Denmark - Constitution{ Adopted on: 5 June 1953 }{ ICL Document Status: 1992 }Part I [General Provisions]
Section 1 [Scope]This Constitution applies to all parts of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Section 2 [State Form]
The form of government shall be that of a constitutional monarchy. The Royal Power isinherited by men and women in accordance with the provisions of the Succession to theThrone Act, 27th March, 1953.
Section 3 [State Powers]
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 [State Church]
The Evangelical Lutheran Church shall be the Established Church of Denmark, and, assuch, it shall be supported by the State.

Part II [The King]
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 State Church]
The King shall be a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Section 7 [Of Age With 18 Years]
The King shall be of age when he has completed his eighteenth year. The sameprovision 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 inwriting 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 behanded 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 otherreasons, is unable to sign the aforesaid Declaration immediately on his accession to theThrone, 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 theThrone 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 andestablish the future order of succession to the Throne.
Section 10 [Civil List](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 whichshall be placed at the disposal of the King for his use.
(2) The Civil List shall not be chargeable with any debt.
Section 11 [Annuities]
Members of the Royal House may be granted annuities by Statute. Such annuities shallnot be enjoyed outside the Realm except with the consent of the Parliament.

Part III [Powers of the King]
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 shalldecide upon the number of Ministers and upon the distribution of the duties ofgovernment among them. The signature of the King to resolutions relating to legislationand government shall make such resolutions valid, provided that the signature of theKing 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 shallask 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 theuninterrupted conduct of official business.
Section 16 [Impeachment]
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.

Section 17 [Council of State](1) The body of Ministers shall form the Council of State, in which the Successor to theThrone shall have a seat when he is of age. The Council of State shall be presided overby 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 thegovernment to the Council of State.
(2) All Bills and important government measures shall be discussed in the Council ofState.
Section 18 [Council of Ministers]
If the King should be prevented from holding a Council of State he may entrust thediscussion of a matter to a Council of Ministers. Such Council of Ministers shall consistof 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 amajority 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 therecommendations of the Council of Ministers, or have the matter brought before him in a
Council of State.
Section 19 [Foreign Affairs](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 territoryof 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 Danishforces 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 belaid down by Statute.
Section 20 [Delegation of Powers](1) Powers vested in the authorities of the Realm under this Constitution Act may, tosuch 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 theMembers 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 inaccordance 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.
Section 22 [Royal Assent]
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.
Section 23 [Provisional Laws]
In an emergency the King may when the Parliament cannot assemble, issue provisionallaws, provided that they shall not be at variance with the Constitution Act, and that theyshall 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 theRealm only with the consent of the Parliament.
Section 25 [Grants]
The King may either directly or through the relevant Government authorities make suchgrants and grant such exemptions from the Statutes as are either warranted under therules 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 thegeneral rules and regulations.

Part IV [The Parliament]
Section 28 [Membership]
The Parliament shall consist of one assembly of not more than one hundred andseventy-nine Members, of whom two Members shall be elected on the Faeroe Islands
and two Members in Greenland.

Section 29 [Right to Vote](1) Any Danish subject whose permanent residence is in the Realm, and who has theage 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 ofsuch enactment shall receive the Royal Assent only when the provision on the alterationin 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 formembership of the Parliament, unless he has been convicted of an act which in the eyesof 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.
Section 31 [Elections](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 theiradmission to the Parliament, and also rules for the procedure to be adopted where a
new election is required.
(5) Special rules for the representation of Greenland in the Parliament may be laid downby Statute.
Section 32 [Period](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 theexisting seats be vacated upon a new election. Provided that writs for an election shallnot be issued after the appointment of a new Ministry until the Prime Minister haspresented 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 determinationof Faeroe Islands and Greenland representation in the Parliament.
(6) If a Member of the Parliament becomes ineligible his seating the Parliament shallbecome 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 anddecide whether a Member has lost his eligibility or not.
Section 34 [Inciolability]
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 ofhigh 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 meetingof its Members.
(2) Immediately after the proving of the mandates the Parliament shall constitute itself by
the election of a President and Vice-Presidents.
Section 36 [Sessional Year](1) The sessional year of the Parliament shall commence on the first Tuesday ofOctober, 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 shallassemble for a new session of the Parliament.
Section 37 [Location]
The Parliament shall meet in the place where the Government has its seat. Provided thatin extraordinary circumstances the Parliament may assemble elsewhere in the Realm.
Section 38 [Account of the General State of the Country](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.
Section 39 [Meetings]
The President of the Parliament shall convene the meetings of the Parliament, stating theOrder of the Day. The President shall convene a meeting of the Parliament upon arequisition being made in writing by at least two-fifths of the Members of the Parliamentor 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 toaddress the Parliament during the debates as often as they may desire, provided thatthey abide by the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament. They shall be entitled to voteonly when they are Members of the Parliament.
Section 41 [Bills](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 thethird reading of a Bill shall not take place until twelve week-days after its passing thesecond 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 withFinance 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 theintent of the Act.
(4) In the case of a new election and at the end of the sessional year all Bills and othermeasures which have not been finally passed, shall be dropped.
Section 42 [Referendum](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 inwriting 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 theexpiration 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 bewithdrawn.
(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 astatement that a Referendum will be held. The Referendum shall be held in accordancewith 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 begoverned by the rules laid down in Section 88.
(7) In an emergency a Bill that may be subjected to a Referendum may receive theRoyal Assent immediately after it has been passed, provided that the Bill contains aprovision to that effect. Where under the rules of Subsection (1) one-third of theMembers of the Parliament request a Referendum on the Bill or on the Act to which theRoyal Assent has been given, such Referendum shall be held in accordance with theabove 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 thanfourteen 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 Greenland, shall be laid down by Statute.

Section 43 [Taxes]
No taxes shall be imposed, altered, or repealed except by Statute; nor shall any man beconscripted or any public loan be raised except by Statute.
Section 44 [Naturalization](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 downby Statute.
Section 45 [Finance Bill](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.
Section 46 [Finance Act]
(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 theannual 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 theParliament 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.
Section 49 [Publicity]
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 Ministershall be entitled to demand the removal of all unauthorized persons, whereupon it shallbe decided without a debate whether the matter shall be debated at a public or a secretsitting.
Section 50 [Participation]
In order to make a decision more than one-half of the Members of the Parliament shallbe present and take part in the voting.
Section 51 [Committees]
The Parliament may appoint committees from among its Members to investigate mattersof 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.
Section 53 [Discussion]
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.

Section 54 [Petitions]
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 militaryadministration of the State.
Section 56 [Freedom of Members]
The Members of the Parliament shall be bound solely by their own conscience and notby any directions given by their electors.
Section 57 [Immunity of Members]
No Member of the Parliament shall be prosecuted or imprisoned in any mannerwhatsoever without the consent of the Parliament, unless he is caught in flagrantedelicto. Outside the Parliament no Member shall be held liable for his utterance in the
Parliament save by the consent of the Parliament.
Section 58 [Remuneration]
The Members of the Parliament shall be paid such remuneration as may be Provided forin the Elections Act.

Part VI [The High Court]
Section 59 [Membership](1) The High Court of the Realm shall consist of up to fifteen of the eldest -- according toseniority of office -- ordinary members of the highest court of justice of the Realm, andan equal number of members elected for six years by the Parliament according toproportional 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 ofjustice 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 Parliamentshall 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 theduration of such case, even if the period for which they were elected has expired.
(4) Rules for the High court of the Realm shall be provided by Statute.
Section 60 [Actions](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 scopeof 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 bereferred 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 theRealm. Rules governing this procedure shall be laid down by Statute.
Section 64 [Independence of Judges]
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 theirwill, 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 lossof income up to the time when he is due for retirement on account of age.
Section 65 [Publicity](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 theform in which such participation shall take place, including what cases are to be tried byjury, shall be provided for by Statute.

Part VII [State Church]
Section 66 [Church Constitution]
The constitution of the Established Church shall be laid down by Statute.
Section 67 [Right to Worship]
The citizens shall be entitled to form congregations for the worship of God in a mannerconsistent 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 evadecompliance with any common civic duty.

Part VIII [Individual Rights]
Section 71 [Personal Liberty](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 twentyfour hours. Where the person taken into custody cannot be releasee immediately, thejudge shall decide, stating the grounds in an order to be given as soon as possible andat 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 thenature and amount of such bail. This provision may be departed from by Statute as far
as Greenland is concerned, if for local considerations such departure may be deemednecessary.
(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 orderof 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 requestof any person acting on his behalf, be brought before the ordinary courts of justice orother 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 toapply.
Section 72 [Inviolability of the House]
The dwelling shall be inviolable. House searching, seizure, and examination of lettersand 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 unlessparticular 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 ofsuch 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 ofcompensation 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 ofjustice 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 publicweal, shall be abolished by Statute.
Section 75 [Right to Work](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 havetheir 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 otherpreventive 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, byinstigation to violence, or by similar punishable influence on people of other views, shallbe dissolved by judgment.
(3) No association shall be dissolved by any government measure. However, anassociation 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 beprohibited 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 crowdin the name of the King and the Law has three times been called upon to disperse, ansuch warning has been unheeded.
Section 81 [Military Duty]
Every male person able to carry arms shall be liable with his person to contribute to thedefence of his country under such rules as are laid down by Statute.
Section 82 [Local Autonomy]
The right of the municipalities to manage their own affairs independently under thesupervision 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, Iceland]
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 Greenland the age qualification for local government electors andcongregational council electors shall be such as may be provided for by Statute or fixedin accordance with Statute.
Section 87 [Iceland]
Citizens of Iceland who enjoy equal rights with citizens of Denmark under the Danish-Icelandic Union (Abolition), etc. Act, shall continue to enjoy the rights attached to Danish
citizenship under the provisions of the Constitution Act.

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 theelection 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 forthis voting shall be laid down by Statute. If a majority of the persons taking part in thevoting, and at least 40 per cent of the Electorate has voted in favor of the Bill as passedby 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 lastelected 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 theKingdom of Denmark Act, 5th June, 1915, as amended on the 10th September, 1920,
shall remain in force.