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    The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
    The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
    The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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    The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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    The 1931 Yugoslav Constitution, also known as the September Constitution or Octroic constitution, was the second and final Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was issued by decree on September 3 and outlines the fundamental laws of Yugoslavia. Excerpt: "Article 1 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia shall be a sovereign federal state, founded on the equality of citizens and the equality of its member republics."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateApr 11, 2021
    ISBN4064066444471
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      The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Government of Yugoslavia

      Government of Yugoslavia

      The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

      Published by Good Press, 2022

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066444471

      Table of Contents

      Chapter I. General Provisions

      Chapter II. Elementary Rights and Duties of Citizens

      Chapter III. Social and Economic Provisions

      Chapter IV. The Powers of the State

      Chapter V. The King

      Chapter VI. Regency

      Chapter VII. Parliament

      The Senate

      The Chamber of Deputies

      Chapter VIII. The Executive Power

      Chapter IX. The Judicial Powers

      Chapter X. Finances and Domain of the State

      Chapter XI. The Army

      Chapter XII. Modifications of the Constitution

      Chapter I. General Provisions

      Table of Contents

      Art. 1. The kingdom of Yugoslavia is a hereditary and constitutional monarchy.

      Art. 2. The arms of the Kingdom are a two-headed white eagle with outspread wings on a red shield. On the two heads of the double-headed eagle is the Crown of the Kingdom. On the breast of the eagle is a shield bearing: a white cross on a red shield with a flint and steel in each corner, a shield divided into 25 fields, alternately silver and red, and below it a blue shield with 3 gold six-pointed stars and a white crescent. The national standard is blue-white-red in the horizontal sense against a vertical staff.

      Art. 3. The official language of the Kingdom is Serb-Croat-Slovene.

      Chapter II. Elementary Rights and Duties of Citizens

      Table of Contents

      Art. 4. There is but one single nationality in the whole Kingdom. All citizens are equal before the law. All enjoy equal protection from the authorities. Nobility, titles or other hereditary privileges are not recognized.

      Art. 5. Personal liberty is guaranteed. Nobody may be subject to interrogation, placed under arrest or deprived of liberty by anyone, except in cases prescribed by law. Illegal deprivation of liberty is punishable.

      Art. 6. No one may be tried by a court which is not competent.

      Art. 7. No one may be sentenced without having been previously interrogated by the competent authority or without being legally invited to defend himself.

      Art. 8. No punishment may be laid down except by law; it may be applied solely to acts previously deemed by law to be so punishable.

      Art. 9. No citizen may be banished from the State. He may not be deported from one place in the country to another, nor may lie be obliged to remain at a certain place except in the cases expressly contemplated by law. No one may be expelled from his place of origin without a judicial decision.

      Art. 10.

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