Belize_Constitution

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supreme law written constitution

The Belize Constitution is the supreme legal document that establishes the country's system of government, defines the powers of the monarchy and other state institutions, and guarantees fundamental rights and freedoms to its citizens.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Constitution_of_Belize 14
Constitution of Belize 7
Belize Constitution 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf supreme law ⓘ
written constitution ⓘ
adoptionDate 1981-09-21 ⓘ
amendmentProcedure referendum required for certain entrenched provisions ⓘ
special majority in National Assembly ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1981-09-21 ⓘ
containsPart Chapter I ⓘ
Chapter II ⓘ
Chapter III ⓘ
Chapter IV ⓘ
Chapter IX ⓘ
Chapter V ⓘ
Chapter VI ⓘ
Chapter VII ⓘ
Chapter VIII ⓘ
Chapter X ⓘ
Chapter XI ⓘ
preamble ⓘ
schedules ⓘ
country Belize ⓘ
definesBranch executive branch of Belize ⓘ
courts of Belize ⓘ
surface form: judicial branch of Belize

legislative branch of Belize ⓘ
definesSupremacyClause any law inconsistent with the Constitution is void to the extent of the inconsistency ⓘ
establishesBody Court of Appeal of Belize ⓘ
House_of_Representatives_of_Belize ⓘ
surface form: House of Representatives of Belize

National Assembly of Belize ⓘ
Senate_of_Belize ⓘ
surface form: Senate of Belize

Supreme Court of Belize ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature of Belize
establishesOffice Belizean_ministers ⓘ
surface form: Cabinet of Belize

Governor-General_of_Belize ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of Belize

Prime Minister of Belize ⓘ
formOfGovernmentEstablished constitutional monarchy ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
guarantees fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ
guaranteesRight freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of movement ⓘ
protection from deprivation of property without compensation ⓘ
protection from discrimination ⓘ
protection from inhuman treatment ⓘ
protection of the law ⓘ
right to life ⓘ
headOfStateDefinedAs monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
headOfStateTitle King_of_Belize ⓘ
surface form: King of Belize
independenceDateReferenced 1981-09-21 ⓘ
influencedBy Caribbean constitutional models ⓘ
Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the United Kingdom (unwritten)
inspiredBy Westminster system ⓘ
jurisdiction Belize ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Belize ⓘ
predecessor Belize (British Honduras) colonial constitutional instruments ⓘ
relatedToEvent independence of Belize ⓘ
representativeOfMonarch Governor-General_of_Belize ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of Belize
requiresOathOfAllegianceTo Belize_Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Belize Constitution

Referenced by (26)

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

King_of_Belize → associatedWith → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
National Assembly of Belize → relatedTo → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Belize
Governor-General_of_Belize → legalBasis → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution_of_Belize
Senate_of_Belize → legalFoundation → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution_of_Belize
Acts_of_Parliament_of_Belize → mustConformTo → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Belize
Governor-General_residing_in_Belmopan → establishedUnder → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution_of_Belize
House_of_Representatives_of_Belize → constitutionalBasis → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution_of_Belize
the_Crown_in_right_of_Belize → definedIn → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution_of_Belize
Supreme Court of Belize → establishedBy → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Belize
Supreme Court of Belize → legalAuthority → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Belize
Belize_Constitution → requiresOathOfAllegianceTo → Belize_Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belize Constitution
Monarch_of_the_United_Kingdom_in_British_Honduras → associatedEvent → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belize_constitution_1981
Monarch_of_the_United_Kingdom_in_British_Honduras → legalFramework → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: British_Honduras_Constitution_Orders
Belizean_ministers → appointedUnder → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution_of_Belize
Belizean_ministers → legalBasis → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belize_constitutional_law
Government of Belize → constitutionalDocument → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Belize
National Assembly Building → associatedWith → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: National Assembly Building (Belize)
this entity surface form: Constitution of Belize
Prime_Minister_of_Belize → constitutingInstrument → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution_of_Belize
Flag_of_the_Governor-General_of_Belize → relatedTo → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution_of_Belize
Monarchy_of_Belize → constitutionalDocument → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution_of_Belize
Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Belize) → constitutionalBasis → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution_of_Belize
Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Belize) → officeCreatedBy → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution_of_Belize
President_of_the_Senate_of_Belize → constitutionalBasis → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution_of_Belize
courts of Belize → governedBy → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Belize
Belizean_Crown → constitutionalDocument → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution_of_Belize
Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Belize → associatedWith → Belize_Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution_of_Belize