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:: Constitution and law

Collection:: Economics Books

23 the representatives of both countries agreeing to a draft of a Danish- Icelandic Act of Union, which, having been passed by the Parliaments of both countries, received the royal assent on Nov. 30th 1918. This act is the basis of the union between Denmark and Iceland. After the act of union had been approved, the necessary changes were made in the constitution of Iceland. The new constitution was signed by the king on May 18th 1920 as the constitutional law of the Kingdom of Iceland. II. INTERNATIONAL STATUS Even though the act of union is called a law and passed by the legislatures of both countries, it is in reality an interstate treaty be- tween Iceland and Denmark. The first clause declares that Denmark and Iceland are free and sovereign States united by a common king and by the agreement embodied in this act. The union is therefore of two kinds: a personal union, which is not based on, but is the basis of, the act of union, and the union based on the agreement contained in this act. Though the personal union is thus seen not to rest on the act, the act contains several provisions which are intended to safe- guard this union. Thus it lays down that the order of succession to the throne shall be arranged according to the provisions contained in §§ 1 and 2 of the (Danish) Act of Settlement of July 31st 1853, and that this cannot be altered without the express consent of both States. The statutory provisions that were in force in Denmark on the 30th of Nov. 1918 regarding the king's religion, his majority, as well as those concerning the exercise of the royal power during the king's illness, his minority, or his sojourn abroad, shall also be valid for Iceland. The king cannot become the sovereign of another State without the consent of the Danish Rigsdag and the Icelandic Althingi. Each State frames for itself the rules according to which payments are to be made from their respective treasuries to the Civil List. The names of both States shall appear in the king's title. Further there are provisions in the act referring to the rights of the subjects of one state in the other, and clauses enumerating such Icelandic affairs as Denmark is to deal with on Iceland’s behalf. There are provisions intended to safeguard the union, and, finally, there are rules according to which the act may be abrogated. As to the first of these points, the act of union lays down that Danish subjects in Iceland shall enjoy in every respect equal rights

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