The Act of 9 April 1938 on Changing the Borders of Voivodships within Poland

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Steve

The March Constitution of the Second Polish Republic (adopted on 17 March 1921) established a political system based on the separation of powers and restored a bicameral Sejm consisting of a chamber of deputies and the senate.

On 9 April 1938, the Sejm issued an act to change the borders of some of the Voivodeships within Poland. These changes were short-lived. Nazi Germany invaded Poland on the 01 September 1939 and the Soviet Union invaded Poland a little over two weeks later on 17 September 1939.

  • Title of Act: Act of 9 April 1938 on changing the borders of the following voivodships: Białystok, Kielce, Lubelskie, Łódzkie and Warsaw.
  • Date of Issue: 9 April 1938
  • Date of Entry into Force: 1 April 1939
Act of 04 April 1938
Act of 4 April 1938
Second Polish Republic. Sejm. Dziennik Ustaw, 1938 nr 27 poz. 240. “Ustawa z dnia 9 kwietnia 1938 r. o zmianie granic województw: białostockiego, kieleckiego, lubelskiego, łódzkiego i warszawskiego;
Image copy. ISAP – Internetowy System Aktów Prawnych.
(https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU19380270240 : accessed 07 May 2023).

240
ACT
of April 9, 1938
on changing the borders of the following voivodships:
Białystok, Lubelskie, Łódzkie and Warsaw.

Article 1.
(1) The following shall be included in the area of the Łódź Voivodeship:
1) from the Warsaw Voivodship, the powiats of Kutno, Łowicz, Skierniewice and Rawa;
2) from the Kielce Voivodeship, the powiats: Opoczno and Końskie, with the exception of the municipal communes: Skarżysko-Kamienna and Szydłowiec and the rural communes: Bliżyn and Szydłowiec.
(2) Included in the area of the Warsaw Voivodeship:
1) from the Białystok Voivodship, the powiats of Ostrołęka, Ostrów and Łomża;
2) from the Lubelskie Voivodeship, the powiats of Sokołow, Węgrów and Garwolin, and the commune of Irena from the Puławy powiat.
Article 2.
The Minister of the Interior and other competent ministers, according to the scope of their activities, are entrusted with the execution of this Act.
Article 3.
This Act shall enter into force on April 1, 1939.

President of the Republic: I. Mościcki
Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior: Slawoj Składkowski

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