Fiji · Constitution
Constitution of the Republic of Fiji
Promulgated on 6 September 2013, replacing the 1997 Constitution that had been abrogated in 2009. Chapter 2 contains an unusually detailed Bill of Rights, including socio-economic rights to housing, education and health, all subject to limitation clauses. Chapter 4 vests executive authority in the Cabinet, and section 6 makes the Constitution supreme. Amendment is deliberately difficult: section 160 requires three-quarters of Parliament and then three-quarters of registered voters at referendum. Chapter 10 grants immunity for actions connected with the 2000 and 2006 events.
The constitutional text
Promulgated on 6 September 2013, replacing the 1997 Constitution that had been abrogated in 2009. Chapter 2 contains an unusually detailed Bill of Rights, including socio-economic rights to housing, education and health, all subject to limitation clauses. Chapter 4 vests executive authority in the Cabinet, and section 6 makes the Constitution supreme. Amendment is deliberately difficult: section 160 requires three-quarters of Parliament and then three-quarters of registered voters at referendum. Chapter 10 grants immunity for actions connected with the 2000 and 2006 events.
Separation of powers
Unitary and deliberately centralised. Section 1 declares Fiji a sovereign state whose Parliament legislates for the whole country; there are no provinces with legislative power. The 14 provincial councils and the iTaukei Affairs Board administer indigenous affairs under the iTaukei Affairs Act. Rotuma has a distinct status under the Rotuma Act.
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