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jurisdiction of arbitration.
§ 12.5.The Legal system, otherwise, is based on the British Common Law and the British Law of Contract. This does not exclude certain special laws that then take precedence over this law.
§ 13.The general provisions of international law are a constituent part of the constitutional law of Sealand, and have precedence over other laws; they create rights and duties directly for the nationals of the State.
§ 14.
§ 14.1.Revenues from the fiscal laws go to the treasury to be allocated by the Government but distributed by the Ministry of Finance or a ministry of equal standing that is also responsible for funds to be collected.
§ 14.2.The audits of accounts and an examination of the ratio of distribution are instigated by the Privy Council and executed by an independent body. This also applies to audits of other state institutions and corporations.
§ 14.3.Jurisdiction over all levies is regulated by specific laws. Like any other law, they are to be proclaimed by the Sovereign based on recommendations by the Government and the approval by the Privy Council.
§ 15.The national flag is rectangular, red in the upper diagonal half and black in the lower diagonal half, save that a white diagonal bar forms part of such lower diagonal part of the flag.
§ 16.The national languages are English and German, they are of equal rank. Export regulations are governed by separate laws.
§ 17.
§ 17.1.All the merchant ships of the State form a centralised merchant fleet.
§ 17.2.Regulations for all other carriers within the scope of this constitution are stipulated based on special laws.
§ 18.
§ 18.1.For the maintenance of law and order there is the national Tribunal, divided into two senates the first senate is responsible for matter of international law, public law and constitutional law; the second senate is responsible for all other legal matters.
§ 18.2.Each senate has a president. The president of the first senate is the President of the Supreme Court of Justice and member of the Privy Council.
§ 18.3.The second senate is the Court of Appeal for the Boards of Justice subordinate to it.
§ 18.4.At least two persons are appointed to each senate, and at least one person to each Board of Justice, and they must establish their qualification for juridical function.
§ 18.5.Every judge is elected by the Sovereign following a recommendation by the Government sanctioned by the Privy Council.
§ 18.6.The courts work out their regulations of procedure themselves, within the framework of this law.
§ 19.
§ 19.1.Everyone may claim to be legally heard before the Court.
§ 19.2.A person can only be sentenced when the offence was legally defined before the deed was committed. No criminal act will be retrospectively made such an offence.
§ 19.3.No one may be convicted more than once for the same offence.
§ 19.4.There is no death sentence.
§ 19.5.Imprisonment is permitted only with the approval of the President of the Supreme Court, or his authorized deputy.
§ 19.6.The right of granting a pardon is a prerogative of the Sovereign.
§ 20.
§ 20.1.
The Sovereign appoints the President of the National State Bank, who is entrusted with carrying out of everything connected with putting into circulation of