Act 11 July 1924 No. 4: Name change of the city of Kristiania, Norway

Lov um namnebyte for byen Kristiania

Act concerning the change of the name of the city of Kristiania

11. juli 1924 nr. 4

Lov um namnebyte for byen Kristiania

St.besl. 4. juli [1927]. Se Ot. medd. nr. 1. Innst. O. XIV. St.tid., forh. i Ot. s. 609-647; i Lt. s. 136-154.

§ 1. Namnet paa den byen som no heiter Kristiania (Christiania), skal fraa 1 januar 1925 vera Oslo.

§ 2. Fraa den tid denne lovi er utferda og til 1 januar 1926, maa ingen taka i bruk namnet Oslo i eit firma, naar han ikkje vilde havt rett til aa bruka namnet Kristiania (Christiania) i eit firma, som ellest lyder likt.

§ 3. Denne lovi tek til aa gjelda straks.

(Unofficial translation)

11 July 1924 No. 11

Act concerning the change of the name of the city of Kristiania

§ 1. The name of the city currently called Kristiania (Christiania), shall from 1 January 1925 be Oslo.

§ 2. From the time this act is passed and until 1 January 1926, no-one must use the name Oslo in a company [name], if he would have no right to use the name Kristiania (Christiania) in a company [name], which otherwise remains identical.

§ 3. This act comes into force immediately.

Source

Norsk Lovtidende. 2nen avdeling. Samling av lover, resolusjoner m.m. Utgitt efter offentlig foranstaltning. 1924, Kristiania: Grøndahl & Søns boktrykkeri, p. 313.

The act was also published in Norsk Lovtidende, 1ste avdeling (1st section), on 14 July 1927 (issue no. 29).

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