I. Orders and titles of the State

§1 Admittance

The Prince has the exclusive right to grant titles to any person he might find worthy for admittance to the nobility of the Realm or to the orders listed in §5. §2 Discretion of the Prince

The Prince shall not be required to assign any reason for the grant or refusal of any admittance in the nobility of the Realm or to the orders of the Hutt River Province Principality as listed in §5, the decision on which is at his discretion.
The decision of the Prince shall not be subject to appeal to or review in any court.
The Sovereign Prince appoints a Earl Marshal who will enjoy precedence over all Nobles of the state, with the exception of the Sovereign Prince, the Grand Prior of the Royal Order, the Grand Master of the Serene Order of Leonard, the Grand Master of the Illustrious Order of Merit and the Chancellor of the Royal Companion of Honour. The Sovereign Prince will maintain precedence over him and the Royal Family.

§3 The Earl Marshal

The duty of the Earl Marshal will be to attend to all matters of protocol and on the advice of the Sovereign Prince or the Heritage Committee, to approve standards, banners, crests, badges, decorations and Charters of Arms.

§4 Nobilities

The following titles, either hereditary or not may be granted upon a worthy person by the Sovereign Prince:
(1) Duke
(2) Marquess
(3) Earl
(4) Viscount
(5) Baron
(6) Baronet
(7) Knight Banneret

§5 State Orders

Orders other than the following are not legally an order of the Hutt River Province Principality;-
(1) The Royal Order, with short term; K.R.O.
(2) The Serene Order of Leonard, with short term; S.O.L.
(3) The Illustrious Order of Merit, with short term; I.O.M.

§6 Deprivation of title

A title may be withdrawn from a person, if the title was acquired by the violation of legal rules or has done any voluntary act which isincompatible with the loyalty to;
(1) the Principality;
(2) the Sovereign Prince
(3) the principles of the Principality.
Children under 18 years will loose their title heir status simultaneously with the deprivation of their parents hereditary titles but may keep it in force of the Sovereign Prince’s decision.

II Recognition of foreign Orders

§7 Legal Orders

All Orders which are legally constituted within the framework of national governments of foreign sovereign countries or which are officially recognised by foreign sovereign countries are recognised by the Hutt River Province Principality.

§8 Illegal Orders

All Orders which have not been awarded by the Hutt River Province Principality or by foreign sovereign countries or which are not officially recognised by national governments of foreign sovereign countries are reputed illegally or abusively obtained, and those who wear them at official functions are invited to relinquish them immediately.

§9 Recognition of private Orders

By exception to §8 the Sovereign of the Hutt River Province Principality retains the right to recognise private Orders legally constituted within the framework of foreign sovereign countries legislation’s provided that such private Orders show evidence of not being an imitation or a revival of an existing or extinguished Order officially recognised by foreign sovereign countries.

§10 Publication

A list of such private Orders exceptionally recognised by the Sovereign of the Hutt River Province Principality shall be updated and published yearly by the Earl Marshal of the Hutt River Province Principality.