His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom constitutional statute

His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 is the UK statute by which King Edward VIII's abdication was formally recognized, enabling his brother George VI to ascend the throne.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 canonical	4
confirmed that George VI became king immediately upon abdication	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ constitutional statute ⓘ
appliesTo	Crown in right of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Crown of the United Kingdom succession to the throne of the United Kingdom ⓘ
citation	1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6 c. 3 ⓘ
commencementDate	1936-12-11 ⓘ
constitutionalSignificance	altered the line of succession to the British throne ⓘ exampleOfParliamentarySovereignty ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
effect	addressed the succession and rights of any descendants of Edward VIII ⓘ His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: confirmed that George VI became king immediately upon abdication ended the reign of Edward VIII in the United Kingdom ⓘ recognized the abdication instrument signed by Edward VIII ⓘ regulated the royal style and titles following the abdication ⓘ
enactedBy	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ House of Lords ⓘ surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
historicalContext	passed during the National Government era in the UK ⓘ passed during the interwar period ⓘ
jurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
languageOfText	English ⓘ
legalSystem	English law ⓘ Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ surface form: Scots law
longTitle	An Act to give effect to His Majesty's declaration of abdication; and for purposes connected therewith ⓘ
monarchAfterEffect	George VI ⓘ
monarchDuringPassage	Edward VIII ⓘ
parliament	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
purpose	to give legal effect to the abdication of King Edward VIII ⓘ to provide for the succession of George VI to the throne ⓘ
recognizesDocument	Instrument of Abdication of Edward VIII ⓘ
relatedLegislation	Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ English Bill of Rights ⓘ surface form: Bill of Rights 1689 Royal Marriages Act 1772 ⓘ
relatedToEvent	abdication crisis of 1936 ⓘ surface form: Abdication crisis of 1936
relatedToPerson	Edward VIII ⓘ George VI ⓘ Wallis Simpson ⓘ
requires	royal assent ⓘ
royalAssentDate	1936-12-11 ⓘ
shortTitle	His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 self-link ⓘ
signedInstrumentDate	1936-12-10 ⓘ
status	spent ⓘ
subjectMatter	British monarchy ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ royal succession ⓘ
typeOfChange	change of reigning monarch by statute ⓘ
yearOfAct	1936 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936
Description of subject: His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 is the UK statute by which King Edward VIII's abdication was formally recognized, enabling his brother George VI to ascend the throne.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

abdication crisis of 1936 → legalInstrument → His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 ⓘ

His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 → shortTitle → His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 self-link ⓘ

His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 → effect → His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: confirmed that George VI became king immediately upon abdication

Instrument of Abdication of Edward VIII → confirmedBy → His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 ⓘ

Instrument of Abdication of Edward VIII → filedUnder → His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 ⓘ