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1 Act of Dispensation of Judiciary Administration OF THE SOVEREIGN MAGISTRAL ORDER OF THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON Ordo Regius Magistralis Templi Solomonis Enacted by the Government and Ratified by the Grand Master (Act of 2014, as Amended in 2016) The text of this Act is the complete amended version, with all previous Acts, amendments, sovereign orders and administrative regulations fully incorporated, as consolidated from all traditional, customary and enacted sovereign protocols and laws of the Sovereign Magistral Order of the Temple of Solomon since 1118 AD. 2013, 2016 Sovereign Magistral Order of the Temple of Solomon. All International Rights Reserved. 2 Preamble Whereas, the Sovereign Magistral Order of the Temple of Solomon is a sovereign subject of international law, exercising governmental rights and authorities as a non-territorial principality of statehood, with legal and jurisdictional independence; Whereas, the intent of the Grand Mastery and Sovereign Council is for primary operations of the Order to concentrate on its historical missions of preserving and advancing ecclesiastical and chivalric traditions, philanthropy and human rights; Whereas, delegation of the official functions of administration of Justice, to an autonomous appointed Court of Record of the independent Judiciary, provides a desirable degree of political separation from legal proceedings, and enables the Order to better concentrate on its historical humanitarian missions; The Sovereign Magistral Order of the Temple of Solomon has enacted the present regulatory act as a parliamentary Act, to provide for the official, professional and independent administration of Justice exercising its lawful jurisdiction, for judicial process and enforcement of the Acts and Laws of the Order as a sovereign subject of international law. Article 1 Title & Enactment 1. The full title of this law shall be the "Act of Dispensation of Judiciary Administration of 2014" (as amended in 2016). The short title shall be the "Judiciary Dispensation Act" (hereinafter "Act"). 2. This public law is duly officially enacted by the Government of the Order of the Temple of Solomon (hereinafter "the Order") as a sovereign subject of international law, by approval of its titled officials of the Grand Mastery, and by ratification by His Most Eminent Highness the Prince Grand Master as Head of State. 3. The present Act also serves as public law providing benefits supporting the sovereign rights and authorities of the Ancient Catholic Church, possessing its own autonomous statehood as a sovereign subject of international law in its own right, as a Sister State under Ecclesiastical and Sovereign Patronage of the Order, under Constitution Article 12. For the purposes of this Act, wherever applicable in context, all references to the Order, its departments and governmental officials fully incorporate simultaneous or alternative reference to the Ancient Catholic Church, and its analogous departments and pontifical officials. Article 2 Assignment of Official Judiciary Functions 1. The present Act constitutes the parliamentary dispensation by assignment of the jurisdictional authority which is otherwise constitutionally vested in the sovereign judiciary as the Magistral Courts of Justice of the Order (Constitution, Articles 23-25.) 3 2. The Government of the Order hereby appoints the Arbitration Court of International Justice (ACIJ) as the "Common Court", and its affiliate Sovereign Court of International Justice (SCIJ) as the "High Court", both United Nations level IGO institutions of the independent Judiciary, as the authorized official Courts of Record. Sovereign Judiciary authority is thus delegated to those Courts of Record for the administration of Justice for all legal matters within the constitutional jurisdiction of the Order as a principality of statehood. 3. The Arbitration Court (ACIJ) and Sovereign Court (SCIJ) shall be solely responsible for the interpretation, application, adjudication and enforcement of the sovereign Acts and Laws of the Order in the course of Judiciary administration. All petitions, motions, responses and evidence shall be filed directly and independently with the Court of Record. 4. The independent Court of Record is also empowered to conduct official investigation and prosecution of violations of the parliamentary Acts and Laws of the Order. 5. In relation to applying the enacted Acts and Laws of the Order, on the legal basis of delegation of sovereign state functions to the appointed Court of Record as a government contractor, all findings, orders and judgments issued by such Court shall carry full weight of sovereign authority as official governmental determinations under international law. 6. In connection with the present delegation and assignment, the Order reserves the right to apply additional investigatory and enforcement measures in its own original official capacity as a sovereign subject of international law. Enactment & Ratification The present Act of Dispensation of Judiciary Administration of 2014, as Amended in 2016, is hereby fully enacted and ratified, in accordance with Article 20 of the Constitution, by the following legal acts of the Government and Grand Mastery: Enacted by the Government: ____________________________________ 03 March 2016 His Excellency Viscount Michael Henry Dunn Grand Commander as Chairman of the Government Sovereign Magistral Order of the Temple of Solomon Ratified by Magistral Assent of the Grand Master: ____________________________________ 03 March 2016 His Most Eminent Highness Prince Matthew of Thebes Sovereign Grand Master as Head of State Sovereign Magistral Order of the Temple of Solomon