Issue 33Volume 59
Royal Gazette
19 May 2485
any kind of privilege and persons are equal before the law. In former times, there were rules dividing these titles into dignities, ranks of nobility, and positions. Only the dignities and positions have already been changed and modified to be in line with the form of government under the constitutional system, but the noble ranks which form a class of titles remain unchanged still. Having a noble rank or not shall not be the ground for which persons are treated differently under the law. Moreover, a large number of public servants with noble ranks from superior classes to inferior classes, whether still in service or no longer in service, have resigned from the noble ranks, but some holders of noble ranks still retain the noble ranks and have not yet applied for relinquishment thereof, seemingly resulting in inconsistency and disorderliness and likely causing a mistaken belief that holders of noble ranks enjoy better privileges than the others do. For these reasons, it is appropriate to abolish the noble ranks which have been granted, so that the possible misunderstanding so described might be fixed and the modifications according to the constitutional provisions regarding titles would be effected completely;
