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ALBERT II
BY THE GRACE OF GOD SOVEREIGN
PRINCE OF MONACO
Considering the Constitution;
Considering the order of May 15, 1882 decreeing the statutes of the Sovereign Family, modified;
Considering Sovereign Ordinance No. 3.191 of May 29, 1964 on the organization and functioning of the Council of State;
Considering Our Order No. 408 of February 15, 2006 making enforceable the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, opened for signature on November 4, 1950 and as amended by Protocol No. 11;
Having regard to Our Order No. 2.194 of May 12, 2009 relating to the foundation of Monegasque nationality;
For the execution of the Constitution;
Have Ordered and Order:
TITLE FIRST.
Of the Prince, His Sovereignty and dynastic succession
Article One.
In the Principality, Sovereignty is hereditary in the direct and legitimate descent of the Reigning Prince.
The devolution of the Crown takes place in accordance with article 10 of the Constitution.
Art. 2.
Member of the Grimaldi Dynasty, the Reigning Prince bears the name.
Any question relating to the devolution of the Grimaldi name can be settled by Sovereign Decision.
Art. 3.
The heir of the Reigning Prince who is closest in the order of succession established by article 10 of the Constitution is Hereditary Prince.
In the event of multiple births, the first born is Hereditary Prince, in compliance with the male priority set out in the same article 10 of the Constitution.
Art. 4.
The death or abdication of the Reigning Prince results in immediate devolution of the Crown to the benefit of the Hereditary Prince.
If the Hereditary Prince is a minor at the time of the death or abdication of the Reigning Prince, the regency is, in the first case, exercised by the spouse of the deceased Prince or, failing that, by the adult heir closest to Him in the order of succession and, in the second case, by the nearest adult heir of the Prince who abdicated in the order of succession.
In the event of the simultaneous death of the Prince Reigning and the Hereditary Prince, the crown devolves to the heir closest to the deceased Prince Reigning in the order of succession.
Art. 5.
The abdication takes the form of a sovereign order by which the Reigning Prince transmits the sovereign powers to the Hereditary Prince.
The abdication is final and irrevocable.
A Sovereign Decision of the new Reigning Prince, taken after advice from the Crown Council, determines the protocol, personal and patrimonial status of the Prince who has abdicated.
Art. 6.
The renunciation, by the Hereditary Prince, of His right to the crown is carried out by a written declaration placed in the hands of the Reigning Prince who immediately takes note of it by a Sovereign Decision.
The waiver is final and irrevocable; it only excludes its author from the order of succession without impact, in this regard, on the right of his direct and legitimate descendants as results from the third paragraph of article 10 of the Constitution.
A Sovereign Decision of the Reigning Prince, taken after advice from the Crown Council, determines the protocol, personal and patrimonial status of the Hereditary Prince having renounced his right to the crown.
Art. 7.
If He is temporarily impeded and for the duration of the impediment, the Reigning Prince may, by sovereign order, delegate the exercise of His powers to the major Hereditary Prince. If the Hereditary Prince is a minor, the spouse of the Reigning Prince benefits from this delegation or, failing that, the closest adult heir in the order of succession.
Art. 8.
In the absence of the delegation mentioned in the preceding article or in the case of an impediment that has become definitive, the impossibility for the Reigning Prince to exercise his functions is noted by the Crown Council, seized by the Secretary of State or, failing that, by the President of the Council of State.
Regency is then exercised by the Hereditary Prince if he is an adult or, if he is a minor, by the spouse of the impeded Reigning Prince or, failing that, by the closest adult heir in the order of succession.
Art. 9.
Regency can only be exercised by a person of Monegasque nationality and actually residing in Monaco.
Art. 10.
If the regency cannot be ensured by one of the members of the Sovereign Family authorized by these Statutes, or in the event that it is impossible for the Regent to exercise this function, it is entrusted to the Council of Regency.
Art. 11.
The Council of Regency is composed as follows:
- the President of the Crown Council;
- the Secretary of State;
- the President of the Council of State;
- four people appointed by Sovereign Decision.
The presidency of the Council of Regency is ensured by the President of the Crown Council. During deliberations, his vote has the casting vote in the event of an equal division of votes.
Art. 12.
When the regency is not entrusted to the Council of Regency, the latter has an advisory role.
At his request, he was heard by the Regent.
Art. 13.
When regency is entrusted to the Council of Regency, the Minister of State, the Director of Judicial Services, the President of the National Council may, at their request, be heard on all questions falling within their competence.
Art. 14.
During the regency, the incapacitated Reigning Prince or the minor Prince remains depositary of the Sovereignty. The Regent or, where applicable, the Council of Regency, exercises it in His name, in the fullness of sovereign powers.
All acts carried out under the regency are carried out in the name of the minor or incapable Prince.
Art. 15.
The functions of the Regent begin at the time of the death of the Reigning Prince, his abdication or the finding, by the Council of the Crown, of the impossibility for him to exercise his functions.
In the event of failure by the Regent to fulfill the duties of his state, the Council of Regency, upon convocation by its President, takes all necessary measures, including with regard to child custody.
Art. 16.
In the event of the death of the minor Hereditary Prince or the impeded Reigning Prince, if the heir closest to Him in the succession order is a minor, the Regent in office is retained in his functions.
Art. 17.
The spouse of the prevented or deceased Reigning Prince who contracts another marriage automatically loses the regency and custody of the Hereditary Prince and the minor princely children without this prejudicing the maintenance of the emotional bond attached to paternity or maternity.
Custody is then entrusted to the closest adult heir in the succession order, called upon to exercise regency. The Crown Council, convened for this purpose by its President, notes the change of Regent.
Art. 18.
The person of the Sovereign Prince is inviolable. It cannot under any circumstances be the subject of legal action. Any court seized of such an action must declare itself incompetent.
Any legal action likely to affect the private assets of the Prince mentioned in article 36 must be directed against the Administrator of His property.
The preservation of the Prince's interests in justice is ensured by the Administrator of His property.
Art. 19.
Without prejudice to article 48 of the Constitution, the Sovereign Prince takes Sovereign Decisions in the cases provided for by these Statutes and in matters which are not reserved for law or sovereign ordinance by the Constitution.
Title II.
Of the Prince, Members of His Family
and His House
Art. 20.
Members of the Sovereign Family within the meaning of these Statutes are the authors and the spouse of the Reigning Prince and all the successors referred to in Article 10 of the Constitution and their spouses, with the exception of relatives beyond the third degree such as defined by the Civil Code.
Art. 21.
The Reigning Prince has full authority over the members of the Sovereign Family. Thus, in the event of failure by one of them to fulfill the duties of their state, they may withdraw their status as a member of the Sovereign Family and exclude them from the succession order, without prejudice to other legal consequences. .
Art. 22.
Except for specific provisions resulting from these Statutes, common law applies to the property and property rights of members of the Sovereign Family.
Art. 23.
The spouse of the Reigning Prince acquires, at the same time as the status of member of the Sovereign Family, by derogation from common law and by the sole fact of his marriage, Monegasque nationality on the date of entry of said marriage in the register mentioned in Article 29, without being required to renounce their previous nationality(ies). The provisions of Our Order No. 2.194 of May 12, 2009, mentioned above, are not applicable to it.
A Sovereign Decision, taken after advice from the Crown Council, determines the protocol, personal and patrimonial status of the Prince's spouse, having reigned, died or abdicated.
In the event of divorce from the Sovereign Prince, Monegasque nationality remains acquired by the spouse, on a personal and non-transferable basis. The custody of their children is entrusted to the Sovereign Prince without this prejudicing the maintenance of the emotional bond attached to fatherhood or motherhood.
The same rules apply to the spouse of the Hereditary Prince.
Art. 24.
Without prejudice to the provisions of article 21, the marriage of a member of the Sovereign Family contracted without the authorization of the Reigning Prince entails exclusion from the order of succession, both for the person who contracted this marriage and for his descendants. .
However, in the event of dissolution of the marriage and in the absence of a child from the latter, the heir who contracted it recovers his place in the succession order if no succession has occurred on the date on which the dissolution has become definitive.
The authorization prescribed under the first paragraph is issued by Sovereign Decision.
Art. 25.
These Statutes confer family jurisdiction on the Reigning Prince; this can be delegated, by Sovereign Decision, to the Court of Revision.
The First President regulates the procedure. The Court rules as a first and last resort, the High Parties heard if they so wish or, failing them, their representatives heard or duly summoned.
The debates are held and the decision rendered in council chambers. It is not published.
Art. 26.
The civil status documents of the members of the Sovereign Family are established in the forms prescribed by the Civil Code.
Art. 27.
Marriages of members of the Sovereign Family are, however, not subject to the publications required by the Civil Code.
Art. 28.
The witnesses called to attend the birth, marriage and death certificates of members of the Sovereign Family are designated by the Reigning Prince.
Art. 29.
The President of the Council of State fulfills, with regard to the Reigning Prince and members of the Sovereign Family, the functions attributed to the civil status officer. He receives birth, marriage, death certificates and all other acts prescribed or authorized by the Civil Code.
He enters these acts in a specific register which he lists and initials on each sheet.
He issues extracts of the acts recorded in the said register which is deposited at the Prince's Palace.
Art. 30.
By Sovereign Decision, the civil status documents of members of the Sovereign Family drawn up abroad are transcribed by the President of the Council of State in the register mentioned in the preceding article.
Art. 31.
The marriage contracts of the Reigning Prince, those of the Members of the Sovereign Family and all other family pacts or arrangements, in which the Prince takes part or gives His approval, whether they have been entered into in Monaco or abroad, by authentic deed or under private signature, are neither transcribed nor analyzed by the recipient of the registration in his registers.
This only mentions in the said registers the nature of the act, its date as well as the names of the parties.
Art. 32.
The Sovereign House is made up of people assigned:
- to the Secretariat of State;
- in the Prince's Cabinet;
- at the Chancellery of the Order of Saint-Charles;
- to the Honorary Service;
- to the Administration of Property;
- at the Palace Archives;
- to the private secretariats of the Prince and his relatives up to the second degree as defined by the Civil Code;
- to the Advisory Commission on Philatelic and Numismatic Collections;
- to the Advisory Commission for Art Objects;
- to the Environmental Improvement Commission;
- at the Center for Prospective Studies for Monaco (CEPROM).
The Sovereign House also includes the Grand Chaplain, the Chaplain, the Chapel Master, the Physician and the Conservator of the Palace, the Advisors to the Prince, the Palace Manager as well as any person whom the Prince appoints in this capacity by Decision Sovereign.
The staff assigned to the Palace Management also report to the Sovereign Household.
Sovereign Decisions may determine the particular missions of services or persons belonging to or reporting to the Sovereign House.
Art. 33.
The persons mentioned in the preceding article are bound by an obligation of fidelity and loyalty towards the Prince, as well as, without prejudice to the provisions of the Penal Code relating to professional secrecy, by an obligation of absolute professional discretion.
To this end, they make a written commitment upon taking up their duties.
Art. 34.
Must take an oath before the Prince any member of the Sovereign House for whom He considers it necessary.
Art. 35.
A Sovereign Decision, taken in application of this order, establishes the Staff Status of the Prince's Palace.
Title III.
Crown Property
Art. 36.
The Crown Assets, the consistency and regime of which are determined by these Statutes, are vested in the Sovereign Prince by the sole fact of His accession to the Throne.
They have been or are diverted from the private patrimony of the Sovereign Prince by Him and are assigned to the service of Sovereignty as soon as they are classified as Crown Property.
Whether movable or immovable, terrestrial or otherwise, they are inalienable and imprescriptible. They are not subject to the rules of common law on inheritance.
The inventory of Crown Property is authentic: it is established in the form of a register kept by the Property Administrator, organized by him and according to the manual or digital processes he deems appropriate.
Crown Property removed from the inventory by the will of the Sovereign Prince returns to His private patrimony. However, the inalienability and imprescriptibility of the Prince's Palace and the Place du Palais are perpetual.
Income from Crown Assets is itself Crown Assets.
Art. 37.
Crown property of a real estate nature includes the real estate complex by nature consisting of the Prince's Palace, the Place du Palais and other outbuildings.
They may, by the will of the Sovereign Prince, be supplemented by any other real estate belonging to Him, acquired by Him or given or bequeathed to Him.
Place du Palais and other outbuildings may give rise to precarious and revocable concessions.
Art. 38.
Crown Assets of a movable nature, regardless of the place where they are located, are those which: -
either present the character of an object of art and/or collection, among which include in particular collections of postage stamps and coins;
- either are movable property or movable items of historical, family or heritage interest directly related to the dynasty or the Sovereignty, or contributing to the prestige or influence of the Sovereign Family or the Principality;
- either consist of funds, values or securities dependent on bank accounts or financial portfolios, specially allocated to Crown Property by the Prince.
Crown Property of a movable nature may be supplemented by any other property which the Prince considers meets the conditions set out in letters a) and b).
Crown Assets of a movable nature are inalienable as long as they appear in the inventory provided for in article 36. They can be withdrawn from the latter at the will of the Prince.
However, for the purposes of their management, the Property Administrator may, notwithstanding the provisions of article 36, carry out any operations on the funds, values or securities dependent on the bank accounts or financial portfolios referred to in letter c) as well as than the objects referred to in letter a). He reports it to the Prince.
Excluded from Crown Property are movable property, household furniture, household furniture, objects and materials having no value other than their market or commercial value, and not falling into the category defined in the letter. b).
Art. 39.
Without prejudice to the provisions of this Title, the Reigning Prince may, by Sovereign Decision, decide on the temporary and non-transferable allocation of part of the Crown Property to one or more of His successor children, according to the terms and conditions that the said Decision determines.
Title VI.
Miscellaneous provisions
Art. 40.
These Statutes may only be modified by a sovereign order taken in accordance with article 46 of the Constitution.
They are of immediate application and of public order.
Art. 41.
Sovereign Decisions acquire enforceable force by the signature of the Prince.
They are enforceable against third parties from the day after their publication in the Journal de Monaco or under the conditions they set themselves.
Art. 42.
For the purposes of this order, the terms “Prince”, “Regent”, “heir”, “author” and “spouse” designate natural persons who can be either male or female.
Art. 43.
The ordinance of May 15, 1882 enacting the Statutes of the Sovereign Family, as amended, as well as all provisions contrary to this ordinance are repealed.
Art. 44.
Our Secretary of State, Our Director of Judicial Services and Our Minister of State are each responsible for the execution of this order.
Given at Our Palace in Monaco, June 2, 2015.
ALBERT.
By the Prince,
The Secretary of State:
J. BOISSON.
BY THE GRACE OF GOD SOVEREIGN
PRINCE OF MONACO
Considering the Constitution;
Considering the order of May 15, 1882 decreeing the statutes of the Sovereign Family, modified;
Considering Sovereign Ordinance No. 3.191 of May 29, 1964 on the organization and functioning of the Council of State;
Considering Our Order No. 408 of February 15, 2006 making enforceable the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, opened for signature on November 4, 1950 and as amended by Protocol No. 11;
Having regard to Our Order No. 2.194 of May 12, 2009 relating to the foundation of Monegasque nationality;
For the execution of the Constitution;
Have Ordered and Order:
TITLE FIRST.
Of the Prince, His Sovereignty and dynastic succession
Article One.
In the Principality, Sovereignty is hereditary in the direct and legitimate descent of the Reigning Prince.
The devolution of the Crown takes place in accordance with article 10 of the Constitution.
Art. 2.
Member of the Grimaldi Dynasty, the Reigning Prince bears the name.
Any question relating to the devolution of the Grimaldi name can be settled by Sovereign Decision.
Art. 3.
The heir of the Reigning Prince who is closest in the order of succession established by article 10 of the Constitution is Hereditary Prince.
In the event of multiple births, the first born is Hereditary Prince, in compliance with the male priority set out in the same article 10 of the Constitution.
Art. 4.
The death or abdication of the Reigning Prince results in immediate devolution of the Crown to the benefit of the Hereditary Prince.
If the Hereditary Prince is a minor at the time of the death or abdication of the Reigning Prince, the regency is, in the first case, exercised by the spouse of the deceased Prince or, failing that, by the adult heir closest to Him in the order of succession and, in the second case, by the nearest adult heir of the Prince who abdicated in the order of succession.
In the event of the simultaneous death of the Prince Reigning and the Hereditary Prince, the crown devolves to the heir closest to the deceased Prince Reigning in the order of succession.
Art. 5.
The abdication takes the form of a sovereign order by which the Reigning Prince transmits the sovereign powers to the Hereditary Prince.
The abdication is final and irrevocable.
A Sovereign Decision of the new Reigning Prince, taken after advice from the Crown Council, determines the protocol, personal and patrimonial status of the Prince who has abdicated.
Art. 6.
The renunciation, by the Hereditary Prince, of His right to the crown is carried out by a written declaration placed in the hands of the Reigning Prince who immediately takes note of it by a Sovereign Decision.
The waiver is final and irrevocable; it only excludes its author from the order of succession without impact, in this regard, on the right of his direct and legitimate descendants as results from the third paragraph of article 10 of the Constitution.
A Sovereign Decision of the Reigning Prince, taken after advice from the Crown Council, determines the protocol, personal and patrimonial status of the Hereditary Prince having renounced his right to the crown.
Art. 7.
If He is temporarily impeded and for the duration of the impediment, the Reigning Prince may, by sovereign order, delegate the exercise of His powers to the major Hereditary Prince. If the Hereditary Prince is a minor, the spouse of the Reigning Prince benefits from this delegation or, failing that, the closest adult heir in the order of succession.
Art. 8.
In the absence of the delegation mentioned in the preceding article or in the case of an impediment that has become definitive, the impossibility for the Reigning Prince to exercise his functions is noted by the Crown Council, seized by the Secretary of State or, failing that, by the President of the Council of State.
Regency is then exercised by the Hereditary Prince if he is an adult or, if he is a minor, by the spouse of the impeded Reigning Prince or, failing that, by the closest adult heir in the order of succession.
Art. 9.
Regency can only be exercised by a person of Monegasque nationality and actually residing in Monaco.
Art. 10.
If the regency cannot be ensured by one of the members of the Sovereign Family authorized by these Statutes, or in the event that it is impossible for the Regent to exercise this function, it is entrusted to the Council of Regency.
Art. 11.
The Council of Regency is composed as follows:
- the President of the Crown Council;
- the Secretary of State;
- the President of the Council of State;
- four people appointed by Sovereign Decision.
The presidency of the Council of Regency is ensured by the President of the Crown Council. During deliberations, his vote has the casting vote in the event of an equal division of votes.
Art. 12.
When the regency is not entrusted to the Council of Regency, the latter has an advisory role.
At his request, he was heard by the Regent.
Art. 13.
When regency is entrusted to the Council of Regency, the Minister of State, the Director of Judicial Services, the President of the National Council may, at their request, be heard on all questions falling within their competence.
Art. 14.
During the regency, the incapacitated Reigning Prince or the minor Prince remains depositary of the Sovereignty. The Regent or, where applicable, the Council of Regency, exercises it in His name, in the fullness of sovereign powers.
All acts carried out under the regency are carried out in the name of the minor or incapable Prince.
Art. 15.
The functions of the Regent begin at the time of the death of the Reigning Prince, his abdication or the finding, by the Council of the Crown, of the impossibility for him to exercise his functions.
In the event of failure by the Regent to fulfill the duties of his state, the Council of Regency, upon convocation by its President, takes all necessary measures, including with regard to child custody.
Art. 16.
In the event of the death of the minor Hereditary Prince or the impeded Reigning Prince, if the heir closest to Him in the succession order is a minor, the Regent in office is retained in his functions.
Art. 17.
The spouse of the prevented or deceased Reigning Prince who contracts another marriage automatically loses the regency and custody of the Hereditary Prince and the minor princely children without this prejudicing the maintenance of the emotional bond attached to paternity or maternity.
Custody is then entrusted to the closest adult heir in the succession order, called upon to exercise regency. The Crown Council, convened for this purpose by its President, notes the change of Regent.
Art. 18.
The person of the Sovereign Prince is inviolable. It cannot under any circumstances be the subject of legal action. Any court seized of such an action must declare itself incompetent.
Any legal action likely to affect the private assets of the Prince mentioned in article 36 must be directed against the Administrator of His property.
The preservation of the Prince's interests in justice is ensured by the Administrator of His property.
Art. 19.
Without prejudice to article 48 of the Constitution, the Sovereign Prince takes Sovereign Decisions in the cases provided for by these Statutes and in matters which are not reserved for law or sovereign ordinance by the Constitution.
Title II.
Of the Prince, Members of His Family
and His House
Art. 20.
Members of the Sovereign Family within the meaning of these Statutes are the authors and the spouse of the Reigning Prince and all the successors referred to in Article 10 of the Constitution and their spouses, with the exception of relatives beyond the third degree such as defined by the Civil Code.
Art. 21.
The Reigning Prince has full authority over the members of the Sovereign Family. Thus, in the event of failure by one of them to fulfill the duties of their state, they may withdraw their status as a member of the Sovereign Family and exclude them from the succession order, without prejudice to other legal consequences. .
Art. 22.
Except for specific provisions resulting from these Statutes, common law applies to the property and property rights of members of the Sovereign Family.
Art. 23.
The spouse of the Reigning Prince acquires, at the same time as the status of member of the Sovereign Family, by derogation from common law and by the sole fact of his marriage, Monegasque nationality on the date of entry of said marriage in the register mentioned in Article 29, without being required to renounce their previous nationality(ies). The provisions of Our Order No. 2.194 of May 12, 2009, mentioned above, are not applicable to it.
A Sovereign Decision, taken after advice from the Crown Council, determines the protocol, personal and patrimonial status of the Prince's spouse, having reigned, died or abdicated.
In the event of divorce from the Sovereign Prince, Monegasque nationality remains acquired by the spouse, on a personal and non-transferable basis. The custody of their children is entrusted to the Sovereign Prince without this prejudicing the maintenance of the emotional bond attached to fatherhood or motherhood.
The same rules apply to the spouse of the Hereditary Prince.
Art. 24.
Without prejudice to the provisions of article 21, the marriage of a member of the Sovereign Family contracted without the authorization of the Reigning Prince entails exclusion from the order of succession, both for the person who contracted this marriage and for his descendants. .
However, in the event of dissolution of the marriage and in the absence of a child from the latter, the heir who contracted it recovers his place in the succession order if no succession has occurred on the date on which the dissolution has become definitive.
The authorization prescribed under the first paragraph is issued by Sovereign Decision.
Art. 25.
These Statutes confer family jurisdiction on the Reigning Prince; this can be delegated, by Sovereign Decision, to the Court of Revision.
The First President regulates the procedure. The Court rules as a first and last resort, the High Parties heard if they so wish or, failing them, their representatives heard or duly summoned.
The debates are held and the decision rendered in council chambers. It is not published.
Art. 26.
The civil status documents of the members of the Sovereign Family are established in the forms prescribed by the Civil Code.
Art. 27.
Marriages of members of the Sovereign Family are, however, not subject to the publications required by the Civil Code.
Art. 28.
The witnesses called to attend the birth, marriage and death certificates of members of the Sovereign Family are designated by the Reigning Prince.
Art. 29.
The President of the Council of State fulfills, with regard to the Reigning Prince and members of the Sovereign Family, the functions attributed to the civil status officer. He receives birth, marriage, death certificates and all other acts prescribed or authorized by the Civil Code.
He enters these acts in a specific register which he lists and initials on each sheet.
He issues extracts of the acts recorded in the said register which is deposited at the Prince's Palace.
Art. 30.
By Sovereign Decision, the civil status documents of members of the Sovereign Family drawn up abroad are transcribed by the President of the Council of State in the register mentioned in the preceding article.
Art. 31.
The marriage contracts of the Reigning Prince, those of the Members of the Sovereign Family and all other family pacts or arrangements, in which the Prince takes part or gives His approval, whether they have been entered into in Monaco or abroad, by authentic deed or under private signature, are neither transcribed nor analyzed by the recipient of the registration in his registers.
This only mentions in the said registers the nature of the act, its date as well as the names of the parties.
Art. 32.
The Sovereign House is made up of people assigned:
- to the Secretariat of State;
- in the Prince's Cabinet;
- at the Chancellery of the Order of Saint-Charles;
- to the Honorary Service;
- to the Administration of Property;
- at the Palace Archives;
- to the private secretariats of the Prince and his relatives up to the second degree as defined by the Civil Code;
- to the Advisory Commission on Philatelic and Numismatic Collections;
- to the Advisory Commission for Art Objects;
- to the Environmental Improvement Commission;
- at the Center for Prospective Studies for Monaco (CEPROM).
The Sovereign House also includes the Grand Chaplain, the Chaplain, the Chapel Master, the Physician and the Conservator of the Palace, the Advisors to the Prince, the Palace Manager as well as any person whom the Prince appoints in this capacity by Decision Sovereign.
The staff assigned to the Palace Management also report to the Sovereign Household.
Sovereign Decisions may determine the particular missions of services or persons belonging to or reporting to the Sovereign House.
Art. 33.
The persons mentioned in the preceding article are bound by an obligation of fidelity and loyalty towards the Prince, as well as, without prejudice to the provisions of the Penal Code relating to professional secrecy, by an obligation of absolute professional discretion.
To this end, they make a written commitment upon taking up their duties.
Art. 34.
Must take an oath before the Prince any member of the Sovereign House for whom He considers it necessary.
Art. 35.
A Sovereign Decision, taken in application of this order, establishes the Staff Status of the Prince's Palace.
Title III.
Crown Property
Art. 36.
The Crown Assets, the consistency and regime of which are determined by these Statutes, are vested in the Sovereign Prince by the sole fact of His accession to the Throne.
They have been or are diverted from the private patrimony of the Sovereign Prince by Him and are assigned to the service of Sovereignty as soon as they are classified as Crown Property.
Whether movable or immovable, terrestrial or otherwise, they are inalienable and imprescriptible. They are not subject to the rules of common law on inheritance.
The inventory of Crown Property is authentic: it is established in the form of a register kept by the Property Administrator, organized by him and according to the manual or digital processes he deems appropriate.
Crown Property removed from the inventory by the will of the Sovereign Prince returns to His private patrimony. However, the inalienability and imprescriptibility of the Prince's Palace and the Place du Palais are perpetual.
Income from Crown Assets is itself Crown Assets.
Art. 37.
Crown property of a real estate nature includes the real estate complex by nature consisting of the Prince's Palace, the Place du Palais and other outbuildings.
They may, by the will of the Sovereign Prince, be supplemented by any other real estate belonging to Him, acquired by Him or given or bequeathed to Him.
Place du Palais and other outbuildings may give rise to precarious and revocable concessions.
Art. 38.
Crown Assets of a movable nature, regardless of the place where they are located, are those which: -
either present the character of an object of art and/or collection, among which include in particular collections of postage stamps and coins;
- either are movable property or movable items of historical, family or heritage interest directly related to the dynasty or the Sovereignty, or contributing to the prestige or influence of the Sovereign Family or the Principality;
- either consist of funds, values or securities dependent on bank accounts or financial portfolios, specially allocated to Crown Property by the Prince.
Crown Property of a movable nature may be supplemented by any other property which the Prince considers meets the conditions set out in letters a) and b).
Crown Assets of a movable nature are inalienable as long as they appear in the inventory provided for in article 36. They can be withdrawn from the latter at the will of the Prince.
However, for the purposes of their management, the Property Administrator may, notwithstanding the provisions of article 36, carry out any operations on the funds, values or securities dependent on the bank accounts or financial portfolios referred to in letter c) as well as than the objects referred to in letter a). He reports it to the Prince.
Excluded from Crown Property are movable property, household furniture, household furniture, objects and materials having no value other than their market or commercial value, and not falling into the category defined in the letter. b).
Art. 39.
Without prejudice to the provisions of this Title, the Reigning Prince may, by Sovereign Decision, decide on the temporary and non-transferable allocation of part of the Crown Property to one or more of His successor children, according to the terms and conditions that the said Decision determines.
Title VI.
Miscellaneous provisions
Art. 40.
These Statutes may only be modified by a sovereign order taken in accordance with article 46 of the Constitution.
They are of immediate application and of public order.
Art. 41.
Sovereign Decisions acquire enforceable force by the signature of the Prince.
They are enforceable against third parties from the day after their publication in the Journal de Monaco or under the conditions they set themselves.
Art. 42.
For the purposes of this order, the terms “Prince”, “Regent”, “heir”, “author” and “spouse” designate natural persons who can be either male or female.
Art. 43.
The ordinance of May 15, 1882 enacting the Statutes of the Sovereign Family, as amended, as well as all provisions contrary to this ordinance are repealed.
Art. 44.
Our Secretary of State, Our Director of Judicial Services and Our Minister of State are each responsible for the execution of this order.
Given at Our Palace in Monaco, June 2, 2015.
ALBERT.
By the Prince,
The Secretary of State:
J. BOISSON.
