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1. This act is to be cited as the Independence of the Chambers Act

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2. No person who is a Skrifa of the Underhusen may be a Peer of the Overhusen concurrently.
3. No person who is a Peer of the Overhusen may be a Skrifa of the Underhusen concurrently.
4. No part of this act prevents a candidate for election to the Underhusen from serving as a Peer, provided they were not elected.
5. Should any person who is a Skrifa wish to be appointed as a Peer they are required to resign as a Skrifa.
6. Should any Peer of the Overhusen be elected as a Skrifa, they are ineligible to be reappointed as a Peer until their term as Skrifa ends.

Exceptions
7. Should a Peer of the Overhusen run in an Underhusen Election in which there is not enough candidates to fill the legally selected amount of seats,
then the restrictions as detailed in Section Two (2) through Section Six (6) of this act do not apply.
8. Should the amount of candidates meet or exceed the number of Candidates within no more than one (1) hour prior to the close of nominations for Underhusen,
then the Monarch may chose to apply the restrictions as detailed in Section Two (2) through Section (6) of this act. If they chose not to do so, the candidate
is exempted from restrictions in accordance with Section Seven (7).

I like the idea of this bill. Makes sense.

8. Should the amount of candidates meet or exceed the number of Candidates within no more than one (1) hour prior to the close of nominations for Underhusen

This wording is a little confusing. Perhaps change it to something like "Should the number of candidates equal or exceed the number of open seats within one hour of the close of nominations for the Underhusen".

Also, I feel like the rest of Section 8 should say that the Monarch is able to exempt a candidate from the restrictions, otherwise the restrictions apply. As it currently reads, the Monarch would have to choose to enact this law and prevent a Peer from becoming a Skrifa (which I don't think he really cares about in the first place) when the law should just be the default unless he chooses to exempt a Peer from the restrictions to seek election as a Skrifa.

I like the idea of this bill. Makes sense.

8. Should the amount of candidates meet or exceed the number of Candidates within no more than one (1) hour prior to the close of nominations for Underhusen

This wording is a little confusing. Perhaps change it to something like "Should the number of candidates equal or exceed the number of open seats within one hour of the close of nominations for the Underhusen".

Also, I feel like the rest of Section 8 should say that the Monarch is able to exempt a candidate from the restrictions, otherwise the restrictions apply. As it currently reads, the Monarch would have to choose to enact this law and prevent a Peer from becoming a Skrifa (which I don't think he really cares about in the first place) when the law should just be the default unless he chooses to exempt a Peer from the restrictions to seek election as a Skrifa.

The idea of the section is that, should someone stand within the last minute the Monarch can chose to allow someone who is a Peer to stand or not. I will be accepting the wording change somewhat, however the ability of the Monarch to chose would still be left in to allow the Monarch the ability to have some discretion. I would assert the Monarch generally does care, which is why he generally doesn't appoint someone who ran in the UH election (except for rare circumstances)