Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Serbian government overturns 1947 law that took away royal citzenship and property

Belgrade, 8 July 2015 – The Presidency  of the Presidium of the National Assembly of the People’s Federal Republic of Yugoslavia decreed 8 March the following signed by Dr Ivan Ribar:

See copy of original document http://goo.gl/v5Echq

 
This is wonderful news


DECREE (Translation) 

On the basis of Article 16 Paragraph 3, Article 17 Paragraph 2 of the Law on Citizenship of the People’s Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FNRJ) from 1 July 1946, and on the basis of Article 14 Paragraph 3 of the Law on the Types of Punishments from 14 August 1946, concerning Article 4 Paragraph 23 of the Law of the Presidium of the National Assembly of the FNRJ, the Presidency of the Presidium of the National Assembly of the People’s Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has reached the following

D E C I S I O N:

The citizenship of the People’s Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is taken away, and the entire property is confiscated from:

Peter of Alexander Karageorgevich

Alexander of Peter Karageorgevich

Tomislav of Alexander Karageorgevich 

Andrej of Alexander Karageorgevich 

Maria of Alexander Karageorgevich 

Paul of Arsen Karageorgevich

Olga of Paul Karageorgevich 

Alexander of Paul Karageorgevich 

Nicola of Paul Karageorgevich

Elizabeth of Paul Karageorgevich now all abroad.

 

Conducting of this verdict is entrusted to the Government of the People’s Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Administrative Number 392
8 March 1947In Belgrade

THE PRESIDENCY OF THE PRESIDIUM OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PEOPLE’S FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA SECRETARY PRESIDENT
(Signed) Secretary M. Perunicic President Dr Ivan Ribar 

Today the above decree was declared null and void. 


Further "After address of HRH Crown Prince Alexander and Prof. Oliver Antic to the High Court in Belgrade, the court brought the following decision in the case REH 17/15, at 12:13 sharply:“The request for rehabilitation of HRH Crown Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic, the son of Peter Karadjordjevic, born on July 17,1945 in London, UK, on the territory declared the territory of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is being approved and it is being established that the Decree 392 by the Presidency of the Presidium of the National Assembly of the FPRY of August 03, 1947, is null and void from the moment of its adoption, in the part related to HRH Crown Prince Alexander, as well as that all its legal consequences are null and void. The rehabilitated person, HRH Crown Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic, is considered to be not convicted."

2 comments:

fireweaver said...

Why is the decree null for just him and not his extended family?

Marlene Eilers Koenig said...

The law affected only those who were alive in 1947. The only 2 people still alive on that list is Alexander and Elizabeth. She received property back this year.