Decree 10/1959
Starting on the day First of January of the Year of Our Lord Nineteen and Sixty, with the approval of Jesus Christ and his Father, that I, Francisco Franco Bahamonde, Caudillo de España and Generalísimo de Todos Los Ejércitos, state that:
- From now on, Spain will be known as the Kingdom of Spain.
- Francisco Franco Bahamonde will act as Regent of the Throne of the Kingdom of Spain.
- It will be the Regent of the Throne who decides the identity of the King of Spain.
- Upon the death or resignation of the Regent of the Throne, the candidate chosen by the Regent will become King of Spain after swearing to uphold the laws of the Kingdom.