IMPERIAL DECREE NUMBER 0012-1997
OF THE MINISTRIES OF TOURISM AND IMMIGRATION AND OF THE INTERIOR

       "We, Emperor Claude I, on this twenty-seventh day of the month of October of the year one thousand, one hundred and ninety seven of  Our Lord, announce that it is Our Will and pleasure to decree, in behalf of Our Almighty God and of the good people of this Holy Empire:

- that the MINISTRY OF IMMIGRATION AND TOURISM (formerly National Department of Tourism and Immigration) and the MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR cannot be extinct unless with authorization of the People's Assembly of Qualicates (To Be Created);

- that the ministers who head those Ministries cannot be dismissed of their duties without proper authorization from His Holy, Imperial Majesty, given the importance of their jobs to the Empire.

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

               
                 His Holy, Imperial Majesty            
                    Emperor Claude I               
   Supreme and Magnificent Ruler
Eternal Defender of the Faith
Grand Duke of Dabliu and Straussia
<NOTE: THE ABOVE SAID TITLES WERE MODIFIED IN JANUARY, 1998, BY AN EDICT OF THE LORD PROTECTOR>
                  

ORIGINALLY IN PORTUGUESE. TRANSLATION: JULY 7th, 1998