Constitution of Bangladesh

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national constitution supreme law

The Constitution of Bangladesh is the supreme law of the country, establishing its parliamentary democracy, fundamental rights, and guiding principles of governance.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh	2
Bangladesh Constitution	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national constitution ⓘ supreme law ⓘ
adoptionDate	1972-11-04 ⓘ
amendmentProcedure	requires two-thirds majority in Jatiya Sangsad ⓘ
commencementDate	1972-12-16 ⓘ
containsPart	Amendment of the Constitution ⓘ Elections ⓘ Fundamental Principles of State Policy ⓘ Fundamental Rights ⓘ Preamble ⓘ Public Service Commissions ⓘ The Executive ⓘ The Judiciary ⓘ The Legislature ⓘ
country	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh
declaresStateReligion	Islam (after Eighth Amendment) ⓘ
definesState	republic ⓘ unitary state ⓘ
draftingBody	Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh ⓘ
establishes	fundamental principles of state policy ⓘ fundamental rights ⓘ
establishesBody	Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh ⓘ Election Commission of Bangladesh ⓘ Jatiya Sangsad ⓘ Public Service Commissions ⓘ Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
establishesOffice	President of Bangladesh ⓘ Prime Minister of Bangladesh ⓘ
firstCameIntoForceOn	1972-12-16 ⓘ
guaranteesRight	equality before law ⓘ freedom of assembly ⓘ freedom of movement ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ prohibition of forced labour ⓘ protection of home and correspondence ⓘ protection of law ⓘ protection of life and personal liberty ⓘ
hasAmendments	multiple constitutional amendments ⓘ
influencedBy	British parliamentary system ⓘ Constitution of India ⓘ Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ Westminster system ⓘ
jurisdiction	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of Bangladesh
language	Bengali ⓘ
legislativeBody	Jatiya Sangsad ⓘ
locationOfOriginalDocument	Dhaka ⓘ surface form: Dhaka, Bangladesh
longTitle	Constitution of Bangladesh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
preambleIncludes	democracy ⓘ nationalism ⓘ secularism ⓘ socialism ⓘ
prohibits	formation of communal political parties (subject to amendments and interpretation) ⓘ
providesFor	emergency powers ⓘ fundamental duties of citizens ⓘ independence of judiciary ⓘ local government institutions ⓘ
recognizesPrinciple	secularism (restored by Fifteenth Amendment) ⓘ
setsUpFormOfGovernment	parliamentary democracy ⓘ
shortTitle	Constitution of Bangladesh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Constitution
signingDate	1972-11-04 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Bangladeshi → citizenshipDefinedBy → Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ

Jatiya Sangsad → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Constitution of Bangladesh → longTitle → Constitution of Bangladesh self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Bengali → recognizedBy → Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ

Constitution of Bangladesh → shortTitle → Constitution of Bangladesh self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bangladesh Constitution