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money, the provision of loans, the security of the currency and the handling of the clearing system at home and abroad.
§ 20.2.The right to the minting of money is not a matter for the State Bank that, however, must be informed of the monetary circulation.
§ 20.3.The legal currency is the Sealand Dollar. All the services of the State and organs of the State should be settled preferably in this currency.
§ 20.4.Penal provisions for the money and coinage can be legally regulated only with the agreement of the Sovereign.
§ 21.
§ 21.1.The Prime Minister elected according to the regulations in this law (see § 6, Sections 3 and 4) fills all necessary Ministries with ministers by appointment that he chooses according to the exigencies of his policies in accordance with the Privy Council. The Certificates of Appointment are to be signed by the Sovereign and the Privy Council, which ratifies the appointment.
§ 21.2.The allocation of Ministries shall be as outlined below. Essential Ministries are:
a)the Foreign Office,
b)the Ministry of Justice,
c)the Ministry for Economics and Finances, which if necessary may be divided,
d)the Ministry for Home Affairs and Development,
e)the Ministry for Traffic, Transport, Post,
f)the Ministry for Cultural and Social Affairs, and
g)the Ministry for all other national and international matters.
§ 21.3.Each Ministry forms its own organisation. The ministers shall carry a title of office that describes their scope of functions by naming the Ministry.
§ 21.4.It is permissible for a minister to serve in various ministries. Here especially is viewed the personal union of the Prime Minister who, formally elected, should act with restraint, with one of the special Ministries.
§ 21.5.Drafts of laws for a Ministry are to be justified in detail by the Government to the Sovereign.
§ 21.6.Laws promulgated by the Sovereign are to be published in a National Memorandum.
§ 21.7.The political guidelines are decided by the Prime Minister within the framework of the Constitution.
§ 22.
§ 22.1.For special services for the State, the Sovereign awards orders, titles and privileges based on recommendations by the Privy Council.
§ 22.2.The Honours listed in § 22.1 will be created by the Sovereign by special law, and the rights conferred by these honours documented.
§ 22.3.Orders, titles and privileges can also be awarded as hereditary orders, titles and privileges.
§ 22.4.The Privy Council can put forward to the Sovereign the names of suitable persons on whom honours may be bestowed.
§ 23.
§ 23.1.This law comes into force on the day on which it is signed, decreed and proclaimed by the Sovereign.
§ 23.2.Changes to this law are only possible by the Government with the approval by a 3/4 majority in the Privy Council. They also have to be proclaimed by the Sovereign to become effective. For all not specifically exempted votes the simple majority is required, whereby members of the office that is cause for the vote will abstain from voting.
§ 23.3.All institutions and organs of the State are to be sworn in at the Constitution.
Signatures by the representatives of the Government (at this time 5 members). Den Haag, August 7, 1989, Chancellery of the Syndic, Signed by the Syndic
