THE CIVIL LAWS OF HAWAII. [Matter in brackets omitted; recommended by Commission to be repealed.] TITLE I. LAWS. CHAPTER 1. PROMULGATION OF LAWS. § 1. No written law shall be obligatory without being first printed and made public. (§§ 2-3 laws, § 4. All laws, unless otherwise specially provided, shall take effect on the island of Oahu ten days after the promulgation of the same, and on each of the other islands thirty days after such promulgation; after which no one shall be allowed to allege ignorance of the law as an excuse or justification for a violation thereof. SS 1-4 are C. L. SS 1-4. NOTE TO CHAPTER 1. Cases in Hawaiian Reports; Hilo Co. v. Austin, 8 Haw., 278; Re Sovereign, 8 Haw., 607. CHAPTER 2. EFFECTS OF Laws. 5. No law shall have any retrospective operation. 6. The laws are obligatory upon all persons, whether citizens of this Territory or citizens or subjects of any foreign State, while within the limits of this Territory, except so far as exception is made by the laws of nations in respect to ambassadors or others. The property of all such persons, while such property is within the territorial jurisdiction of this Territory is also subject to the laws. § 7. Private agreements shall have no effect to contravene any law which concerns public order or good morals. But individuals may, in all cases in which it is not expressly or impliedly prohibited, renounce what the law has established in their favor, when such renunciation does not affect the rights of others and is not contrary to the public good. § 8. Whatever is done in contravention of a prohibitory law is void, although the nullity be not formally directed. S$ 5-8 are C. L. SS 5-8. NOTE TO CHAPTER 2. Cases in Hawaiian Reports: Norton v. Paahana. 3 Haw., 300; Coleman v. Coleman, 5 Haw., 304; Re Mau Nun, 7 Haw., 463; Chong Chum v. Kohala Co., S Haw., 430. |