11.1 All members of the Privy Council shall be members of The Imperial Sovereign Gem Court of Boise, Idaho.

11.3 The Privy Council of The Imperial Sovereign Gem Court of Boise, Idaho, shall consist of the reigning Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince, Crown Princess, all past Emperors and Empresses, six (6) elected members at-large, the Governor General of each Province, the Queen Mother Suprema in Perpetua and the King Father Suprema in Perpetua. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess shall serve on Privy Council two (2) years after they step down for a total of a three (3) year term. All Privy Council members must be residents of the State of Idaho.

11.4 The reigning Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince and Crown Princess will each attend all meetings of The Imperial Sovereign Gem Court of Boise, Idaho, and the Privy Council, unless excused.

11.5 Six (6) elected members at-large shall each be elected to serve two (2) year terms. The elections shall be such that each year only three (3) members at-large shall be elected; this shall provide two (2) sets of rotating terms. The at-large members shall be elected by the Court members at the first meeting following the annual Coronation.

11.6 All elected members at-large of the Privy Council who do not attend three (3) consecutive Privy Council meetings without a valid excuse (work, Court related activity, illness or other extending circumstances as approved by the Privy Council) given to the Emperor, Empress or the President of the Privy Council, shall forfeit their Privy Council seat. (See also Section 7.7)

11.7 In the event a past Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince or Crown Princess should vacate his/her seat on Privy Council, the seat shall remain vacant.

11.8 If an immediate past Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince or Crown Princess vacates his/her seat, this action shall have no effect on the title of said individual.

11.9 If a past elected Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince or Crown Princess moves out of state or misses two (2) consecutive meetings without a valid excuse (work, Court related activity, illness) given to the Emperor, Empress or the President of the Privy Council, their vote will be withheld until such time as the person in question attends two (2) consecutive meetings. The vote will be restored at the end of the second meeting.

11.10 The reigning Emperor and Empress shall call new elections to fill vacancies of elected members at-large on the Privy Council that arise during their reign. The new elections shall be run in the same manner as members at-large elections. The term period for the new member at-large shall be the same, ending on the same date as the original term.

11.11 Any member of the Privy Council may be expelled upon majority approval of the Privy Council members present and voting at a regular or special meeting of the Privy Council. The expelled member shall be notified in writing within fifteen (15) days of the action taken.

11.12 All Privy Council officers shall be elected by majority vote of the Privy Council at the first Privy Council meeting immediately following the annual Coronation.

11.13 Should any officers of the Privy Council not fulfill any of his/her duties, they shall automatically be considered in default of their office, with suspension procedures to begin immediately.

11.14 All Privy Council officers, will, at the end of the Court year, turn over all records, supplies and equipment to their successor at the first Privy Council meeting following the annual Coronation.

11.15 No member of the reigning Royal Family will serve as President or Vice-President of the Privy Council.

11.16 The Lord/Lady Chamberlain shall be elected President of the Privy Council. The duties of the Lord/Lady Chamberlain shall be:

a) To serve as Chairperson of the Privy Council,

b) To call special meetings of the Privy Council,

c) To maintain disciplinary files for individual Court members who have had charges filed against them,

d) To destroy all records of charges made, censures issued and removals from office eighteen (18) months after the date of action,

f) To answer, according to this Constitution, any questions as to voting and the count, as the designated person in charge of the election process for the Monarchs of this court, unless someone else is so designated by the Privy Council,

g) To open the envelopes of the Privy Council members who have been issued a second tie-breaker ballot in order to break any tie in the voting and to count said ballots, and

h) To perform other appropriate duties as assigned by the membership or stated herein this Constitution.

11.17 The Vice-President of the Privy Council shall be the elected Vice-Chairperson of the Privy Council. The duties of the Vice-President shall be:

a) To perform all necessary duties which would otherwise be performed by the President of the Privy Council in the event of disability or absence of the President of the Privy Council, and

b) To perform other appropriate duties as assigned by the membership or stated herein this Constitution.

11.18 The Secretary of the Privy Council shall be elected at the first Privy Council meeting following the annual Coronation or in the event of a vacancy in the office. The duties of the Secretary of the Privy Council shall be:

a) To maintain in good order and in secret the complete records of all Privy Council meetings,

b) To prepare all documents and correspondence of the President of the Privy Council, and

c) To perform other appropriate duties as assigned by the membership or stated herein this Constitution.

11.19 The executive authority of The Imperial Sovereign Gem Court of Boise, Idaho, shall be the Privy Council. The Privy Council shall serve as the advisory body to the reigning Heads of State.

11.20 Privy Council business is a private matter and Privy Council members shall not discuss Privy Council business with anyone.

11.21 When questions arise concerning Court activities and functions, Court customs, policies and traditions or the Constitution, the Privy Council shall be charged with making a determination. The determination shall be made by the majority vote of the Privy Council members at a regular or special meeting of the Privy Council.

11.22 Privy Council shall give their prior approval to a newly elected Crown Prince or Crown Princess filling a vacancy for Emperor or Empress, or their approval for prior Heads of States filling a vacancy as Regents, as outlined elsewhere in this Constitution.

11.23 Privy Council shall approve, by majority vote, all Proclamations of the Emperor and Empress.

11.24 Privy Council shall approve all distribution of free tickets for Coronation.

11.25 Privy Council shall give their approval to all leave of absences for Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince and Crown Princess, with the two thirds (2/3) approval of the Court membership, as outlined elsewhere in this Constitution.

11.26 The Privy Council shall be responsible for disciplining the general conduct of officers and members of the Court. Extreme forms of behavior or conduct which cause embarrassment or unpleasant notoriety to the Court shall be grounds for censure, suspension or expulsion as deemed most appropriate by the Privy Council.

11.27 Any member of the Court may bring charges against another member of the Court by specifying the name of the individual and the specific charges against that person in writing to a member of the Privy Council.

11.28 Privy Council shall meet to determine whether the charges are sufficient to warrant Privy Council action.

11.29 If the charges are deemed sufficient by a majority vote of the Privy Council members voting at the regular or special Privy Council meeting, the Lord/Lady Chamberlain shall give notice in writing within fifteen (15) days to the individual(s) charged.

11.30 The notice shall specify the date, time and place (at least a fifteen (15) day notice is to be given) at which a subsequent hearing of the charges will be held.

11.32 At the hearing the individual charged shall be provided an opportunity to explain, refute or present any evidence that he/she feels has a bearing on the charges.

11.33 Following the hearing, the Privy Council members shall vote, first, whether to uphold or to dismiss the charges against the individual, and second, in the event that the charges are upheld,

a) To censure the individual,

b) To suspend the individual, or

c) To expel the individual from membership and/or office and title.

11.34 In the event a Privy Council member (including past Emperors, Empresses, Crown Princes or Crown Princesses) is subject to disciplinary hearing, he/she shall be disqualified from voting and shall not have his/her vote used to compute a majority. Any action taken following the hearing shall be by majority vote of those in attendance.

11.35 The procedure for removing the Emperor, Empress, the Crown Prince or the Crown Princess or past Emperors, Empresses, Crown Princes or Crown Princesses shall generally be the same as that for members and other Court officers. When removal from office is being considered for the Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince or Crown Princess, such a measure must carry a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the Privy Council. Failure to muster a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote shall cause the charges under consideration to be dismissed. The actions of the Privy Council must be taken back to the Court for their approval. Final action on any charge shall require a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the General Court membership in good standing voting at a Court meeting dealing with the measure.

11.36 A vote by the Privy Council and the Court to censure an individual shall cause that person to be placed on two (2) months probation. At the end of the two (2) month period, the Privy Council shall meet to determine whether to withdraw the censure, continue the censure for an additional two (2) months or to move for removal of the individual from membership and/or office. The General Court must approve of the recommendations of the Privy Council in this measure by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the General Court membership in good standing voting at a Court meeting dealing with this measure. Should required action of the original censure take place after the two (2) months, nothing is herein implied as to an end to that original censure until a positive motion by the Privy Council and the General Court on one of the three herein described actions that result in the termination of the original censure action; two (2) months shall mean not less than sixty (60) calendar days.

11.37 An individual who has been removed from office may or may not be removed from membership in the Court at the discretion of the General Court membership upon recommendation of the Privy Council.

11.38 Any Privy Council member guilty of flagrant bad conduct may be suspended upon majority approval of the Privy Council members present and voting at a regular or special meeting of the Privy Council. Length and conditions of the suspension shall be determined by the members of the Privy Council present and voting at a regular or special Privy Council meeting. The suspended member shall be notified in writing within fifteen (15) days of the action taken. The Privy Council member in question shall not have a vote on this issue. The General Court must approve of the recommendation of the Privy Council in this measure by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the General Court membership in good standing voting at a Court meeting dealing with the measure.

11.39 Upon removal from office, all responsibilities and authorities are taken away from the individual and the office is declared vacant.

11.40 Expulsion from membership shall cause the individual to forfeit all rights of membership. The individual may seek to rejoin the Court after six (6) months from the time of removal from membership. At this time, the Privy Council shall meet to determine if the charges constitute sufficient grounds to continue to deny the individual the right of membership in the Court.

11.41 If a reigning Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince or Crown Princess or a past Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince or Crown Princess is removed from office or membership, that person shall be publicly stripped of the rank and title to which he/she was elected.

11.42 The Lord/Lady Chamberlain shall destroy all records of charges made, censures issued and removals from office eighteen (18) months after the date of action.

11.44 In the event that a reigning or past Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince or Crown Princess is removed from office, a permanent statement shall be recorded in the minutes of the Privy Council stating that as a result of the procedure specified above, the Privy Council and the General Court membership took action to remove him/her from office or title. A letter containing the above-required information from the Privy Council shall also be mailed to all other Courts.

11.45 Decisions of the Privy Council and the General Court regarding disciplinary action shall not be altered or overruled by declaration or Proclamation. A Privy Council decision may be overruled by three-fourths (3/4) majority of the Court members in good standing voting at a regular or special meeting of the Court.

11.46 Any individual Court member, officer, Privy Council member or reigning or past Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince or Crown Princess who has been removed from membership and/or office shall not use their Court title(s).

11.47 Emergency expenditures of the Court may be approved by two (2) Privy Council members and one (1) reigning Monarch, but must be brought before the General Court membership at the next regular Court meeting. Nonapproval by the Court of the expenditures shall result in the expenditures being paid by those Privy Council members who approved of the emergency expenditures.

11.48 Privy Council shall approve of all functions prior to their being declared an I.S.G.C. of Boise, Idaho, Production.

11.49 Privy Council shall receive quarterly from each Province the required financial records, minutes and other business records, as outlined elsewhere in this Constitution.

11.50 Privy Council shall approve the Coronation budget of the Emperor and Empress.

11.51 Privy Council shall administer the Scholarship, as outlined in Proclamation 9.1.

11.52 Privy Council shall elect part of the Candidate Screening Committee, as outlined elsewhere in this Constitution.

11.53 Privy Council shall set the date, place and time for voting, as outlined elsewhere in this Constitution.

11.54 Privy Council shall take actions against an applicant/candidate for office, as outlined elsewhere in this Constitution.

11.55 Privy Council shall select the Voting Registrar to oversee the ballot box and voting at the designated Court election for Monarchs and shall receive the report of the Voting Registrar as to any indiscretions in the voting.

11.56 Privy Council shall approve of the person(s) to tabulate the votes.

11.57 Privy Council shall recount the votes when requested, as outlined elsewhere in this Constitution.

11.58 Meetings of the Privy Council shall be held prior to regular Court meetings, with members to be notified by telephone or in writing at least one (1) week in advance.

11.59 Special meetings of the Privy Council may be called by the Lord/Lady Chamberlain, reigning Emperor or Empress or upon written request of twenty percent (20%) of the Privy Council members.

11.60 Notice of all special Privy Council meetings shall be give at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance, either by telephone or in writing, stating the time, place and general purpose thereof.

11.61 A record of actions taken of each meeting of the Privy Council will be kept in the form of minutes. Copies of previous minutes will be presented to Privy Council members upon advance request of each Privy Council meeting. Otherwise, minutes from the preceding Privy Council meeting will be read and approved at the following meeting.

11.63 All meetings of the Privy Council will be closed meetings. The Privy Council meetings are open only to those with business before the Privy Council and visitors may be present only when that issue is before the Privy Council.

11.65 A quorum will consist of two (2) of the four (4) reigning Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince or Crown Princess, two (2) of the six (6) elected members at-large of the Privy Council, and two (2) past Emperors, Empresses, Crown Princes or Crown Princesses resident and in good standing.