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Law No. 877 Of 21 February 1948

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 877 din 21 februarie 1948

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LEGE no. 877 877 of 21 February 1948 for the withdrawal of the Romanian nationality, those who abroad have the right to the duty of fidelity to the country, with the changes occurring until the date of the republic
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Published in OFFICIAL MONITOR no. 43 43 of 21 February 1948



+ Article 1 Romanian nationality can be withdrawn to the novel that, living abroad, is guilty of a fact that adversely duties of fidelity to the country, or through which it damages the interests of the Romanian State or shrinks the good reputation and prestige of Romania. Romanian nationality can still be withdrawn the novel that leaves or tries the novel that leaves or tries to leave the country clandestinely or fraudulently, as well as the one who does not return to the country after the expiry of the term of validity of travel documents, issued by the Romanian authorities. If the validity expired or the border was passed clandestinely or fraudulently, before the publication of the present law, the nationality will be able to be withdrawn to the novel which, within 60 days from this date, has not returned to the country, or did not obtain from the Romanian authorities the necessary documents for staying further abroad. + Article 2 The Romanian nationality is withdrawn by a journal of the Council of Ministers, after the proposal of the Minister of Justice. Through the same journal, the Council of Ministers, can decide and confiscate the entire mobile and immovable wealth of the guilty one. They will be counted as belonging to the guilty one in terms of application of this law and the goods he has alienated in the last 12 months, before the publication of the journal of the Council of Ministers; the legal acts intervening on these goods, are void of law, and the goods pass into the patrimony of the State, if the act of disposition was made in favor of a relative or afin up to the fourth degree including, co-associates, technical, administrative or legal advisers, or to any other procurator or preposed. When the act of disposition was made by any other natural or legal person, by collusion *) fraudulent between the contracting parties, he will cancel and the goods will pass into the patrimony of the State. + Article 3 The Council of Ministers will also decide whether the wife and children of less than 21 years old, Romanians, of the one who withdrew their Romanian nationality, lose nationality with it. + Article 4 In all cases, the withdrawal of the Romanian nationality and the confiscation of wealth cannot harm the sanctions provided by the criminal laws in force, for the crimes that caused the withdrawal of nationality. ----------- Note * *) Text corrected according to the rectification published in the Official Gazette No. 76 of March 31, 1948. -------------