Administratio Cyrodiilic, Article IVCodex Officiorum Provinciae
Sets out what a Minister of the province may do. A Minister orders their own office, appoints subordinates within the portfolio and its budget, issues standing orders and directives that bind those subordinates, and may demand records, accounts and cooperation from other offices when the Ministry’s work truly requires it.
Its limits. A Minister cannot create a new Ministry, change another body’s jurisdiction, or make provincial law by directive.
Codex Officiorum ProvinciaePortfolio of Civil and Administrative Affairs
Names this Ministry the authoritative source of Imperial information in Skyrim. It releases public declarations, keeps the Imperial image, and reviews publications that may be false, seditious or unlawful under Imperial law.
Its limits. Nothing may be suppressed merely because it is critical, inconvenient or embarrassing. Action must rest on Imperial law.
Duty of AudienceLex Ordo Debitus
Every subject of the Empire may bring a lawful grievance before the Ministry and be heard. Petitions within the portfolio are received and answered in good order.
Its limits. Hearing a petition does not take jurisdiction away from a Jarl, a court, another Ministry or the Governor’s Office.
Duty of ReferralLex Ordo Debitus
A matter that belongs to another authority must be sent to that authority with the records it needs. Crimes go to the Hold, the Legion or the courts.
Its limits. Referral preserves jurisdiction. It never transfers a crime or a reserved matter to this Ministry.
Sections I–IILex de Tabulis Nobilitatis Imperii
Noble titles, knightly station and arms are recognized through the Office of the Governor or Consul and entered in the Imperial Ledger of Heraldry.
Its limits. The Ministry may receive and prepare heraldic declarations only under written delegation from the Governor. It grants no title of its own.
As bound by the Codex Officiorum ProvinciaeEnactment of Provincial Law
A provincial law exists only when enacted by the Cabinet, signed as required, promulgated by the Governor and published in the Gazette.
Its limits. Ministry directives, memoranda and notices are never provincial law, and no unsigned proposal may be presented as law.