CRO UPPER HOUSE SUPPORTS BILL ON INVALIDITY OF ACTS PASSED IN FORMERLY

FORMERLY $ OCCUPIED AREA ZAGREB, Sept 16 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament's House of Counties on Tuesday supported with a majority of vote (six abstentions) a bill on the invalidity of acts passed in formerly occupied areas which the government sent to parliament for urgent procedure. In line with the said bill, all legal provisions and general acts passed in formerly occupied areas become invalid. The legal effects of court decisions in criminal, civic and administrative matters would be acknowledged only after a Croatian judicial authority body investigated their validity. The legal effects of decisions made by administration bodies would be acknowledged on condition that they are not contrary to the Croatian constitution and provisions. The proposed bill would also regulate land registration, the registration of legal persons in formerly occupied areas, and an employment-based right, both for refugees-Croatian citizens from formerly occupied areas, and for those who lived in those areas during occupation. The employment-based right would not extend to citizens who partook in the aggression on Croatia in para-military units. (hina) ha jn 162045 MET sep 97