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The Constitution of Kiribati is the supreme law of Kiribati, which was promulgated in 1979, and was amended in 1995 and in 2016.
It sets out the Principles of the Bill of Rights and the Protection of the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms.
Kiribati's independence was granted to it by the United Kingdom by virtue of the Tuvalu Independence Order 1979 (UK) and Kiribati became an independent constitutional republic on 12 July 1979.
It is divided into 10 chapters and 2 schedules.
References
- Jersey Law Commission
- "The Constitution of Kiribati (English)" (PDF). PACLII. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- "The Constitution of Tuvalu". Tuvalu Islands. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- "Constitution of Kiribati 1979, as amended to 1995". Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database. UN Women. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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