, 1898-06-08
1RANSLATION.

IJ consent have sanctioned the following law
Uy birL Danish b|juhiyht is acIuircI ~ a Legitimate chnd
who's" father is possessed Of Danish birhisht, wh tier such Itb
takes place !" DENIM" k or i" foreign country.
Persons, who have not by bnth acquired Iir,ni2ht yet ae born
IN tho Kingdom. acquire hltligt when thy hnve been d mieled
unlos such persons have in til. course Of the I~t ye,r nude declaPar
to the eject that they do not intent 10 acquire ann D ,"sh GirthrigrI}
and they have by satisfactory certificate proved that they possess In,
c,nnot he ma le with legal effect by u person who Is the child Of az
alien who has i" the sme hummer demonstrated ms n+ht Of citizen
The birtIiignt Which a mn acquires uoIrr tins s extends
equally to his wife and legitimate children.
An alien woman who webs a mm possessing DmsL brhrght
acq mres by such wedIock the SANE 5 it,
If cbnIlren have hscn bonn to the spau~cs hyloo, the welock such
children also, il 50 far as they are minors Hc.oW IS years. acquire
Danish birthright may also DC acquired by naturalization in
accordance with the constitutional law, f2,h Jpiy 1866.
The Decentralization" Of " man includes his wife and minor legiu
Dauish birthrisnt is f@fotoaS BY , person who becomes a citizen
Of " foreign county BY tie "ntnr9uzfi"n of a man in another
country his wife or minor Legitimate children if they do not remu"
naturalization in the foreign county ia question equ lilly causes the
acquisition by them Of citizenship in said foreign country.
Such freedom is granted on condition that the applicant Shall within
a certain space OF time have become citizen % another country.
Furthermore, Danish Oiun2gnt is fofoitol by u woman who
wcds a man MT Possessed ofDmish blthnGht
II children have beeI born to sad spo"seS before the wedIock,
saeh children r% equally e =. forfeit f Danish bnth'igL, IN ." lar a. they are
minors al The time when the paront5 wed. IL ~ NAT llno they hAN0
attained majority they conserve their Danish brtri8".
S.
fla Danish man, or unmarried woman above Is years, or widow,
or divorced woman after the dis lulon of her marriage, has been
domHclod in 4 foreign country for m uninterrupted Term of 10 years,
such person forets his or her birthIigIt, subject however to the
limitations made in S s, unless the absence is due to a public durgo
undertaken for the Iaush STATE, or tire brthright Of such person
has beVn reserved 10y declaration in writing male before the expua,
ton Of said term to Inc Danish Emb NSy or Consulate in the country
or place, in accordance with the rules provided for such cases. la
order to remain valid such a declaration must be repeated before the
expiration Of every 10th year, counting from the delivery Of tho
last declaration.
The access to make such declaration is, however, open only to
the person who has removed, and his children, and to the widows
Of such.
Tho forfeiture Of Danish birthrigLt includes the wife and
minor legitimate children Of the person Concerned, III 50 far as they
remain within the Kingdom.
The snnctments contained in this s may by agreement with q
foreign power be abrogated or modified III relation to such power.
SIS.
A person who under the attachments in s Z has forfeited Danish
njI thr"ht, but has not become u citizen Of another country, re-
Acquires his birthright by taking up his domciIe in the Kingdom,
or even without 50 doing by special prmis8Wn of tho King.
BnthrlGht thus re acquired by the husband includes the wife
and mnOr. Legitimate children, even If thy rIlHn dOmieiled in
a foreign country, and Notwithstanding that tho marriage has been
contracted or the birth has taken place, after the husbands forfeiture
Of Danish birthright, and tho marriage aud birth hence did
not originally cause the wife and the children to ac Iune Danish
birthught.
An ilegtIm't tie Child whose III 'ther assesses DtTsh brthrigLt
Acquires by It's birth Danish birthrlght, whether such birth takes
place in the Kingdom OF in a forHgn county.
In the cases where under the euacmEnts Of the present law
the civil position Of u Legitimate chhd agrees with the civil
position .. the father, the corresponding evil position Of an ilegii-
mate child agrees with the civil position Of tho AOther.
If the mothers civil position becomes changed III consequence
OF her marriage with Il man, not the father of th" children, such
change does not affect the birlhliGht Of the children.