King-in-Council
The King-in-Council or the Queen-in-Council, depending on the
Norway
In Norway, the King in Council (
A decision that is taken in the State Council under the sovereign's leadership is considered to be a royal decree. If the crown prince chairs, they are crown prince resolutions. When neither the monarch nor the crown prince chairs, resolutions adopted are called government resolutions.
Sweden
In Sweden, the King in Council (Swedish: Konungen i Statsrådet), more commonly known as Royal Majesty (Swedish: Kunglig Majestät or the short forms Kungl.Maj:t or K.M:t) was a concept of constitutional importance until 1974.
Royal Majesty was the commonly used term to refer to the supreme executive authority under the
Commonwealth realms
The King-in-Council is the technical term of
An order made by the King-in-Council is known as an
Former Commonwealth realms and dependencies often retain a similar constitutional concept; for example, President-in-Council in India[3][4] or Chief Executive-in-Council in Hong Kong.[5] Similar concepts can also be found in some non-Commonwealth countries.[6]
See also
Sweden
The Commonwealth
Ireland
Notes
- ^ "The source of the power to make the order-in-council was the royal prerogative. Neither Her Majesty nor the members of the Privy Council present that day (which, coincidentally, included me) considered the merits of the order. The Queen-in-Council acts upon the advice of a minister, in the present case, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. In reality, the order was that of the Secretary of State, although, of course, the Queen formally assented to it."[2]
References
- ^ "Norges Grunnlov". Lovdata. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- England and Wales High Court11 May 2006).
- ^ Constituent Assembly of India debates (IV:12) Archived 29 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Parliament of India
- ^ Subhash C. Kashyap. "The President's Powers". The Hindu. 25 July 2002
- ^ Adaption of Laws (Interpretive Provisions) Ordinance 1998 (Hong Kong)
- ^ Juliet Edeson (1998). "Powers of Presidents in Republics", Papers on Parliament No. 31, Parliament of Australia