The Royal Journal (Dutch: Real Staatsblad) is the official journal of Brunant in which the official publication of laws, decrees, proclamations, international treaties and supranational laws, law cases, and other official notices such are published. The publication is handled by the Department of Justice. Only when published in the Official Journal, laws are binding.
Its official abbreviation is RJ.
Content[]
The Constitution provides the publication of all legislation, which not only includes laws and other regulation by the House of Representatives and the government, but also international treaties and other supranational and intergovernmental regulation, mostly legislation of the European Union, the awarding of orders, decorations, medals and other awards and honors, political and judicial appointments, and bankruptcies of registered companies. The Constitution also states that for this legislation to be binding upon Brunanter citizens and other subjects, it must be published in the Royal Journal. According to the Royal Decree 17/2004, if no date of entry into force is mentioned, laws published in the RJ will be effective 10 days after their publication.
The Royal Journal is published in both Dutch and English. The texts are written in columns opposite each other.
History[]
The exact starting point of the Royal Journal's history is difficult to determine. Laws were, both nationally and locally, were announced publicly on the streets from the 14th century on. In the Brunanter Republic in the 15th century, the Republican Estates proclaimed its laws and taxation rules every Monday after its sitting. Its successor, the Royal Courts of the 16th and 17th centuries, introduced a monthly announcement of all new laws around 1540.
The Royal Journal was first published in 1797 by order of President James Carrington, who focused on administration and bureaucracy. From then on, new laws were published weekly in Koningstad and monthly or even annually in other cities and towns.
Since 2006, the Royal Journal is available online. An annually printed version of thousands of pages has since then only been available in the most important archives and libraries in the country, including the National Library, the Congressional Library and the King Ambroos Library.