Legal > Nationality of women : observations submitted by governments : second series

[Communicated to the Assembly, _
the Council and the Members of Official No.: A. 15 (a). 1932. V.
the League.]
Geneva, September 15th, 1932.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
NATIONALITY OF WOMEN
Observations submitted by Governments
SECOND SERIES
Note by the Secretary-General.
Since the publication of the document A.15.1932.V, containing observations submitted
by the Governments, in accordance with the Assembly’s resolution of last year, on the subject
of the nationality of women, the statements reproduced below have been received from the
Governments of Denmark, Finland and Switzerland.
Information as to their attitude with regard to the ratification of the Hague Nationality
Convention has also been furnished by the following Governments which have signed the
Convention, in reply to the enquiry addressed to them by the Secretary-General in execution
of the Assembly’s resolution of October 3rd, 1930 : Australia, Austria, Belgium, Great Britain
and Northern Ireland, Canada, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary,
Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden,
Switzerland. This information is summarised in the document A.25.1932.V. The Convention
has not yet been ratified by any signatory Government, but Brazil, Monaco and Norway
have acceded to it.
Denmark.
Letter of September 5th, 1932.
The provisions in force in Denmark concerningthe acquisition and loss of Danish nationality
are contained in the Law of April 18th, 1925. In view of the importance of uniform
legislation on this point in the various countries, and particularly in neighbouring countries,
the questions dealt with in this law were, at the time of its preparation, very thoroughly
examined by the delegates of Norway, Sweden and Denmark. This examination led to the
adoption in the three countries of nationality laws which are, on all main points, identical.
The following is a statement of the position taken up by Danish law regarding the equality
of men and women in matters of nationality.
I. In Danish law, an unmarried woman is treated in exactly the same way as a man.
II. In the case of married women, a distinction is drawn 'between acquisition and loss
of nationality.
(a) With regard to the acquisition of Danish nationality, the following points should be
noted: if the husband, at the time of the celebration of marriage, is a Danish national, his wife,
under Article 3 of the aforesaid law, acquires Danish nationality in all cases, whether she takes
up her residence in the country or not and whether she retains or loses her former foreign
nationality. If, after the celebration of marriage, the husband acquires Danish nationality
by naturalisation, such naturalisation, under Article 4, applies to the wife also, unless, in each
particular case, some arrangement is made to the contrary. It is the practice of the Danish
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