Constitution of the Andorinhões
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The present Constitution of the Andorinhões was adopted in 1992 after the Democratic Revolution.
| Constitution of the Constitutional State of the Andorinhões | |
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| Original title | Constituição do Estado Constitucional dos Andorinhões |
| Jurisdiction | The Andorinhões |
| Ratified | 21 November 1991 |
| Date effective | 5 June 1992 |
| System | Semi-presidential |
| Branches | 4 |
| Head of state | Governor |
| Chambers | Unicameral National Assembly |
| Executive | Government, headed by a President |
| Judiciary | Constitutional Tribunal, Supreme Tribunal of Justice and lower general tribunals |
| Federalism | Unitary state |
| Electoral college | Yes |
| First legislature | 27 April 1992 |
| First executive | 7 September 1992 |
| Amendments | 2 |
| Last amended | 2015 |
| Author(s) | National Assembly of the Andorinhões |
Former Andorinhense Constitutions
Holy Charter of 1487
Constitution of 1804
Constitution of 1971
Constitution of 1973
Revised Constitution of 1990
Constitution of 1992
1st review (2000)
2nd review (2015)
Provisions
The Andorinhense Constitution includes the Preamble and XXX articles. The articles are organized in the Fundamental Principles, six parts plus the Final and Transitory Dispositions. The parts are subdivided in titles and some of the titles are subdivided in chapters and sections.
Preamble
The preamble to the Constitution consists of the enacting formula:
Part I: Fundamental Principles
The Part I of the Constitution defines the fundamental principles. It includes XX articles (XXth to XXth), subdivided in two titles.
Part II: Fundamental Rights and Duties
The Part II of the Constitution defines the fundamental rights and duties. It includes XX articles (XXth to XXth), subdivided in five titles.
Title I states the general principles of the fundamental rights and duties.
Title II refers the rights, liberties and guaranties, namely the individual ones (Chapter I), the political participation ones (Chapter II) and the workers ones (Chapter III).
Title III refers the economical, social and cultural rights and duties.
Title IV refers to the fundamental duties.
Title V refers to the family.
Part III: Economical and Financial Organization
The Part III defines the economical and financial organization and includes XX articles (XXth to XXth).
Part IV: Exercise of the Political Power
The Part IV defines the exercise of the political power and includes XX articles (XXth to XXth) subdivided in one title.
Title I states the forms of exercise of the political power, namely the general and common principles (Chapter I), the referendum (Chapter II) and the suffrage (Chapter III), especially its general principles (Section I), the election of the governor (Section II) and the election of the deputies (Section III).
Part V: Organization of the Political Power
The Part V defines the organization of the political power and includes XX articles (XXth to XXth), subdivided in ten titles.
Title I refers to the general and common principles.
Title II refers to the governor, namely its definition, mandate and inauguration (Chapter I), its statute (Chapter II) and its competence (Chapter III).
Title III refers to the national assembly, namely its definition, composition and dissolution (Chapter I), its organization (Chapter II), its functioning (Chapter III), its drafting of acts (Chapter IV), especially its initiative of the law and referendum (Section I) and its discussion and vote (Section II), as well as the statute of its deputies (Chapter V), its competence (Chapter VI), especially its competence in the practice of organizational and functional acts (Section I) and its legislative and political competence (Section II).
Title IV refers to the government, namely its function, political responsibility, composition and organization (Chapter I), especially its function and responsibility (Section I) and its composition and organization (Section II), as well as the commencement and termination of its functions (Chapter II), the formation and continuation of government (Chapter III), especially its formation (Section I), the political and criminal responsibility of its members (Section II) and its motion or confidence, of censure and its resignation (Section III), as well as its competence (Chapter IV).
Title V refers to the judicial power, namely its general principles (Chapter I), the organization of the Tribunals (Chapter II), the statute of its judges (Chapter III), the public ministry (Chapter IV) and the attorneys (Chapter V).
Title VI refers to the local power.
Title VII refers to the public administration.
Title VIII refers to the national defense.
Title IX refers to the auxiliary organs of organs of political power, namely the commission of the State (Chapter I) and the commission of the economy, the society and the environment (Chapter II).
Title X refers to the form and hierarchy of the acts, namely the acts of the governor (Chapter I), the form of legislative and normative acts (Chapter II), the resolutions and motions (Chapter III) and their hierarchy and publication (Chapter IV).
Part VI: Guarantees of Defence and Revision of the Constitution
The Part VI defines the guarantees of defence and revision of the Constitution and includes XX articles (XXth to XXth) subdivided in three title.
Title I refers to the state of siege and state of emergency.
Title II refers to the review of the constitutionality.
Title III refers to the revision of the Constitution.
Part VII: Final and Transitory Dispositions
The Part VI is the last part of the Constitution, covering XX articles (XXth to XXth), defines the final and transitory dispositions.