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{Adopted
on: 5 June 1953}
{ICL Document Status: 1992}
This Constitution applies to all parts of the
The form of government shall be that of a
constitutional monarchy. The Royal Power is inherited by men and women in
accordance with the provisions of the Succession to the Throne Act, 27th March,
1953.
The legislative power is jointly vested in the King
and the Parliament. The executive power is vested in the King. The
judicial power is vested in the courts of justice.
Section 4 [
The
Section 5 [Reigning
no Other Countries]
The King shall not reign in other countries except
with the consent of the Parliament.
Section 6 [Member of
the
The King shall be a member of the
Section 7 [Of Age
With 18 Years]
The King shall be of age when he has completed his
eighteenth year. The same provision shall apply to the Successor to the
Throne.
Section 8 [Sworn on
the Constitution]
The King, prior to his accession to the Throne, shall
make a solemn Declaration in writing before the Council of State that he will
faithfully adhere to the Constitution Act. Two identical originals of the
Declaration shall be executed, one of which shall be handed over to the
Parliament to be preserved in its archives, and the other shall be filed in the
Public Record Office. Where the Kin, owing to his absence or for other
reasons, is unable to sign the aforesaid Declaration immediately on his accession
to the Throne, the government shall, unless otherwise provided by Statute, be
conducted by the Council of State until such Declaration has been signed.
Where the King already as Successor to the Throne has signed the aforesaid
Declaration, he shall accede to the Throne immediately on its vacancy.
Section 9 [Vacancy of
the Throne]
Provisions relating to the exercising of sovereign
power in the event of the minority, illness, or absence of the King shall be
laid down by Statute. Where on the vacancy of the Throne there is no
Successor to the Throne, the Parliament shall elect a King and establish the
future order of succession to the Throne.
(1) The Civil List of the King shall be granted for
the duration of his reign by Statute. Such Statute shall also provide for
the castles, palaces, and other State property which shall be placed at the
disposal of the King for his use.
(2) The Civil List shall not be chargeable with any
debt.
Members of the Royal House may be granted annuities by
Statute. Such annuities shall not be enjoyed outside the Realm except
with the consent of the Parliament.
Section 12 [Supreme
Authority]
Subject to the limitations laid down in this
Constitution Act the King shall have the supreme authority in all the affairs
of the Realm,
and he shall exercise such supreme authority through
the Ministers.
Section 13 [Responsibility
of Ministers]
The King shall not be answerable for his actions; his
person shall be sacrosanct. The Ministers shall be responsible for the
conduct of the government; their responsibility shall be determined by Statute.
Section 14
[Appointing Ministers]
The King shall appoint and dismiss the Prime Minister
and the other Ministers. He shall decide upon the number of Ministers and
upon the distribution of the duties of government among them. The
signature of the King to resolutions relating to legislation and government
shall make such resolutions valid, provided that the signature of the King is
accompanied by the signature or signatures of one or more Ministers. A
Minister who has signed a resolution shall be responsible for the resolution.
Section 15 [Vote of
No Confidence]
(1)
A Minister shall not remain in office after the Parliament has passed a vote of
no confidence in him.
(2)
Where the Parliament passes a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister, he
shall ask for the dismissal of the Ministry unless writs are to be issued for a
general election. Where a vote of censure has been passed on a Ministry,
or it has asked for its dismissal, it shall continue in office until a new
Ministry has been appointed. Ministers who continue in office as
aforesaid shall do only what is necessary for the purpose of the uninterrupted
conduct of official business.
Ministers may be impeached by the King or the
Parliament with maladministration of office. The High Court of the Realm
shall try cases of impeachment brought against Ministers for maladministration
of office.
(1) The body of Ministers shall form the Council of
State, in which the Successor to the Throne shall have a seat when he is of
age. The Council of State shall be presided over by the King except in
the instance mentioned in Section 8, and in
the instances where the Legislature in pursuance of Section 9 may have
delegated the conduct of the government to the Council of State.
(2) All Bills and important government measures shall
be discussed in the Council of State.
Section 18 [Council
of Ministers]
If the King should be prevented from holding a Council
of State he may entrust the discussion of a matter to a Council of
Ministers. Such Council of Ministers shall consist of all the Ministers,
and it shall be presided over by the Prime Minister. The vote of each
Minister shall be entered in a minute book, and any question shall be decided
by a majority of votes. The Prime Minister shall submit the Minutes,
signed by the Ministers present, to the King, who shall decide whether he will immediately
consent to the recommendations of the Council of Ministers, or have the matter
brought before him in a Council of State.
(1) The King shall act on behalf of the Realm in
international affairs. Provided that without the consent of the
Parliament the King shall not undertake any act whereby the territory of the
Realm will be increased or decrease, nor shall he enter into any obligation
which for fulfillment requires the concurrence of the Parliament, or which
otherwise is of major importance; nor shall the King, except with the consent
of the Parliament, terminate any international treaty entered into with the
consent of the Parliament.
(2) Except for purposes of defence against an armed
attack upon the Realm or Danish forces the King shall not use military force
against any foreign state without the consent of the Parliament. Any
measure which the King may take in pursuance of this provision shall
immediately be submitted to the Parliament. If the Parliament is not in
session it shall be convoked immediately.
(3) The Parliament shall appoint from among its
Members a Foreign Affairs Committee, which the Government shall consult prior
to the making of any decision of major importance to foreign policy.
Rules applying to the Foreign Affairs Committee shall be laid down by Statute.
Section 20 [Delegation
of Powers]
(1) Powers vested in the authorities of the Realm
under this Constitution Act may, to such extent as shall be provided by
Statute, be delegated to international authorities set up by mutual agreement
with other states for the promotion of international rules of law and
co-operation.
(2) For the passing of a Bill dealing with the above a
majority of five-sixths of the Members of the Parliament shall be
required. If this majority is not obtained, whereas the majority required
for the passing of ordinary Bills is obtained, and if the Government maintains
it, the Bill shall be submitted to the Electorate for approval or rejection in
accordance with the rules for Referenda laid down in Section 42.
Section 21 [Introduction
of Bills]
The King may cause Bills and other measures to be
introduced in the Parliament.
A Bill passed by the Parliament shall become law if it
receives the Royal Assent not later than thirty days after it was finally
passed. The King shall order the promulgation of Statutes and shall see
to it that they are carried into effect.
In an emergency the King may when the Parliament
cannot assemble, issue provisional laws, provided that they shall not be at
variance with the Constitution Act, and that they shall always immediately on
the assembling of the Parliament be submitted to it for approval or rejection.
Section 24 [Prerogative
of Mercy and Amnesty]
The King shall have the prerogative of mercy and of
granting amnesty. The King may grant Ministers a pardon for sentences
passed upon them by the High Court of the Realm only with the consent of the
Parliament.
The King may either directly or through the relevant
Government authorities make such grants and grant such exemptions from the
Statutes as are either warranted under the rules existing before the 5th June,
1849, or have been warranted by a Statute passed since that date.
Section 26 [Coinage]--------------------------
The King may cause money to be coined as provided by
Statute.
Section 27
[Appointment of Civil Cervants]
(1) Rules governing the appointment of civil servants
shall be laid down by Statute. No person shall be appointed a civil
servant unless he is a Danish subject. Civil servants who are appointed
by the King shall make a solemn declaration to the effect that they will adhere
to the Constitution Act.
(2) Rules governing the dismissal, transfer, and pensioning of civil servants
shall be laid down by Statute, confer Section 64.
(3) Civil servants appointed by the King shall only be transferred without
their consent if they do not suffer any loss in the income accruing from their
posts or offices, and if they have been offered the choice of such transfer or
retirement on pension under the general rules and regulations.
The Parliament shall consist of one assembly of not
more than one hundred and seventy-nine Members, of whom two Members shall be
elected on the Faeroe Islands and two Members in
(1) Any Danish subject whose permanent residence is in
the Realm, and who has the age qualification for suffrage provided for in
Subsection (2) shall have the right to vote at Parliament elections, provided that he has not been declared incapable of conducting his own
affairs. It shall be laid down by Statute to what extent conviction and
public assistance amounting to poor relief within the meaning of the law shall
entail disfranchisement.
(2) The age qualification for suffrage shall be such as has resulted from the
Referendum held under the Act dated the 25th March, 1953. Such age
qualification for suffrage may be altered at any time by Statute. A Bill
passed by the Parliament for the purpose of such enactment shall receive the
Royal Assent only when the provision on the alteration in the age qualification
for suffrage has been put to a Referendum in accordance with Section 42 (5),
which was not resulted in the rejection of the provision.
Section 30
[Eligibility for Membership]
(1) Any person who has a right to vote at Parliament
elections shall be eligible for membership of the Parliament, unless he has
been convicted of an act which in the eyes of the public makes him unworthy of
being a Member of the Parliament.
(2) Civil servants who are elected Members of the Parliament shall not require
permission from the Government to accept their election.
(1) The Members of the Parliament shall be elected by
general and direct ballot.
(2) Rules for the exercise of the suffrage shall be laid down by the Elections
Act, which, to secure equal representation of the various opinions of the
Electorate, shall prescribe the manner of election and decide whether
proportional representation shall be adopted with or without elections in
single-member constituencies.
(3) In determining the number of seats to be allotted to each area regard shall
be paid to the number of inhabitants, the number of electors, and the density
of population.
(4) The Elections Act shall provide rules governing the election of substitutes
and their admission to the Parliament, and also rules for the procedure to be
adopted where a new election isrequired.
(5) Special rules for the representation of
(1) The members of the Parliament shall be elected for
a period of four years.(
2) The King may at any time issue writs for a new election with the effect that
the existing seats be vacated upon a new election. Provided that writs
for an election shall not be issued after the appointment of a new Ministry
until the Prime Minister has presented himself to the Parliament.
(3) The Prime Minister shall cause a general election to be held before the
expiration of the period for which the Parliament has been elected.
(4) No seats shall be vacated until a new election has been held.
(5) Special rules may be provided by Statute for the commencement and
determination of Faeroe Islands and
(6) If a Member of the Parliament becomes ineligible his seating the Parliament
shall become vacant.
(7) On approval of his election each new Member shall make a solemn declaration
that he will adhere to the Constitution Act.
Section 33 [Validity
of Election]
The Parliament itself shall determine the validity of
the election of any Member and decide whether a Member has lost his eligibility
or not.
The Parliament shall be inviolable. Any person
who attacks its security or freedom, or any person who issues or obeys any
command aiming thereat shall be deemed guilty of high treason.
Part V [Procedures
of the Parliament]
Section 35
[Constitutional Session]
(1) A newly elected Parliament shall assemble at
twelve o'clock noon on the twelfth week-day after the day of election, unless
the King has previously convoked a meeting of its Members.
(2) Immediately after the proving of the mandates the Parliament shall constitute
itself by the election of a President and Vice-Presidents.
(1) The sessional year of the Parliament shall
commence on the first Tuesday of October, and shall continue until the first
Tuesday of October of the following year.
(2) On the first day of the sessional year at twelve o'clock noon the Members
shall assemble for a new session of the Parliament.
The Parliament shall meet in the place where the
Government has its seat. Provided that in extraordinary circumstances the
Parliament may assemble elsewhere in the Realm.
Section 38 [Account
of the
(1) At the first meeting in the sessional year the
Prime Minister shall render an account of the general state of the country and
of the measures proposed by the Government.
(2) Such account shall be made the subject of a general debate.
The President of the Parliament shall convene the
meetings of the Parliament, stating the Order of the Day. The President
shall convene a meeting of the Parliament upon a requisition being made in
writing by at least two-fifths of the Members of the Parliament or the Prime
Minister, stating the Order of the Day.
Section 40
[Privileges of Ministers]
The Ministers shall ex officio be entitled to attend
the sittings of the Parliament and to address the Parliament during the debates
as often as they may desire, provided that they abide by the Rules of Procedure
of the Parliament. They shall be entitled to vote only when they are
Members of the Parliament.
(1) Any Member of the Parliament shall be entitled to
introduce Bills and other measures.
(2) No Bill shall be finally passed until it has been read three times in the
Parliament.
(3) Two-fifths of the Members of the Parliament may request of the President
that the third reading of a Bill shall not take place until twelve week-days
after its passing the second reading. The request shall be made in
writing and signed by the Members making it. Provided that there shall be
no such postponement in connection with Finance Bills, Supplementary
Appropriation Bills, Provisional Appropriation Bills, Government Loan Bills,
Naturalization Bills, Expropriation Bills, Indirect Taxation Bills, and, in
emergencies, Bills the enactment of which cannot be postponed owing to the
intent of the Act.
(4) In the case of a new election and at the end of the sessional year all
Bills and other measures which have not been finally passed, shall be dropped.
(1) Where a Bill has been passed by the Parliament,
one-third of the Members of the Parliament may within three week-days from the
final passing of the Bill request of the President that the Bill be subjected
to a Referendum. Such request shall be made in writing and signed by the
Members making the request.
(2) Except in the instance mentioned in Subsection (7), no Bill which may be
subjected to a Referendum, confer Subsection (6), shall receive the Royal
Assent before the expiration of the time limit mentioned in Subsection (1), or
before a Referendum requested as aforesaid has take place.
(3) Where a Referendum on a Bill has been requested the Parliament may within a
period of five week-days from the final passing of the Bill resolve that the
Bill shall be withdrawn.
(4) Where the Parliament has made no resolution in accordance with Subsection
(3), notice to the effect that the Bill will be put to a Referendum shall without
delay be given to the Prime Minister, who shall then cause the Bill to be
published together with a statement that a Referendum will be held. The
Referendum shall be held in accordance with the decision of the Prime Minister
not less than twelve and not more than eighteen week-days after the publication
of the Bill.
(5) At the Referendum votes shall be cast for or against the Bill. For
the Bill to be rejected a majority of the electors taking part in the voting,
however, not less than thirty per cent of all persons entitled to vote, shall
have voted against the Bill.
(6) Finance Bills, Supplementary Appropriation Bills, Provisional Appropriation
Bills, Government Loan Bills, Civil Servants (Amendment) Bills, Salaries and
Pensions Bills, Naturalization Bills, Expropriation Bills, Taxation (Direct and
Indirect) Bills, as well as Bills introduced for the purpose of discharging
existing treaty obligations shall not be subject to a decision by
Referendum. This provision shall also apply to the Bills referred to in
Sections 8, 9, 10, and 11, and to
such resolutions as are provided for in Section 19, if
existing in the form of a law, unless it has been provided by a special Act
that such resolutions shall be put to a Referendum. Amendments of the
Constitution Act shall be governed by the rules laid down in Section 88.
(7) In an emergency a Bill that may be subjected to a Referendum may receive
the Royal Assent immediately after it has been passed, provided that the Bill
contains a provision tothat effect. Where under the rules of Subsection
(1) one-third of the Members of the Parliament request a Referendum on the Bill
or on the Act to which the Royal Assent has been given, such Referendum shall
be held in accordance with the above rules. Where the act is rejected by
the Referendum, an announcement to that effect shall be made by the Prime
Minister without undue delay and not later than fourteen days after the
Referendum was held. From the date of such announcement the Act shall
become ineffective.
(8) Rules for Referenda, including the extent to which Referenda shall be held
on the Faeroe Islands and in
No taxes shall be imposed, altered, or repealed except
by Statute; nor shall any man be conscripted or any public loan be raised
except by Statute.
(1) No alien shall be naturalized except by Statute.
(2) The extent of the right of aliens to become owners of real property shall
be laid down by Statute.
(1) A Finance Bill for the next financial year shall be laid before the Parliament not later
than four months before the beginning of such financial year.
(2) Where it is expected that the reading of the Finance Bill for the next
financial year will not be completed before the commencement of that financial
year, a Provisional Appropriation Bill shall be laid before the Parliament.
(1) Taxes shall not be levied before the Finance Act
or a Provisional Appropriation Act has been passed by the Parliament.
(2) no expenditure shall be defrayed unless provided for by the Finance act
passed by the Parliament, or by a Supplementary Appropriation Act, or by a
Provisional Appropriation Act passed by the Parliament.
Section 47 [Auditing
of Public Accounts]
(1) The Public Accounts shall be submitted to the
Parliament not later than six months after the expiration of the financial
year.
(2) The Parliament shall elect a number of Auditors. Such Auditors shall
examine the annual Public Accounts and see that all the revenues of the State
have been duly entered therein, and that no expenditure has been defrayed
unless provided for by the Finance Act or some other Appropriation Act.
The Auditors shall be entitled to demand all necessary information, and shall
have a right of access to all necessary documents. Rules providing for
the number of Auditors and their duties shall be laid down by Statute.
(3) The Public Accounts together with the Auditors' Report shall be submitted
to the Parliament for its decision.
Section 48 [Rules of
Procedure]
The Parliament shall lay down its own Rules of
Procedure, including rules governing its conduct of business and the
maintenance of order.
The sittings of the Parliament shall be public.
Provided that the President, or such number of Members as may be provided for
by the Rules of Procedure, or a Minister shall be entitled to demand the
removal of all unauthorized persons, whereupon it shall be decided without a
debate whether the matter shall be debated at a public or a secret sitting.
In order to make a decision more than one-half of the
Members of the Parliament shall be present and take part in the voting.
The Parliament may appoint committees from among its
Members to investigate matters of general importance. Such committees
shall be entitled to demand written or oral information both from private
citizens and from public authorities.
Section 52
[Proportional Representation in Committees]
The election by the Parliament of Members to sit on
committees and of Members to perform special duties shall be according to
proportional representation.
With the consent of the Parliament any Member thereof
may submit for discussion any matter of public interest and request a statement
thereon from the Ministers.
Petitions may be submitted tot he Parliament only
through one of its Members.
Section 55 [Control
of Civil and Military Administration]
By Statute shall be provided for the appointment by
the Parliament of one or two persons, who shall not be Members of the
Parliament, to control the civil and military administration of the State.
Section 56 [Freedom
of Members]
The Members of the Parliament shall be bound solely by
their own conscience and not by any directions given by their electors.
Section 57 [Immunity
of Members]
No Member of the Parliament shall be prosecuted or
imprisoned in any manner whatsoever without the consent of the Parliament,
unless he is caught in flagrante delicto. Outside the Parliament no
Member shall be held liable for his utterance in the Parliament save by the
consent of the Parliament.
The Members of the Parliament shall be paid such
remuneration as may be Provided for in the Elections Act.
(1) The High Court of the Realm shall consist of up to
fifteen of the eldest -- according to seniority of office -- ordinary members
of the highest court of justice of the Realm, and an equal number of members
elected for six years by the Parliament according to proportional
representation. one or more substitutes shall be elected for each elected
member. No Member of the Parliament shall be elected a member of the High
Court of the Realm, nor shall a Member of the Parliament act as a member of the
High Court of the Realm. Where in a particular instance some of the
members of the highest court of justice of the Realm are prevented from taking
part in the trial of a case, an equal number of the members of the High Court
of the Realm last elected by the Parliament shall retire from their seats.
(2) The High Court of the Realm shall elect a president from among its members.
(3) Where a case has been brought before the High Court of the Realm, the
members elected by the Parliament shall retain their seats in the High Court of
the Realm for the duration of such case, even if the period for which they were
elected hasexpired.
(4) Rules for the High court of the Realm shall be provided by Statute.
(1) The High Court of the Realm shall try such actions
as may be brought by the King or the Parliament against Ministers.
(2) With the consent of the Parliament the King may cause to be tried before
the High Court of the Realm also other persons for crimes which he may deem to
be particularly dangerous to the State.
Section 61 [Exercise
of Judiciary Power]
The exercise of the judiciary power shall be governed
only by Statute. Extraordinary courts of justice with judicial power
shall not be established.
Section 62
[Separation of Powers]
The administration of justice shall always remain
independent of the executive power. Rules to this effect shall be laid
down by Statute.
Section 63 [Control
of Executive Power]
(1) The courts of justice shall be entitled to decide
any question bearing upon the scope of the authority of the executive
power. However, a person who wants to query such authority shall not, by
bringing the case before the courts of justice, avoid temporary compliance with
orders given by the executive power.
(2) Questions bearing upon the scope of the authority of the executive power
may be referred by Statute for decision to one or more administrative
courts. Provided that an appeal from the decision of the administrative
courts shall lie to the highest court of the Realm. Rules governing this
procedure shall be laid down by Statute.
Section 64 [
In the performance of their duties the judges shall be
directed solely by the law. Judges shall not be dismissed except by judgment, nor shall they
be transferred against their will, except in the instances where a
rearrangement of the courts of justice is made. However, a judge who has
completed his sixty-fifth year may be retired, but without loss of income up to
the time when he is due for retirement on account of age.
(1) In the administration of justice all proceedings
shall be public and oral to the widest possible extent.
(2) Laymen shall take part in criminal procedure. The cases and the form
in which such participation shall take place, including what cases are to be
tried by jury, shall be provided for by Statute.
Part VII [
Section 66 [Church
Constitution]
The constitution of the Established Church shall be
laid down by Statute.
The citizens shall be entitled to form congregations
for the worship of God in a manner consistent with their convictions, provided that nothing at variance with good morals or public order
shall be taught or done.
Section 68 [Church
Contributions]
No one shall be liable to make personal contributions
to any denomination other than the one to which he adheres.
Section 69
[Regulation of Other Religious Bodies]
Rules for religious bodies dissenting from the
Established Church shall be laid down by Statute.
Section 70 [Freedom
of Religion]
No person shall for reasons of his creed or descent be
deprived of access to complete enjoyment of his civic and political rights, nor
shall he for such reasons evade compliance with any common civic duty.
Section 71 [Personal
(1) Personal liberty shall be inviolable. No
Danish subject shall in any manner whatever be deprived of his liberty because
of his political or religious convictions or because of his descent.
(2) A person shall be deprived of his liberty only where this is warranted by
law.
(3) Any person who is taken into custody shall be brought before a judge within
twenty-four hours. Where the person taken into custody cannot be releasee
immediately, the judge shall decide, stating the grounds in an order to be
given as soon as possible and at the latest within three days, whether the
person taken into custody shall be committed to prison, and in cases where he
can be released on bail, the judge shall determine the nature and amount of
such bail. This provision may be departed from by Statute as far as
(4) The finding given by the judge may at once be separately appealed against
by the person concerned to a higher court of justice.
(5) No person shall be remanded for an offence that can involve only punishment
consisting of a fine or mitigated imprisonment.
(6) outside criminal procedure the legality of deprivation of liberty which is
not by order of a judicial authority, and which is not warranted by the
legislation dealing with aliens, shall at the request of the person who has
been deprived of his liberty, or at the request of any person acting on his
behalf, be brought before the ordinary courts of justice or other judicial
authority for decision. Rules governing this procedure shall be provided
by Statute.
(7) The persons mentioned in Subsection (6) shall be under supervision by a
board set up by the Parliament, to which board the persons concerned shall be
permitted to apply.
Section 72
[Inviolability of the House]
The dwelling shall be inviolable. House
searching, seizure, and examination of letters and other papers as well as any
breach of the secrecy to be observed in postal, telegraph, and telephone
matters shall take place only under a judicial order unless particular
exception is warranted by Statute.
Section 73 [Right to
Property, Expropriation]
(1) The right of property shall be inviolable. No person shall be ordered to cede his property except where
required by the public weal. It can be done only as provided by Statute
and against full compensation.
(2) Where a Bill relating to the expropriation of property has been passed,
one-third of the Members of the Parliament may within three week-days from the
final passing of such Bill demand that it shall not be presented for the Royal
Assent until new elections to the Parliament have been held and the Bill has
again been passed by the Parliament assembling thereupon.
(3) Any question of the legality of an act of expropriation and the amount of
compensation may be brought before the courts of justice. The hearing of
issues relating to the amount of the compensation may by Statute be referred to
courts of justice established for such purpose.
Section 74 [Free and
Equal Access to Trade]
Any restraint of the free and equal access to trade
which is not based on the public weal, shall be abolished by Statute.
(1) In order to advance the public weal efforts should
be made to afford work to every able-bodied citizen on terms that will secure
his existence.
(2) Any person unable to support himself or his dependants shall, where no
other person is responsible for his or their maintenance, be entitled to
receive public assistance, provided that he shall comply with the obligations
imposed by Statute in such respect.
Section 76
[Compulsory Schooling]
All children of school age shall be entitled to free
instruction in the elementary schools. Parents or guardians who
themselves arrange for their children or wards receiving instruction equal to
the general elementary school standard, shall not be obliged to have their
children or wards taught in elementary school.
Section 77 [Freedom
of Speech]
Any person shall be entitled to publish his thoughts
in printing, in writing, and in speech, provided that he may be held answerable
in a court of justice. Censorship and other preventive measures shall never
again be introduced.
Section 78 [Freedom
of Association]
(1) The citizens shall be entitled without previous
permission to form associations for any lawful purpose.
(2) Associations employing violence, or aiming at attaining their object by
violence, by instigation to violence, or by similar punishable influence on
people of other views, shall be dissolved by judgment.
(3) No association shall be dissolved by any government measure. However,
an association may be temporarily prohibited, provided that proceedings be
immediately taken against it for its dissolution.
(4) Cases relating to the dissolution of political associations may without
special permission be brought before the highest court of justice of the Realm.
(5) The legal effects of the dissolution shall be determined by Statute.
Section 79 [Freedom
of Assembly]
The citizens shall without previous permission be
entitled to assemble unarmed. The police shall be entitled to be present
at public meetings. Open-air meetings may be prohibited when it is feared
that they may constitute a danger to the public peace.
Section 80
[Dissolution of Assemblies]
In case of riots the armed forces, unless attacked,
may take action only after the crowd in the name of the King and the Law has
three times been called upon to disperse, an such warning has been unheeded.
Every male person able to carry arms shall be liable
with his person to contribute to the defence of his country under such rules as
are laid down by Statute.
The right of the municipalities to manage their own
affairs independently under the supervision of the State shall be laid down by
Statute.
Section 83
[Abolishing of Privileges]
All privileges by legislation attached to nobility,
title, and rank shall be abolished.
Section 84
[Abolishing of Estate Tails]
In future no fiefs, estates tail inland or estates
tail in personal property shall be created.
Section 85
[Exemptions for Military Forces]
The provisions of Sections 71, 78, and 79 shall
only be applicable to the defence forces subject to such limitations as are
consequential to the provisions of military laws.
Part IX [Local
Governments,
Section 86 [Local
Governments]
The age qualification for local government electors and congregational council electors shall be that applying at any time
to Parliament electors. With reference to the Faeroe Islands and
Section 87 [
Citizens of
Part X
[Constitutional Amendments]
Section 88
[Constitutional Amendments, Electors' Vote]
When the Parliament passes a Bill for the purposes of
a new constitutional provision, and the Government wishes to proceed with the
matter, writs shall be issued for the election of Members of a new
Parliament. If the Bill is passed unamended by the Parliament assembling
after the election, the Bill shall within six months after its final passing be
submitted to the Electors for approval or rejection by direct voting.
Rules for this voting shall be laid down by Statute. If a majority of the
persons taking part in the voting, and at least 40 per cent of the Electorate
has voted in favor of the Bill as passed by the Parliament, and if the Bill
receives the Royal Assent it shall form an integral part of the Constitution
Act.
Part XI [Enacting
the Constitution]
Section 89
[Abolishment of the Rigsdag]
This Constitution Act shall come into operation at
once. Provided that the Rigsdag last elected under the Constitution of
the Kingdom of Denmark Act, 5th June, 1915, as amended on the 10th September,
1920, shall continue to exist until a general election has been held in
accordance with the rules laid down in Part IV. Until a general election
has been held the provisions laid down for the Rigsdag in the Constitution of
the
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