All legislative powers of a regional collective of souls of One Heaven shall be vested in an Assembly of Elders of representatives (Assembly Members) which shall consist of all elected representatives from each Local Council in the belief collective.

The Assembly of Elders shall be composed of 1000 Elder Spirits, directly chosen by the faithful in Heaven, the Ascended Master Spirit and Directors of the Collective Board of Directors with each Assembly Member having the power of one vote. Each Assembly Member shall be an ascended master.

Assembly Members shall be appointed for a term of sixty four (64) years corresponding to the interposing cycle of fixed terms of Regional and Local Elections in Heaven every sixty four (64) years.

Vested by the Covenant, the Assembly of Elders shall have the power to review all bills passed by Regional Executive and proposed as rules and official planning of the executive.

The Assembly of Elders shall also have the power to commission Regional Commissions of Investigation with the power to call any individual member within the region and any information located within One Heaven and the borders of the region to review.

Responsibility for good conduct and control of the Assembly of Elders and the scheduling of business within the chamber shall be vested in the Office of Prefect of the Assembly of Elders (Assembly of Elders Prefect).

The Prefect of the Assembly of Elders shall be an independent role, free from political party preferences. The candidate shall be elected by new Assembly Members themselves on the first day of sitting of Parliament following a National Election.

The total length of a Assembly of Elders session shall be determined by the Assembly of Elders Prefect and shall not be permitted to exceed 14 Sitting Session Days.

The Assembly of Elders Prefect shall be responsible for the issuing of summons to individual Assembly Members for their attendance to Parliament.

Excepting special leave granted by the Assembly of Elders Prefect due to matters of national security, health or extended personal matters, all Assembly Members shall be required to attend the Sitting Session Days as listed in the summons.

Failure of a Assembly Member to attend six (6) or more Session Sitting Days within one Session shall be deemed a failure to discharge the duties of their office and the Assembly of Elders Prefect shall be responsible for immediately initiating an Assembly of Elders Expulsion Motion or a Director Expulsion Motion should the Assembly Member be a National Director.

Excepting a national election year, every year there shall be four sessions of fixed days corresponding to equal divisions of the year whereby members of both houses of Parliament are summonsed to attend. The commencement of Assembly of Elders sessions shall always correspond to the commencement of sessions for Congress.

Each of these sessions shall be named for the season to which they correspond, namely Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring Session. A day within a session when members of both houses of Parliament are summonsed to sit in Parliament shall be called a Sitting Session Day.

A day within a session when members of both houses of Parliament are not summonsed to sit in Parliament shall be called a Non-Sitting Session Day.

During a year in which a election is to be called, the Parliament shall not sit. Instead the last session of Parliament before it is dissolved shall be the previous year.

Parliament shall exist for a fixed period of sixty four (64) years before being dissolved ahead of Regional Elections for a new Parliament.

The Assembly shall be dissolved every sixty four (64) years following that last day of the session of the house of Parliament.

The date of an election shall always occur within the Spring months, allowing 40 days prior to the date of the election for the official campaign period.

The minimum number of members (quorum) required to be present within the chamber of a House of Parliament to permit the full exercise of its powers shall be one third the total number of members of that house.

Neither House of Parliament shall be permitted to undertake procedures that require a quorum if the total number of members in that House is not equal or greater to the quorum.

Voting in both houses of Parliament shall be by open vote expressed as either Yes or No to the proposition before the chamber.

Voting shall always require a quorum and shall follow the standard procedures listed in this Covenant.

Total votes shall be tallied as either Yes, or No to the proposition expressed by the Bill. A higher total number of Yes votes to No votes shall deem the Bill or proposition has been passed. A higher total number of No votes to Yes votes shall deem the Bill or proposition has been defeated.

The record, attendance and vote of all members of both Houses of Parliament shall be recorded on the public record.

By this Covenant, the Supreme Council are authorized to forge a formal set of protocols and standards regarding its own function which relates to the detailed definition and requirements of operational procedure and function necessitated by the institution.

These shall be known as the Protocols and Standards of an Assembly of a Belief Collective of One Heaven.

These standards themselves must embody and be consistent with the specific articles of this Covenant and in turn must be approved by a majority vote of all delegates attending a Great Conclave.

In terms of the major subject matter dealt with by the Protocols and Standards of an Assembly of a Belief Collective of One Heaven, the following areas must specifically provide detail and procedures consistent with the Covenant.