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III. Members
 
  Article 23- Membership  
23.1 Membership of Union  
  The Africans Union recognizes membership of men and women as valid natural Persons and valid Juridic Persons being aggregates of valid natural Persons in accordance with this article.
 
23.2 Natural Person Membership of Union  
  In accordance with Article 38 of Pactum De Singularis Caelum also known as the Covenant of One Heaven, all men and women as natural persons of all ages, living and deceased within the boundaries of the Africans Union are members of the Union and have fully consented to membership by their birth within these same boundaries, or choice to through permanent residency.
 
  In accordance with Canon 2604 of Canonum De Ius Positivum (Canons of Positive Law), if a man or woman denies their membership, then they automatically declare themselves as incompetent.
 
23.3 Aggregate Person Membership of Union  
  Four types of aggregate persons are recognized as having validity of membership for the Union, being:
 
  (i) Global Juridic Person; and  
  (ii) Civil Juridic Person such as University Society or Province Society; and
 
  (iii) Mercantile (Corporate) Juridic Person; and  
  (iv) Union Juridic Person  
  All prescribed Trusts lawfully formed and conveyed by this Charter and associated valid Covenants that function within the bounds of the Union are automatically Members represented by the appropriate Body Corporate and Aggregate Personality.
 
  Inferior Juridic Persons being aggregates registered by non-Ucadian societies are not recognized as having validity unless they qualify to be recognized by one of the four types of valid aggregate juridic persons listed above.
 
23.4 Membership and Registration takes precedence over any memberships to inferior societies  
  In accordance with membership of the Union being formed and derived from sacred consent to membership of One Heaven, membership and member registration takes precedence over all other memberships to inferior societies.
 
  Therefore, no other lesser society or aggregate not named by the Covenant of One Heaven may claim superior member status, superior property or rights above the Union.
 
23.5 Unique Membership Number  
  All members of the Union shall be recognized as full members of the society through a unique membership number representing the valid Trust and Membership number issued through either One Heaven or the Globe Union but with the first two letters being ‘AU’
 
  Therefore the value Unique Membership Number of a natural or aggregate person of the Union shall be in the form:
 
 
AU0000-000000-000000
 
23.6 Membership and Citizenship  
  For the purpose of consistency, membership of the Union shall be equitable as stating Citizenship of the Union, with any other definitions pertaining to Citizenship that imply a ceding of rights, or enemy of the state or some other deficiency null and void.
 
     
     
 
 

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