27. Mr. Vyvyan Adamsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the legal date by which the new election in Danzig must be held?
§ Viscount CranborneAccording to the Danzig Constitution, the Popular Assembly is elected for a period of four years, but may in certain circumstances be dissolved before the end of that period. Elections for a new Popular Assembly must be held in the last month but one before the expiration of the four-year period. The term of office of the present Assembly expires in April, 1939, and the latest date on which a fresh election can constitutionally be held is, therefore, in February, 1939.
§ Viscount CranborneThe Popular Assembly puts an end to its term of office by its own decision or by a referendum.
§ Viscount CranborneNo, I have said that it is by its own decision or by a referendum.