Editing Sovereign immunity (section)

===Spain===
The [[Monarchy of Spain|Spanish monarch]] is personally immune from prosecution for acts committed by government ministers in the King's name, according to Title II, Section 56, Subsection 3 of the [[Spanish Constitution of 1978]].<ref name="Wiki Source Spa Constitution 78">{{Cite web|url=https://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Constituci%C3%B3n_espa%C3%B1ola_de_1978:_04|title=Constitución española de 1978: 04 - Wikisource|website=es.wikisource.org}}</ref><ref name="Official website of the Royal Household">{{Cite web|url=https://www.casareal.es/ES/Paginas/CustomErrors/Error404.aspx|title=Inicio - Castellano - Error 404|website=www.casareal.es}}</ref>

{{blockquote|The person of the King is inviolable and shall not be held accountable. His acts shall always be countersigned in the manner established in section 64. Without such countersignature they shall not be valid, except as provided under section 65(2).<ref name="Wiki Source Spa Constitution 78"/><ref name="Official website of the Royal Household"/><ref>Original: La persona del Rey de España es inviolable y no está sujeta a responsabilidad. Sus actos estarán siempre refrendados en la forma establecida en el artículo 64, careciendo de validez sin dicho refrendo, salvo lo dispuesto en el artículo 65,2.</ref>}}

At the time of the June 2014 abdication of [[King Juan Carlos]] the Spanish constitution did not state whether an abdicated monarch retains his legal immunity,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellakuría|first1=Iñaki|title=El Rey perderá su inviolabilidad tras la abdicación pero puede pasar a ser aforado [The King will lose his immunity after abdicating but could keep it]|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20140603/54408625245/rey-inmunidad-abdicacion-aforado.html|access-date=5 June 2014|work=[[La Vanguardia]]|date=3 June 2014}}</ref> but the government was planning to make changes to allow this.<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite web|title=Spain will have two kings and two queens|date=June 13, 2014 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10898873/Spain-will-have-two-kings-and-two-queens.html|access-date=14 June 2014}}</ref> Legislation has been passed, although unlike his previous immunity, the new legislation does not completely shield the former sovereign. Juan Carlos must answer to the supreme court, in a similar type of protection afforded to many high-ranking civil servants and politicians in Spain. The legislation stipulates that all outstanding legal matters relating to the former king be suspended and passed "immediately" to the supreme court.<ref>{{cite web|title=The guardian|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=July 31, 2014|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/spain-supreme-court-king-juan-carlos-paternity|access-date=5 August 2014}}</ref>