St. Vincent And The Grenadines Constitution 1979

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)