MR Code I

Article 29 [Right to Associations]

• §1 The right to form and maintain managerial, professional and trade-union associations shall be recognised. Without prejudice to their links with international institutions, these organizations shall operate within the limits of the Lowland and the Isles, shall have their own autonomy without any organic dependence on foreign bodies, and shall function democratically. A law shall establish a Registry of the associations which may be constituted.
• Public Law No. 1 (2/16/2009)
  • §1 The townships of the Lowland and the Isles shall establish a common Registry of the associations permitted to assemble in the townships.
  • §2 The Registry entry shall include the name of the association, its address, the name of the person in charge, its purpose, its connection to any non-Athonite association, and the date of approval.
  • §3 A copy of the association's constitution or bylaws must be submitted with the application to assemble.
  • §4 It shall be the responsibility of the association to notify the townships of any changes in the data required by §2.
  • §5 A delay of longer than ten working days in notifying the townships of any changes shall void the approval of the association.
  • §6 The definition of 'association' shall not include those churches permitted by the Holy Synod.

• §6 The workday of Citizen employees shall be eight hours, not to include break time.
• §7 Children before the completion of their eighteenth birthday may not be employed.
• §8 The following are the public days of rest:
  • January 6 (January 7 if January 6 falls on a Sunday), the Epiphany;
  • February 2 (February 3 if February 2 falls on a Sunday), the Presentation of Christ;
  • Good Friday;
  • Easter Monday;
  • Ascension Thursday;
  • Pentecost Monday;
  • June 29 (June 30 if June 29 falls on a Sunday), Sts. Peter and Paul;
  • August 15 (August 16 if August 15 falls on a Sunday), the Dormition;
  • the first Monday of September in election years;
  • September 8 (September 9 if September 8 falls on a Sunday), the Birth of the Virgin.
  • November 1 (November 2 if November 1 falls on a Sunday), All Saints Day;
  • December 8 (December 9 if December 8 falls on a Sunday), the Immaculate Conception;
  • December 24, Christmas Eve;
  • December 25, Christmas Day (December 26 if December 25 falls on a Sunday).
• §9 The Holy Synod building shall include a large room equiped with a large round table and twenty chairs. It shall also have overnight accomodations for the 20 Members and their assistants.