Earlier this year, we updated researchers on the content that was released in the World Constitutions Illustrated database through March 2024. Read below to find out what new documents have been added to this ever-growing database.
Updates from April 2024 to Date
Since our last content news update, we have updated 24 countries and added 84 new titles to the World Constitutions Illustrated database.
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Austria
The Federal Constitutional Law of 1920 [1929/30][1945] was further amended by the following Federal Acts:
- 5/2024
- 47/2024
- 68/2024
- 88/2024
- 89/2024
We now include the texts of the amending laws in German from the Federal Law Gazette. We have added the consolidated text in German, as amended to 2024 and in force 12 March 2024, and the English and German Diglot text from the Federal Chancellery. Also, we have added the German consolidated text, as amended to 2024 and in force 2 May 2024, and the English and German Diglot text from the Federal Chancellery.
We have added the consolidated text, as amended to 2024 and in force 15 July 2024 and 22 July 2024, in German from the Federal Chancellery. Additionally, we now include the Federal Constitutional Act of 27 December 2011, concerning Media Cooperation and Media Funding, as amended to 2023, in German and English from the Federal Chancellery.
Brazil
We now include the consolidated text of the Constitution of 1988, as amended to 2023 [Constitutional Amendment No. 132], in English from the Senate. We also include the text of the Temporary Constitutional Provisions Act, updated to 2023, in English from the Senate.
Additionally, we have added our English translation of the Temporary Constitutional Provisions Act, amended through Amendment No. 132 and translated by Keith S. Rosenn; and the English translation of the Non-inserted Provisions, updated through Amendment No. 132, translated as a group by Keith S. Rosenn.
Colombia
The Constitution of 1991 was further amended by Legislative Act No. 1 of 2024, recognizing the Fourteen Allowance for Public Forces in addition to other provisions. We have added the text of the amending law in Spanish from the Presidency.
Costa Rica
The Constitution of 1949 was further amended by Legislative Decree No. 10385 of 29 November 2023, concerning authorizing extradition for crimes related to international drug trafficking and terrorism. We have added the text of the amending law in Spanish from the National Assembly. We also now include the consolidated text, as amended to 2023 [Law No. 10385], in Spanish from the Supreme Tribunal of Elections. Additionally, we have updated our English translation of the consolidated text.
Ecuador
The Constitution of 2008 was further amended by the amendments adopted at the Referendum of 21 April 2024 and by the amendment adopted by the National Assembly of 30 May 2024. We include the text of the Referendum amendments in Spanish from the National Electoral Council and the text of the National Assembly amending law in Spanish from the Official Gazette.
France
The Constitution of 1958 [Fifth Republic] was further amended by Law No. 2024-200 of 8 March 2024, which enshrines a woman’s right to an abortion in France’s constitution. We now include the text of the amending law in French from the Official Gazette. We have also added the consolidated text, as amended to 2024, in French
from the Constitutional Council.
Germany
We now include the consolidated text of the Basic Law of 1949, as amended to the Law of 19 December 2022, in English from the Bundestag.
Hungary
The Fundamental Law of 2011 was further amended by the Amendment of 11 June 2024. We have added the text of the amending law in Hungarian from the Official Gazette and the consolidated text, as amended to 2024, in Hungarian from the Official Gazette. Additionally, we have added the consolidated text, as amended to 2023, in German and French from the Ministry of Justice.
India
We now include the Constitution of 1949/50 in a Consolidation of 1 May 2024, and updated to the One Hundred and Sixth Amendment Act, 2023, in English from the Ministry of Law and Justice.
Kenya
We now include the revised 2022 version of the Constitution of 2010 from the Ministry of Justice/Kenya Law Reports.
Mexico
The Constitution of 1917 was further amended by the Decree of 22 March 2024, concerning the Third Transitory Article. We have added the text of the amending law in Spanish from the Official Gazette. We also now include the consolidated text, as amended to 2024 [22 March 2024], in Spanish from the Chamber of Deputies. We now include the consolidated text of the Constitution of Mexico of 1917, as amended to 2024 [Diario Oficial of 22 March 2024] in Spanish from the National Juridical Order.
Netherlands
We have added the consolidated text of the Constitution of 1983, as amended to 2023, in Dutch from the Staatsblad. Additionally, we now include the consolidated text of the constitution, as amended to 2023, from the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the following languages: Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish.
New Zealand
We have added the following reprints from the Parliamentary Counsel Office to the collection of statutory acts governing constitutional matters in New Zealand. These include:
- Public Service Act of 2020, as updated to 1 March 2024
- Electoral Act of 1993, as updated to 9 December 2023
- Public Finance Act of 1989, as updated to 27 July 2023
- Imperial Laws Application Act of 1988, as updated to 28 October 2021
- Official Information Act of 1982, as updated to 1 May 2023
- Ombudsmen Act of 1975, as updated to 1 March 2024
- Privacy Act of 2020, as updated to 6 June 2024
- Public Service Act of 2020, as updated to 1 July 2024
- Crown Entities Act of 2004, as updated to 1 July 2024
- Public Audit Act of 2001, as updated to 30 June 2024
- Electoral Act of 1993, as updated to 1 July 2024
- Public Finance Act of 1989, as updated to 1 July 2024
- Treaty of Waitangi Act of 1975, as updated to 5 June 2024
Norway
The Constitution of 1814 was further amended by the Resolution of 21 May / 7 June 2024 No. 928. We have added the text of the amending law in Norwegian Nynorsk from the Official Gazette. We have also added the consolidated text, as amended to 2024, from the Ministry of Justice in the following languages: English, Norwegian Bokmal, and Norwegian Nynorsk.
Peru
The Constitution of 1993 was further amended by Law No. 31988 of 20 March 2024, which reestablishes Bicameralism in the Congress of the Republic of Peru. This month, we add the text of the amending law in Spanish from the Official Gazette. We now include the consolidated text of the Constitution of 1993, as amended to 2024 [Law No. 31988 of 20 March 2024], in Spanish from the Publications of the Official Gazette. We also have updated our English translation of the consolidated text.
Samoa
We now include the Constitution of 1960, as amened to 2020, in English from the Office of the Ombudsman.
Seychelles
We now include the Constitution of 1993, as amended to 2022, in English from the Seychelles Legal Information Institute.
Singapore
We have added the consolidated text of the 1963 Constitution, as amended to 2023 [revised Edition of 2020], from the Law Revision Commission.
Solomon Islands
The Constitution of 1978 was further amended by the Constitution (Amendment) (Constituent Assembly) Act of 2023 and the Constitution (Amendment and Validation) Act of 2023. We have added the text of the amending laws from Parliament.
Sweden
We include a consolidated text of the Constitution of Sweden: The Fundamental Laws and the Riksdag Act, as amended to 2023, in English from the Sveriges Riksdag.
Switzerland
The Constitution of 1999/2000 was further amended by the Referendum of 3 March 2024, which concerned the initiative for a 13th OASI pension payment. We have added the text of the amending law from the Federal Gazette in the following languages: French, Italian, and German. We also include the text of the official compilation in the following languages: French, Italian, and German. Additionally, we have added the consolidated text, as amended and in force 2024 [3 March 2024], from the Federal Council in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, and Romansch.
Togo
We now include the original text of the Constitution of the 5th Republic, 2024, in French from the Official Gazette.
Turkmenistan
The Constitution of 1992 was further amended by the Constitutional Law of Turkmenistan, on Amendments and Additions to the Constitution of Turkmenistan of 21 January 2023 [No. 531-VI]. We now include the text of the amending law in Turkmen and Russian from the Ministry of Justice. We have also added the consolidated
text, as amended to 2023, in both Russian and Turkmen from the Ministry of Justice.
United Kingdom
We now include the text of the Explanatory Notes for the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Act 2024 and the text of the British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Act 2024 (c. 19) from the Stationery Office.
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