Constitution of Tuvalu

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The Constitution of Tuvalu is the supreme legal document that defines the country's system of government, the roles of its institutions, and the fundamental rights of its citizens.

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Label Occurrences
Constitution of Tuvalu canonical 13
Constitution of Tuvalu 1978 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
supreme law ⓘ
allowsFor constitutional amendment ⓘ
appliesTo citizens of Tuvalu ⓘ
public authorities of Tuvalu ⓘ
contains bill of rights ⓘ
preamble ⓘ
provisions on executive authority ⓘ
provisions on judicial authority ⓘ
provisions on legislative authority ⓘ
country Tuvalu ⓘ
createsBody Parliament of Tuvalu ⓘ
createsOffice Governor-General of Tuvalu ⓘ
Prime Minister of Tuvalu ⓘ
defines roles of state institutions in Tuvalu ⓘ
system of government of Tuvalu ⓘ
enforcedBy courts of Tuvalu ⓘ
establishes executive branch of Tuvalu ⓘ
judicial branch of Tuvalu ⓘ
legislative branch of Tuvalu ⓘ
supremacy of the constitution over other laws ⓘ
guarantees fundamental rights of citizens of Tuvalu ⓘ
headOfState monarch of Tuvalu ⓘ
jurisdiction Tuvalu ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Tuvaluan ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Tuvalu ⓘ
legislativeBodyType unicameral parliament ⓘ
providesFor freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of movement ⓘ
fundamental human rights and freedoms ⓘ
independence of the judiciary ⓘ
protection from discrimination ⓘ
protection from inhuman treatment ⓘ
protection of fair trial rights ⓘ
protection of personal liberty ⓘ
protection of property rights ⓘ
recognizes customary law of Tuvalu (to a limited extent) ⓘ
regulates appointment of ministers ⓘ
appointment of the Prime Minister ⓘ
citizenship of Tuvalu ⓘ
conduct of elections ⓘ
dissolution of Parliament ⓘ
emergency powers ⓘ
public finance and appropriation of funds ⓘ
public service of Tuvalu ⓘ
requires laws to be consistent with the constitution ⓘ
requiresOath oath of allegiance for certain public offices ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Queen of Tuvalu → establishedBy → Constitution of Tuvalu ⓘ
Prime Minister of Tuvalu → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Tuvalu ⓘ
Parliament of Tuvalu → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Tuvalu ⓘ
Governor-General of Tuvalu → createdBy → Constitution of Tuvalu ⓘ
Governor-General of Tuvalu → legalBasis → Constitution of Tuvalu ⓘ
Crown in right of Tuvalu → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Tuvalu ⓘ
Government of Tuvalu → constitution → Constitution of Tuvalu ⓘ
Cabinet of Tuvalu → subordinateTo → Constitution of Tuvalu ⓘ
Speaker of the Parliament of Tuvalu → associatedWith → Constitution of Tuvalu ⓘ
courts of Tuvalu → appliesLaw → Constitution of Tuvalu ⓘ
courts of Tuvalu → establishedUnder → Constitution of Tuvalu 1978 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Tuvalu
King of Tuvalu → legalBasis → Constitution of Tuvalu ⓘ
King of Tuvalu → oathGivenTo → Constitution of Tuvalu ⓘ
Tuvalu Parliament House → associatedWith → Constitution of Tuvalu ⓘ