PDF generated: 26 Aug 2021, 16:44 constituteproject.org Peru's Constitution of 1993 with Amendments through 2009 This complete constitution has been generated from excerpts of texts from the repository of the Comparative Constitutions Project, and distributed on constituteproject.org. constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Aug 2021, 16:44 Table of contents Preamble . 4 TITLE I: THE PERSON AND THE SOCIETY . 4 CHAPTER I: FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE PERSON . 4 CHAPTER II: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS . 8 CHAPTER III: POLITICAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES . 12 CHAPTER IV: PUBLIC SERVICE . 14 TITLE II: THE STATE AND THE NATION . 15 CHAPTER I: THE STATE, THE NATION, AND THE TERRITORY . 15 CHAPTER II: TREATIES . 17 TITLE III: THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM . 18 CHAPTER I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES . 18 CHAPTER II: THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE NATIONAL RESOURCES . 19 CHAPTER III: PROPERTY . 20 CHAPTER IV: TAX AND BUDGET REGIME . 21 CHAPTER V: CURRENCY AND BANKING . 23 CHAPTER VI: THE AGRICULTURAL REGIME AND RURAL AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES . 24 TITLE IV: THE STRUCTURE OF THE STATE . 24 CHAPTER I: THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH . 24 CHAPTER II: THE LEGISLATIVE FUNCTION . 28 CHAPTER III: LAWMAKING AND ENACTMENT . 29 CHAPTER IV: THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH . 29 CHAPTER V: THE CABINET . 32 CHAPTER VI: RELATIONS WITH THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH . 34 CHAPTER VII: STATE OF EXCEPTION . 36 CHAPTER VIII: THE JUDICIAL BRANCH . 36 CHAPTER IX: THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE MAGISTRACY . 40 CHAPTER X: THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL . 42 CHAPTER XI: THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN . 43 CHAPTER XII: SECURITY AND NATIONAL DEFENSE . 43 CHAPTER XIII: THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM . 45 CHAPTER XIV: DECENTRALIZATION . 48 TITLE V: CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS . 53 Article 200 . 53 Article 201 . 53 Article 202 . 54 Article 203 . 54 Article 204 . 54 Peru 1993 (rev. 2009) Page 2 constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Aug 2021, 16:44 Article 205 . 55 TITLE VI: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM . 55 Article 206 . 55 FINAL AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS . 55 FIRST . 55 SECOND . 56 THIRD . 56 FOURTH . 56 FIFTH . 56 SIXTH . 56 SEVENTH . 56 EIGHTH . 56 NINTH . 57 TENTH . 57 ELEVENTH . 57 TWELFTH . 57 THIRTEENTH . 57 FOURTEENTH . 57 FIFTEENTH . 57 SIXTEENTH . 57 SPECIAL TRANSITORY PROVISIONS . 58 FIRST . 58 SECOND . 58 THIRD . 58 DECLARATION THE DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTIONAL CONGRESS . 58 Peru 1993 (rev. 2009) Page 3 constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Aug 2021, 16:44 • Source of constitutional authority Preamble • God or other deities • Preamble The Democratic Constituent Congress invoking Almighty God, obeying the mandate of the Peruvian people, and remembering the sacrifice of all the preceding generations of our land, has resolved to enact the following Constitution: TITLE I: THE PERSON AND THE SOCIETY CHAPTER I: FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE PERSON • Human dignity Article 1 The defense of the human person and respect for his dignity are the supreme purpose of the society and the State. Article 2 Every person has the right: • Right to development of personality • Right to life 1. To life, his identity, his moral, psychical, and physical integrity, and his free development and well-being. The unborn child is a rights-bearing subject in all cases that benefit him. • General guarantee of equality • Equality regardless of gender 2. To equality before the law. No person shall be discriminated against on the • Equality regardless of creed or belief basis of origin, race, sex, language, religion, opinion, economic situation, or • Equality regardless of financial status • Equality regardless of origin any other distinguishing feature. • Equality regardless of race • Equality regardless of language • Equality regardless of religion 3. To freedom of conscience and religion, in an individual or collective manner. No person shall be persecuted on a basis of his ideas or beliefs. There is no • Freedom of religion • Freedom of opinion/thought/conscience crime of opinion. Public exercise of any faith is free, insofar as it does not constitute an offense against morals, or a disturbance of the public order. • Freedom of expression • Freedom of press 4. To freedom of information, opinion, expression, and dissemination of thought, whether oral, written, or in images, through any medium of social communication, and without previous authorization, censorship, or impediment, under penalty of law. Crimes committed by means of books, the press, and any other social media are defined by the Criminal Code and tried in a court of law. Any action that suspends or closes down any organ of expression or prevents its free circulation constitutes a crime. The rights of information and opinion include those of founding means of communication. • Right to information 5. To request, without statement of a cause, information he requires, and to receive it from any public entity within the legal term, at its respective cost. Exception is hereby made of information affecting personal privacy and that expressly excluded by the law or for reasons of national.