the

Civil Code

of the

Hawaiian Islands

 

Be it enacted, by the King, the Nobles, and the Representatives

of the Hawaiian Islands in Legislative Council Assembled:

 

Title 1. Of Laws.

 

Chapter I.

 

Of the Promulgation of the Laws.

 

§1.  No written law shall be obligatory without being first printed and made public.

 

§2.  All laws enacted by the Legislative power of the kingdom, shall be deposited and preserved in the office of the Minister of the Interior, who shall promulgate the same by publication in such newspaper or newspapers, printed at the Seat of Government, as he may deem proper.

 

§3.  It shall be the duty of the Minister of the Interior to furnish a copy of the Laws, immediately after their publication, to each of the Executive Ministers, Governors, Judges and District Attorneys.

 

§4.  All Laws, unless otherwise specially provided, shall take effect on the Island of Oahu ten days after the promulgation of the same, and on each of the other islands, thirty days after such promulgation; after which no one shall be allowed to allege ignorance of the laws as an excuse or justification for a violation thereof.

 

 

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