FOREIGN RELATIONS, 19 4 6, VOLUME IV



                            Article 9
  The Governor of the Free City of Trieste shall be nominated by the
Government of the Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia.
  The Governor shall represent the Federative People's Republic of
Yugoslavia for all matters of interest to Yugoslavia in connection
with actual union. The Governor shall be entitled to submit his com-
ments to the High Commissioner in respect of questions concerning
the actual union and the application of the present Statute. Should the
High Commissioner not agree to the Governor's comments, the matter
shall be brought before the Security Council.
                            Article 10
  The High Commission [Colmmissioner] and Governor shall have the
right to investigate and seek information on any matters concerning
the competence of the authorities of the Free City of Trieste and the
Administration of the Free Port.
           SECTION Iv.-Legislative and executive power
                            Article 11
  Sovereignty over the territory of the Free City of Trieste shall be
vested in the people.
  The people shall exercise their sovereign power through the Na-
tional Assembly, freely elected by universal suffrage and secret ballot,
direct and equal for all, in accordance with the system of absolute
proportional representation. One Member of the Assembly shall be
returned for every ... . inhabitants. Any citizen of the Free City
of Trieste of either sex who has attained the age of twenty years shall
have the active and passive right of vote. War criminals or former
officials of the Fascist party shall not be entitled to vote.
  Pending the promulgation of the first Constitution of the Free City
of Trieste, only such citizens as are mentioned in Article 17, paragraph
1, of the present Statute shall be entitled to vote.
                            Article 12
  Legislative power over the territory of the Free City of Trieste shall
be exercised by the National Assembly resolved into a single Chamber.
                            Article 13
  Legislative action shall be the prerogative of members of the Na-
tional Assembly and the Council of Government of the Free City of
Trieste. Any Bill passed by the National Assembly shall have force
of law as soon as it is promulgated by the President of the National
Assembly. Prior to their promulgation, the National Assembly shall
communicate to the High Commissioner and Governor the texts of any
Bills adopted. If he considers them inconsistent with the present Stat-



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