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Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic Of)'S Constitution of 1999 with Amendments Through 2009 PDF generated: 26 Aug 2021, 16:53 constituteproject.org Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)'s Constitution of 1999 with Amendments through 2009 English Translation of amended Articles 160, 162, 174, 192, and 230 © 2012 by William S. Hein & Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Amendment translated by Jefri J. Ruchti Prepared for distribution on constituteproject.org with content generously provided by Hein Online. This document has been recompiled and reformatted using texts collected in Hein Online’s World Constitution’s Illustrated and the repository of the Comparative Constitutions Project. constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Aug 2021, 16:53 Table of contents Preamble . 5 TITLE I: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES . 5 Article 1 . 5 Article 2 . 5 Article 3 . 5 Article 4 . 5 Article 5 . 6 Article 6 . 6 Article 7 . 6 Article 8 . 6 Article 9 . 6 TITLE II: GEOGRAPHICAL SPACES AND POLITICAL DIVISION . 6 Chapter I: Territory and Other Geographical Spaces . 6 Chapter II: Political Division . 8 TITLE III: DUTIES, HUMAN RIGHTS AND GUARANTEES . 9 Chapter I: General Provisions . 9 Chapter II: Nationality and Citizenship . 12 Section One: Nationality . 12 Section Two: Citizenship . 13 Chapter III: Civil Rights . 14 Chapter IV: Political Rights and Public Referenda . 19 Section One: Political Rights . 19 Section Two: Popular Referendum . 21 Chapter V: Social and Family Rights . 22 Chapter VI: Culture and Educational Rights . 27 Chapter VII: Economic Rights . 31 Chapter VIII: Rights of Native People . 32 Chapter IX: Environmental Rights . 34 Chapter X: Duties . 34 TITLE IV: PUBLIC POWER . 35 Chapter I: Fundamental Provisions . 35 Section One: General Provisions . 35 Section Two: Public Administration . 36 Section Three: Public Functions . 37 Section Four: Contracts in the Public Interest . 38 Section Five: International Relations . 38 Chapter II: Competence of National Public Power . 39 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1999 (rev. 2009) Page 2 constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Aug 2021, 16:53 Chapter III: State Public Power . 42 Chapter IV: Municipal Public Power . 46 Chapter V: The Federal Council on Government . 51 TITLE V: ORGANIZATION OF NATIONAL PUBLIC AUTHORITY . 52 Chapter I: National Legislative Power . 52 Section One: General Provisions . 52 Section Two: Organization of the National Assembly . 55 Section Three: Deputies of the National Assembly . 56 Section Four: Passage of Laws . 57 Section Five: Procedures . 60 Chapter II: National Executive Power . 61 Section One: President of the Republic . 61 Section Two: The President of the Republic . 63 Section Three: Executive Vice-President . 65 Section Four: Ministers and the Cabinet of Ministers . 66 Section Five: General Attorney of the Republic . 67 Section Six: Council of State . 68 Chapter III: Judicial Power and Justice System . 68 Section One: General Provisions . 68 Section Two: Supreme Tribunal of Justice . 70 Section Three: Governance and Administration of the Judicial Power . 72 Chapter IV: Citizen Power . 73 Section One: General Provisions . 73 Section Two: People Defender’s Office . 75 Section Three: Office of Public Prosecutions . 77 Section Four: Office of the General Comptroller of the Republic . 78 Chapter V: Electoral Power . 79 TITLE VI: SOCIOECONOMIC SYSTEM . 81 Chapter I: Socioeconomic Order and the Function of the State in the Economy . 81 Chapter II: Tax and Monetary System . 83 Section One: Budget System . 83 Section Two: Taxation System . 85 Section Three: National Monetary System . 85 Section Four: Macroeconomic Coordination . 86 TITLE VII: NATIONAL SECURITY . ..
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