Constitution of the Republic of China

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fundamental law national constitution

The Constitution of the Republic of China is the fundamental law that organizes the government structure, defines citizens’ rights, and guides the political system of the state commonly associated with Taiwan.

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Label Occurrences
Constitution of the Republic of China canonical 37
Constitution of the Republic of China (1947) 3
Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China 2

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fundamental law ⓘ
national constitution ⓘ
adoptedBy National Constituent Assembly of the Republic of China ⓘ
adoptionDate 1946-12-25 ⓘ
amendmentMechanism Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
constitutional amendment ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple Three Principles of the People ⓘ
containsChapterOn amendment procedures ⓘ
central government ⓘ
fundamental national policies ⓘ
fundamental rights and duties of the people ⓘ
local government ⓘ
national assembly and elections ⓘ
controlBodyDefinedAs Control Yuan ⓘ
country Republic of China ⓘ
definesBranch control branch ⓘ
examination branch ⓘ
executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
effectiveDate 1947-12-25 ⓘ
examinationBodyDefinedAs Examination Yuan ⓘ
firstMajorAmendmentPeriod 1991-1994 ⓘ
governmentFormEstablished semi-presidential republic ⓘ
guaranteesRight freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
right to be elected ⓘ
right to vote ⓘ
hasAdditionalArticlesSince 1991 ⓘ
headOfGovernmentDefinedAs President of the Executive Yuan (acting) ⓘ
surface form: Premier of the Executive Yuan
headOfStateDefinedAs President of the Republic of China ⓘ
influencedBy Constitution of the Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the Republic of China (Provisional Constitution of 1931)

Five-Power Constitution theory of Sun Yat-sen ⓘ
judiciaryDefinedAs Judicial Yuan ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of China ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
legislatureDefinedAs Legislative Yuan ⓘ
locationOfAdoption Nanjing ⓘ
numberOfBranches 5 ⓘ
primaryTerritoryOfApplication Kinmen ⓘ
Matsu Islands ⓘ
surface form: Matsu

Penghu Islands ⓘ
surface form: Penghu

Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan
promulgatedBy Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ
promulgationDate 1946-12-25 ⓘ
script Traditional Chinese ⓘ
shortName ROC Constitution ⓘ
significantReform democratization of the political system in the 1990s ⓘ
direct election of the President of the Republic of China ⓘ
subjectOfDebate constitutional reform and possible new constitution for Taiwan ⓘ
territorial scope and relation to mainland China ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

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

Republic of China → usesConstitution → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Republic of China Armed Forces → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
President of the Republic of China → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
President of the Republic of China → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China
Three Principles of the People → influenced → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of China Constitution
Executive Yuan → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Executive Yuan → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China
Control Yuan → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Examination Yuan → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Judicial Yuan → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Judicial Yuan → interprets → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Constitution of the Republic of China → influencedBy → Constitution of the Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Republic of China (Provisional Constitution of 1931)
Premier of the Republic of China → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Government of Taiwan → basedOnConstitution → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China → hasConstitution → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
ROC Armed Forces → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic of China Armed Forces
Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China) → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
National Defense Act of the Republic of China → relatedTo → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Vice President of the Republic of China → officeCreatedBy → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Vice Premier of the Republic of China → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
ROC government → basedOn → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Republican era of China → notableConstitution → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Republic of China (1947)
Three People’s Principles → influenced → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of China constitutional framework
Office of the President of the Republic of China → governingLaw → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Nationalist Government of China → constitution → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Republic of China (1947)
Vice President of the Judicial Yuan → termDefinedBy → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Republic of China (Taiwan) → governingLaw → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Local Government Act of the Republic of China (Taiwan) → basedOn → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Premier → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
subject surface form: Premier of the Republic of China
Cabinet of the Republic of China → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
President of the Legislative Yuan → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
監察院 → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: 中華民國憲法
Jiānchá Yuàn → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Five-Power Constitution theory of Sun Yat-sen → influenced → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Republic of China (1947)
President of the Examination Yuan → createdBy → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
President of the Examination Yuan → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Sifayuan → associatedWith → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
President of the Judicial Yuan → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Grand Justice → interprets → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Constitutional Court → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
subject surface form: Constitutional Court (Taiwan)
high courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan) → subjectTo → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
subject surface form: High Courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
administrative courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan) → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Grand Justices → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Vice President of the Legislative Yuan → associatedWith → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion → relatedTo → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion → modifies → Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ