Iceland 1930

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Identifikator:: 1830571079

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-221162

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Iceland 1930

Edition:: 2. ed.

Place of publication:: Reykjavík

Publisher:: Ríkisprentsmiđjan Gutenberg

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: 193 S.; Tab., Kt., Taf.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Foreigners in Iceland

Collection:: Economics Books

162 A foreigner who has settled in Iceland shall be expelled: : If he is in need of poor relief while in Iceland; if, before having resided in the country for five consecutive years, he is proved guilty of an offence which is considered dishonour- able by the general public and for which he has been sentenced, at least, to imprisonment on bread and water. Under special cir- cumstances the Minister of Justice may, however, make an excep- tion from this rule and permit the person in question to remain in the country. A foreigner who has settled in Iceland, can be expelled by the Minister of Justice, if he has intentionally returned incorrect answers to the questions implied in 1 to 6, or if he proves or can be proved to come under 2 and 4 to 6. FOREIGNERS’ TRADING RIGHTS Icelandic Law distinguishes between foreigners who gain their ‘ivelihood in Iceland as wage-earners in other people’s service, and hose who follow a trade or other pursuit in Iceland on their own account. — Similarly, the rules now in force respecting the right of a foreign company to engage in business or activities of any kind, are somewhat different from those obtaining in the case of a foreign individual. 1. Foreigners in the service of others. As a general rule employ- ers in Iceland may not take foreigners into their service for any other remuneration than food and lodging. — And in this sense any person domiciled abroad is deemed a foreigner, unless he (or she) has the right to reside in Iceland according to the law of the land or the law of nations. This rule does not, however, apply to: a) foreign specialists employed in any kind of industry; b) other foreign experts, in so far as qualified native Icelanders are not available; employer’s descendants in direct male line; his adoptive and foster children; his brothers and sisters; foreign workers engaged as farmhands for a period of two months or more; foreign seamen on board Icelandic ships, except fishing vessels where at least one-half of the crew must be Icelandic subjects. Before, however, a foreigner can be employed on board an Ice- landic fishing vessel, it is necessary to obtain permission from the Minister of Industrial Affairs. This rule does not apply fo 1]

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