Belize Constitution

Cap. 4 · Revised Edition 2020 · 154 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Constitution is supreme law
s. 3Fundamental rights and freedoms
s. 4Protection of right to life
s. 5Protection of right to personal liberty
s. 6Protection of law
s. 7Protection from inhuman treatment
s. 8Protection from slavery and forced labour
s. 9Protection from arbitrary search or entry
s. 10Protection of freedom of movement
s. 11Protection of freedom of conscience
s. 12Protection of freedom of expression
s. 13Protection of freedom of assembly and association
s. 14Protection of right of privacy
s. 15Protection of right to work
s. 16Protection from discrimination on the grounds of race, etc
s. 17Protection from deprivation of property
s. 18Provisions for periods of public emergency
s. 19Protection of persons detained under emergency laws
s. 20Enforcement of protective provisions
s. 21Protection of existing laws
s. 22Interpretation and savings
s. 23Persons who become citizens on Independence Day
s. 24Persons born in Belize on or after Independence Day
s. 25Persons born outside Belize on or after Independence Day
s. 26Registration
s. 27Dual nationality
s. 28Citizenship legislation
s. 29Interpretation
s. 30Establishment of office
s. 31Acting Governor-General
s. 32Oath to be taken by Governor-General
s. 33Deputy to Governor-General
s. 34Exercise of Governor-General’s function
s. 35Governor-General to be informed concerning matters of government
s. 36Executive authority
s. 37Prime Minister
s. 38Deputy Prime Minister
s. 39Performance of functions of Prime Minister during absence or illness
s. 40Ministers of Government
s. 41Allocation of portfolios to Ministers
s. 42Attorney-General
s. 43Performance of functions of Ministers during absence or illness
s. 44Cabinet
s. 45Ministers of State
s. 46Oath to be taken by Ministers, etc
s. 47Leader of the Opposition
s. 48Chief Executive Officer
s. 49Secretary to the Cabinet
s. 50Control of public prosecutions
s. 51Constitution of offices, etc
s. 52Prerogative of mercy
s. 53Procedure in capital cases
s. 54Belize Advisory Council
s. 55Establishment of Legislature
s. 56Composition of House of Representatives
s. 57Qualifications for election as member
s. 58Disqualifications for election as member
s. 59Tenure of office of members
s. 59AProcedure where a member vacates seat due to resignation or crossing the floor
s. 60Speaker and Deputy Speaker
s. 61Composition of Senate
s. 61APowers and functions of the Senate
s. 62Qualifications for appointment as Senator
s. 63Disqualifications for appointment as Senator
s. 64Tenure of office of Senator
s. 65Appointment of temporary Senators
s. 66President and Vice-President
s. 67Clerks to Houses of National Assembly, Powers and Procedure
s. 68Power to make laws
s. 69Alteration of Constitution
s. 70Regulation of procedure in National Assembly, etc
s. 71Oath to be taken by members of National Assembly
s. 72Presiding in House of Representatives and Senate
s. 73Voting
s. 74Freedom of speech
s. 75Validity of proceedings
s. 76Quorum
s. 77Introduction of Bills, etc
s. 78Restriction on powers of Senate as to money Bills
s. 79Restriction on powers of Senate as to Bills other than money Bills
s. 80Provisions relating to sections 77, 78 and 79
s. 81Mode of exercise of legislative power
s. 82Words of enactment
s. 83Sessions of Legislature, etc
s. 84Prorogation and dissolution of Legislature
s. 85General elections and appointment of Senators
s. 86Determination of questions as to membership of National Assembly
s. 87Unqualified persons sitting or voting
s. 88Elections and Boundaries Commission
s. 89Electoral divisions
s. 90Increase of electoral divisions
s. 91Re-division of electoral divisions
s. 92Conduct of voting
s. 93Conduct of elections, etc
s. 93AMagistracy
s. 94Establishment of Supreme Court and Court of Appeal
s. 95The Supreme Court
s. 96Reference of constitutional questions to Supreme Court
s. 97Appointment of Justices of Supreme Court
s. 98Tenure of office of Justices of Supreme Court
s. 99Oath to be taken by Justices of Supreme Court
s. 100Appeals to the Court of Appeal
s. 101Appointment of Justices of Appeal
s. 102Tenure of office of Justices of Appeal
s. 103Oath for Justices of Appeal
s. 104Appeals to Caribbean Court of Justice
s. 105Public Services Commission
s. 106Appointment, etc., of public officers
s. 107Appointment, etc., of permanent secretaries and certain other officers
s. 108Director of Public Prosecutions
s. 109Auditor-General
s. 110Repealed
s. 110ARepealed
s. 110BAppointment, etc., of junior officers of Prison Service
s. 110CSecurity Services Commission
s. 110DAppointment of police officers, members of the Belize Defence Force, etc
s. 110EJudicial and Legal Services Commission
s. 110FAppointment of judicial and legal officers, etc
s. 111Appeals in discipline cases
s. 112Pension laws and protection of pension rights
s. 113Grant and withholding of pensions, etc
s. 114Establishment of Consolidated Revenue Fund
s. 115Authorisation of expenditure from Consolidated Revenue Fund
s. 116Authorisation of expenditure in advance of appropriation
s. 117Contingencies Fund
s. 118Remuneration of certain officers
s. 119Public debt
s. 120Audit of public accounts, etc
s. 121Code of Conduct
s. 122National Symbols
s. 123Powers of appointment and acting appointments
s. 124Reappointments and concurrent appointments
s. 125Removal from office
s. 126Resignations
s. 127Saving of jurisdiction of courts
s. 128Power to amend and revoke instruments, etc
s. 129Consultation
s. 130National Seal
s. 131Interpretation
s. 132Interpretation of this Part
s. 133The Constitution - transitional powers
s. 134Existing laws
s. 135First Governor-General
s. 136Ministers
s. 137National Assembly
s. 138Existing public officers
s. 139Supreme Court and Court of Appeal
s. 140Alteration of this Part
s. 141Commencement
s. 142Revocations
s. 143Interpretation in this Part
s. 144Majority ownership and control of public utilities
s. 145Validity of Acquisition Orders in on Belize Electricity Ltd