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On the first intimation of a '''Demise of the Crown''', an emergency meeting of the full [[Executive Council]] will be called. This accession council will direct the Governor-General to issue the following proclamation:

''BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR STEVEN SPELL, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Ibagli.''

''TO ALL TO WHOM these Presents shall come,''

''GREETING:''

''WHEREAS it hath pleased Almighty God to call to His Mercy Our Late Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth II of blessed and glorious memory, by whose decease the Crown of Ibagli and all other Her late Majesty's realms and territories is solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Now Know Ye that I, the said Right Honourable Sir Steven Spell, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Ibagli as aforesaid, assisted by the Executive Council of Ibagli do now hereby with one voice and consent of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim that the High and Mighty Prince Charles Philip Arthur George is now by the death of Our late Sovereign of happy and glorious memory become our only lawful and rightful Liege Lord (Charles the Third/George the Seventh), of Ibagli and of his other realms and territories KING, Head of the Commonwealth, Supreme Liege Lord in and over Ibagli, to whom we acknowledge all faith and constant obedience with all hearty and humble affection, beseeching God by whom all Kings and Queens do reign to bless the Royal Prince (Charles the Third/George the Seventh) with long and happy years to reign over us.''

''GIVEN under my Hand and Seal at Arms at Haphonia, this __ day of __, in the year two thousand and x, and in the first year of His Majesty's reign.''

''By Command,''

''ROGER POLLACK,''

''Prime Minister of Ibagli''

''GOD SAVE THE KING''

''S. Spell,''
''Governor-General''
''[L.S.]''

This proclamation should be posted on the gates of Government House, and should be read from the steps of Parliament, as well as in all city and town centres across Ibagli.

The proclamation being issued, Parliament will be summoned to an emergency session if not currently sitting. The first order of business of the Parliament will be for members to take the Oath of Allegiance to the new Sovereign. Both houses will then vote on Addresses to the Crown in response to the official notification of the previous monarch's demise, expressing condolences upon the death of the previous monarch and loyalty to his or her successor. If at all practicable, this vote should be done by voice only.

If the demise occurs during a general election campaign, the election is delayed by two weeks (three or, rarely, more should the new date fall on a holiday). If the demise occurs on the day of the election, the election will proceed.

Civil servants retain their jobs after a demise of the crown.