Practice question · Numerical answer
Under Article 2.1 of the Civil Code, how many days after complete publication in the BOE does a statute enter into force, if the statute itself says nothing?
Hints
- Under a month.
- Twenty days.
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20
Why
Twenty days. The rule is a default rather than a fixture, and most statutes displace it, often with entry into force on the day after publication. Its point is that a rule nobody has yet had the chance to learn cannot fairly be a rule anybody is bound by, which is the same idea that makes non-retroactivity a constitutional guarantee.
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