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Show 174 associations must not carry arms, and must obey the regulations laid down Law on this matter. Assemblies in the public thoroughfares and open by the spaces must likewise Art, 220 obey the police regulations. Correspondence passing through the post is safeguarded and or examination, save in such exceptional cases as the exempt from seizure Law lays down. Art, 23. It is forbidden to disclose or detain telegraphic correspond without the express permission of the owner, save in such cases as the Law lays down. ence ArL 24. Foreign subjects may become naturalized as Persian sub jects, but their acceptance or continuance as such, or their deprivation of this status, is in accordance with a separate law. Art. 25. No special authorization is required to proceed against government officials in respect of shortcomings connected with the dis charge case of their public functions, save in the case of Ministers, on this subject must be observed. in whose the special laws Powers of the Realm. Art. 26. The powers of the realm are all derived from the people; and the Fundamental Law regulates the employment of those powers. Art. 27. The powers of the Realm are divided into three categories. First, the legislative power, which is specially concerned with the making or amelioration of laws. This power is derived from His Imperial Majesty, the National Consultative Assembly, and the Senate, of which three sources each has the right to introduce laws, provided that the contin uance thereof be dependent on their not being at variance with the standards of the ecclesiastical law, and on their approval by the Members of the the Assemblies, and the Royal ratification. The enacting and approval of laws connected with the revenue and expenditure of the kingdom are, however, specially assigned to the National Consultative Assembly. The explanation and interpretation of the laws are, moreover, amongst the special functions of the above-mentioned Assembly. Second, the judicial power, by which is meant the determining of This rights power belongs exclusively to the ecclesiastical tribunals in matters connected with the ecclesiastical law, and to the civil tribunals in matters connected with law. 0 ordinary |
