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St. Vincent And The Grenadines Constitution 1979

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Constitution 1979 - Table of Contents

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Constitution 1979 - Table of Contents

  • Preamble
  • CHAPTER I: PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
    • Fundamental rights and freedoms
    • Protection of right to life
    • Protection of right to personal liberty
    • Protection from slavery and forced labour
    • Protection from inhuman treatment
    • Protection from deprivation of property
    • Protection from arbitrary search or entry
    • Provisions to secure protection of law
    • Protection of freedom of conscience
    • Protection of freedom of expression
    • Protection of freedom of assembly and association
    • Protection of freedom of movement
    • Protection from discrimination on the grounds of race, etc
    • Derogations from s. 3 or s. 13 under emergency powers
    • Protection of persons detained under emergency laws
    • Enforcement of protective provisions
    • Declaration of emergency
    • Interpretation and savings
  • CHAPTER II: THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL
    • Establishment of office
    • Acting Governor-General
    • Oaths to be taken by Governor-General
    • Deputy to Governor-General
  • CHAPTER III: PARLIAMENT
    • PART 1: Composition of Parliament
      • Establishment
      • Composition of House of Assembly
      • Qualifications for Representatives and Senators
      • Disqualifications for Representatives and Senators
      • Election of Representatives
      • Appointment of Senators
      • Tenure of office of Representatives and Senators
      • Speaker
      • Deputy Speaker
      • Constituency Boundaries Commission
      • Constituencies
      • Supervisor of Elections
      • Clerk of House and his staff
      • Determination of questions of membership
    • PART 2: Legislation and procedure of Parliament
      • Power to make laws
      • Alteration of Constitution and Supreme Court Order
      • Oath by members
      • Presiding
      • Voting
      • Penalty for sitting if unqualified
      • Mode of exercise of legislative power
      • Restrictions with regard to certain financial measures
      • Regulation of procedure in House
      • Freedom of speech
    • PART 3: Summoning, prorogation and dissolution
      • Sessions
      • Prorogation and dissolution
      • Elections to House of Assembly
  • CHAPTER IV: THE EXECUTIVE
    • Executive authority
    • Ministers of the Government
    • Cabinet of Ministers
    • Allocation of portfolios to Ministers
    • Performance of functions of Prime Minister during absence or illness
    • Exercise of Governor-General's functions
    • Governor-General to be informed concerning matters of government
    • Parliamentary Secretaries
    • Oaths to be taken by Ministers, etc
    • Leader of the Opposition
    • Permanent secretaries
    • Secretary to the Cabinet
    • Constitution of offices, etc
    • Attorney-General
    • Control of public prosecutions
    • Prerogative of mercy
    • Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy
    • Functions of Advisory Committee
  • CHAPTER V: FINANCE
    • Consolidated Fund
    • Withdrawals from Consolidated Fund or other public funds
    • Authorisation of expenditure from Consolidated Fund by appropriation law
    • Authorisation of expenditure in advance of appropriation
    • Contingencies Fund
    • Remuneration of certain officers
    • Public debt
    • Audit of public accounts, etc
    • Public Accounts Committee
  • CHAPTER VI: THE PUBLIC SERVICE
    • PART 1: The Public Service Commission
      • Public Service Commission
      • Appointment, etc., of public officers
    • PART 2: Appointments, etc., to particular offices
      • Appointment, etc., of permanent secretaries and certain other officers
      • Attorney-General when a public officer
      • Director of Public Prosecutions
      • Director of Audit
      • Appointment, etc., of magistrates, registrars and legal officers
    • PART 3: The Police
      • Police Service Commission
      • Police Force
    • PART 4: The Public Service Board of Appeal
      • Public Service Board of Appeal
    • PART 5: Pensions
      • Pensions laws and protection of pensions rights
      • Power to withhold pensions, etc
  • CHAPTER VII: CITIZENSHIP
    • Persons who become citizens on 27th October 1979
    • Persons born in Saint Vincent on or after 27th October 1979
    • Persons born outside Saint Vincent on or after 27th October 1979
    • Registration
    • Acquisition, deprivation and renunciation
    • Interpretation
  • CHAPTER VIII: JUDICIAL PROVISIONS
    • Original jurisdiction of High Court in constitutional questions
    • Reference of constitutional questions to High Court
    • Appeals to Court of Appeal
    • Appeals to Her Majesty in Council
    • Interpretation
  • CHAPTER IX: MISCELLANEOUS
    • Supreme law
    • Functions of Governor-General
    • Resignations
    • Re-appointment and concurrent appointments
    • Interpretation
  • THE SCHEDULE TO THE CONSTITUTION: ALTERATION OF CONSTITUTION AND SUPREME COURT ORDER (Section 38)
    • PART 1: Provisions of Constitution referred to in section 38(3)
    • PART 2: Provisions of Supreme Court Order referred to in section 38(3)

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