Legislation concerning the Royal House of
the Netherlands
General
The King and the Royal House
- Act swearing-in and inauguration of
the King.
- Act concerning the passing on of the
Crown to a Queen.
- Act membership Royal House.
Regency
- Act swearing-in of the Regent.
- Act of the Kingdom concerning the
appointment of a Regent in case of hereditary succession
by the heir to the throne who has not attained the age on
which he can exercise the royal prerogative in accordance
with the Constitution.
- Act definition of the sum of the costs
of the regency.
Guardianship for the infant King
- Act concerning the appointment of a
guardian and regulation of the guardianship for the
infant King.
Titles and names of the members of the
Royal House
- Civil Code (extract).
- Regulations concerning requests of
changing and establishing names (extract).
- Act on the nobility.
- Decree in which to His Highness HENDRIK WLADIMIR ALBRECHT ERNST,
Duke of Mecklenburg, Prince of the Wends, of Schwerin and
Ratzeburg, Count of Schwerin, Lord of the lands Rostock
and Stargard, etc., etc., is granted the title Prince of
the Netherlands, with the predicate: His Royal Highness.
- Decree concerning the name to be borne
by the descendants of Her Majesty the Queen.
- Decree in which to His Serene Highness
Prince BERNHARD OF LIPPE-BIESTERFELD is granted the title of PRINCE OF THE NETHERLANDS,
with the predicate of ROYAL HIGHNESS.
- Decree in which to Her Royal Highness
Princess JULIANA OF THE NETHERLANDS is granted the title of PRINCESS OF LIPPE-BIESTERFELD.
- Decree concerning the name, to be
borne by the children of Her Royal Highness Princess JULIANA.
- Decree concerning the titles and names
to be borne by Claus von Amsberg after his marriage to
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix and by the children
who may be born from this marriage.
- Decree concerning provisions in
connection with the marriage of H.R.H. Princess Margriet
and Pieter van Vollenhoven.
- Decree to establish the surname of the
children who may be born from the marriage of Prince
Maurits Willem Pieter Hendrik of Orange-Nassau, Van
Vollenhoven with Marie-Hélène Angela van den Broek.
- Decree to establish the surname of the
children who may be born from the marriage of Prince
Bernhard Lucas Emmanuel of Orange-Nassau, Van Vollenhoven
with Annette Sekrève.
- Decree to establish the title,
predicate and surname of the children who may be born
from the marriage of His Royal Highness Prince
Constantijn Christof Frederik Aschwin of the Netherlands,
Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg with Petra
Laurentien Brinkhorst.
Royal Coat-of-Arms and Distintion Flags
- Decree on the bearing of the Royal
Coat-of-Arms.
- Decree concerning the establishment of
a distinction flag for His Royal Highness
Willem-Alexander and his brothers.
Orders of Chivalry
- Act revision of the Act concerning the
institution of the Military Order of William.
- Regulations for the Military Order of
William.
- Act concerning the institution of the
Order of the Dutch Lion.
- Act concerning the institution of the
Order of Orange-Nassau.
- Act of the Kingdom to revise the Act
concerning the institution of the Order of Orange-Nassau,
and of the Act concerning the institution of the Order of
the Dutch Lion, aw well as the institution of the Chapter
for the civil orders of chivalry.
- Regulations for the Order of the Dutch
Lion and the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Financial regulations and taxes
- Act financial statute of the Royal
House.
- Decree designation of palaces meant in
article 4 of the Act financial statute of the Royal
House.
- Decree concerning the renouncement of
the enjoyment of the hunt with the exception of the
enjoyment of the hunt at the grounds of the State
Properties in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen near Kloosterzande, in
the Biesbosch and at Het Loo in Apeldoorn, all belonging
to the former Crown Properties 1863.
- Act on the Crown Properties.
- Death-duties Act 1956 (extract).
Security of the members of the Royal House
- Penal Code (extract).
- Police Act 1993 (extract).
- Decree concerning the organisation of
the Security Service of the Royal House.
King as witness in a criminal case
- Code of Criminal Prosecution
(extract).
King as party in a civil suit
- Code of Civil Proceedings (extract).
Information about the Royal House
- Decree concerning the regulation of
the information concerning the Royal House.
Queensday
Funeral of members of the Royal House
- Act on the burials (extract).
This site has been made by Henri van Oene
on August 6th, 2001 and adapted on April 8th,
2003.
© Henri van Oene, 2001-2003, for all translations and annotations.
Email: Henri van Oene
