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An Act To Amend Article 249 Of The Code Of Registration Fees, Mortgage And Registry (1)

Original Language Title: Loi modifiant l'article 249 du Code des droits d'enregistrement, d'hypothèque et de greffe (1)

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5 JULY 1998. - An Act to amend section 249 of the Registration, Mortgage and Registry Rights Code (1)



ALBERT II, King of the Belgians,
To all, present and to come, Hi.
The Chambers adopted and We sanction the following:
Article 1er. This Act regulates a matter referred to in Article 78 of the Constitution.
Art. 2. Article 249, § 1er, paragraph 2, of the Code of Registration, Mortgage and Registry Rights, replaced by the Act of 15 May 1987, is replaced by the following provision:
"The Minister of Justice may reduce this right to 2,000 francs if the names to which the amendment is requested are:
1° are ridiculous or odious by themselves, by their association with the name or because of their manifestly disheartened character;
2° are of foreign consonance; or
3° are confusing. "
Promulgate this law, order that it be clothed with the seal of the State and published by the Belgian Monitor.
Given in Brussels on 5 July 1998,
ALBERT
By the King:
Minister of Finance,
J.-J. VISEUR
Seal of the state seal:
Minister of Justice,
T. VAN PARYS
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Note
(1) Regular session 1995-1996.
House of Representatives.
Parliamentary documents. - Proposal by Mr. Cuyt, No. 683/1. Amendment No. 683/2. - Report, no. 683/3. - Text adopted by the Commission, No. 683/4. - Amendment, No. 683/5. - Supplementary report, No. 683/6. - Text adopted by the Commission, No. 683/7. - Text adopted in plenary and transmitted to the Senate, No. 683/8.
Annales de la Chambre : 22, 23 avril et 28 mai 1998.
Senate.
Regular session 1997-1998.
Parliamentary documents. - Project transmitted by the House of Representatives, No. 1-1007/1. - Project not referred to by the Senate, No. 1-1007/2.