Laws and Regulations - English

Adoption

• Adoption Act No.130/1999

Approved Charters

• Act on Funds and Institutions Operating According to Approved Charters, No. 19, 15 May 1988
  
• Regulation No. 140/2008 on Funds and Institutions Operating under Approved Charters

Children

• Act in Respect of Children, no. 76/2003, with later amendments
  
• Act on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Decisions on the Custody of Children and the Return of Abducted Children, etc. No. 160 27th December 1995

Citizenship

• Icelandic Nationality Act
• Amendments to the Icelandic Citizenship Act
• Regulations on Icelandic language tests for persons applying for Icelandic citizenship, No. 1129/2008
• Statement: No 'Economic Investment Citizenship Programme' in Iceland
  

Civil Protection

• Civil Protection Act No. 82, 12 June 2008

Coast Guard

• Act on the Icelandic Coast Guard No. 52, June 14th 2006

Consumers

• Act No. 57/2005 on Supervision of Unfair Commercial Practices and Transparency of the Market
• Act No. 62/2005 on Measurements, Market Surveillance etc. (Consumer Agency).
• Act No 134/1995 on Product Safety and Official Market Control
• Regulation No 408/1994 on the Safety of Toys and Dangerous Imitations

Extradition and other Assistance

• Extradition of Criminals and Other Assistance in Criminal Proceedings Act No. 13, 17th April 1984

Foreigners

• Act On Foreigners No. 96 /2002
• Regulation on Foreigners

Inheritance

• Inheritance Act No. 8, 14 March 1962, cf. Law No. 48, 16 May 1989

Judiciary

• Act on the Judiciary No.15/1998

Lawyers

• Act on Professional Lawyers No.77/1999
• Regulations No. 200/1999 respecting Lawyers´ Professional Indemnity
• Regulations respecting Lawyers´ Trusteeship Accounts et al.
• Regulations respecting the Right of Attorneys from another EEA-State no. 648/2005 Regulations respecting the Right of Attorneys from another EEA-State no. 896/2004

Legal Competence

• Act On Legal Competence No.71/1997

Lotteries

• Law on lotteries No. 38/2005

Marriage and civil union

• Law in Respect of Marriage No. 31 of April 14th, 1993.

Parliamentray Elections to the Althing

• Act Concerning Parliamentary Elections to the Althing No. 24 from 16 May 2000

Penal Code and Punishment

• Execution of Sentences Act No. 49/2005

• Excerpts from the General Penal Code, No. 19/1940, Articles 69 a-69 g, 100 a, 175 a and 264
  

• General Penal Code No. 19, February 12, 1940
• Excerpts from the General Penal Code, No. 19/1940, with subsequent amendments. Chapter XXII - Sexual Offences and Chapter XXIII - Homicide and Bodily Harm
• Excerpts from the General Penal Code, No. 19/1940, with subsequent amendments, Act on Criminal Responsibility of Legal Persons, No. 144/1998, and Code of Criminal Procedure, No. 19/1991
• Extradition of Criminals and Other Assistance in Criminal Proceedings Act No. 13, 17th April 1984
• Narcotics Act, No. 65/1974
  

Personal Names

• Personal Names act No. 45 of 17^th May 1996

Police

• Police Act no. 90 13th June 1996
• Regulation on management of personal information by the police.

The Post and Telecom Administration

• Act on the Post and Tele­com Administration, No. 69, 24 March 2003

Postal Service

• Postal Services Act No. 19, 18 March 2002

Procedural Law

• Law on Criminal Procedure, No. 88/2008 - Exerpts
• Regulation on the legal status of arrested persons, interviews by the police etc., No. 651/2009
  
• Act on Civil Procedure No. 19/1991 - Exerpts
  
• Act on Bankruptcy, etc. No. 21/1991
• Act on Collection of Evidence Relating to Alleged Violations of Intellectual Property Rights, No. 53/2006
• Rules on special methods and operations of the Police during inverstigations of criminal case
• Act No. 135/2008 on the Office of a Special Prosecutor
• Act No. 68/1995 on the Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters
  

Property

• Act on the Right of Ownership and Use of Real Property
• Regulation on the rights of aliens to acquire the right to own or use real property.

Protection of Privacy

• Act on the Protection of Privacy as regards the Processing of Personal Data, No. 77/2000