Ordinance of 9 August 1944

Ordinance of 9 August 1944
Provisional Government
  • Order of August 9, 1944 concerning the re-establishment of republican rule of law in mainland France
Territorial extentContinental France
Enacted byProvisional Government
Enacted9 August 1944
Repeals
French Constitutional Law of 1940
Summary
All constitutional laws of the Vichy regime declared void ab initio.
Status: In force
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The Ordinance of 9 August 1944 was a constitutional law enacted by the Provisional Government of the French Republic (GPRF) during the Liberation of France which re-established republican rule of law in mainland France after four years of occupation by Nazi Germany and control by the collaborationist Vichy regime.

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