that desire to use “Middle Kingdom” or Midrealm” in their event name must have the prior approval of the Curia Regis. Single focus events, e.g., Heraldic Symposium, may only require the approval of the appropriate Great Officer of State.