Constitution of Bahrain

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The Constitution of Bahrain is the supreme legal framework that defines the country's political system, separation of powers, and fundamental rights and duties of citizens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
supreme law ⓘ
adopted 1973 Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
amended 2012 constitutional amendments of Bahrain ⓘ
basisFor ordinary legislation in Bahrain ⓘ
contains chapter on executive authority in Bahrain ⓘ
chapter on judicial authority in Bahrain ⓘ
chapter on legislative authority in Bahrain ⓘ
chapter on public rights and duties in Bahrain ⓘ
chapter on the system of government in Bahrain ⓘ
final and transitional provisions of the Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
general provisions of the Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
preamble of the Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
country Bahrain ⓘ
defines fundamental duties of citizens of Bahrain ⓘ
fundamental rights of citizens of Bahrain ⓘ
political system of Bahrain ⓘ
separation of powers in Bahrain ⓘ
establishes constitutional monarchy in Bahrain ⓘ
executive branch of Bahrain ⓘ
judicial branch of Bahrain ⓘ
legislative branch of Bahrain ⓘ
formOfGovernment hereditary constitutional monarchy ⓘ
guaranteesRight equality before the law in Bahrain ⓘ
freedom of belief in Bahrain ⓘ
freedom of expression in Bahrain ⓘ
freedom of press in Bahrain ⓘ
personal liberty in Bahrain ⓘ
right of assembly in Bahrain ⓘ
right to private property in Bahrain ⓘ
headOfStateDefinedAs King of Bahrain ⓘ
imposesDuty duty to defend the country in Bahrain ⓘ
duty to pay taxes in Bahrain ⓘ
duty to respect public order in Bahrain ⓘ
interpretedBy Constitutional Court of Bahrain ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of Bahrain ⓘ
linked to: Bahrain
legalStatus supreme legal framework of Bahrain ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
promulgatedBy King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa ⓘ
providesFor Council of Representatives of Bahrain ⓘ
Shura Council of Bahrain ⓘ
bicameral National Assembly of Bahrain ⓘ
religionOfState Islam ⓘ
replacedBy 2002 Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
requires oath of office for senior officials in Bahrain ⓘ
separationOfPowersBetween executive branch of Bahrain ⓘ
judicial branch of Bahrain ⓘ
legislative branch of Bahrain ⓘ
yearPromulgated 2002 ⓘ

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Bahrain Defence Force → legalBasis → Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
Prime Minister of Bahrain → officeCreatedUnder → Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
King of Bahrain → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
Constitution of Bahrain → adopted → 1973 Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Bahrain
Constitution of Bahrain → replacedBy → 2002 Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Bahrain
Government of Bahrain → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
Council of Ministers of Bahrain → legalBasis → Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
Supreme Judicial Council of Bahrain → legalBasis → Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
Council of Representatives of Bahrain → createdBy → Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
Council of Representatives of Bahrain → legalBasis → 2002 Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Bahrain
Constitutional Court of Bahrain → establishedBy → Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
Constitutional Court of Bahrain → legalBasis → Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Bahrain
Shura Council of Bahrain → establishedBy → Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ