Bhutan

Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan (2008)

Updated: June 2015

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Article 7, section 6 states:

A Bhutanese citizen shall have the right to vote.

 

Article 23, section 2 states:

A person shall have the right to vote by direct adult suffrage through secret ballot at an election if the person is:

(a) A Bhutanese citizen as evidenced by a Citizenship Card;

(b) Not less than eighteen years of age;

(c) Registered in the civil registry of that constituency for not less than one year, prior to the date of the election; and

(d) Not otherwise disqualified from voting under any law in force in Bhutan.

 

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Article 2, section 3 states:

The title to the Golden Throne of Bhutan shall vest in the legitimate descendants of Druk Gyalpo Ugyen Wangchuck as enshrined in the inviolable and historic Gyenja of the Thirteenth Day, Eleventh Month of the Earth Monkey Year, corresponding to the Seventeenth Day of December, Nineteen Hundred and Seven and shall:...

(e) Not pass to children incapable of exercising the Royal Prerogatives by reason of physical or mental infirmity...

 

Article 10, section 17 states:

When the office of a member of Parliament becomes vacant for any reason other than the expiration of term, an election of a member to fill the vacancy shall be held within ninety days as from the date of the vacancy.

 

Article 10, section 20 states:

Every member of Parliament shall maintain the decorum and dignity of the House and shall desist from acts of defamation and use of physical force.

 

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Article 7, section 15 states:

All persons are equal before the law and are entitled to equal and effective protection of the law and shall not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, sex, language, religion, politics or other status.

 

Article 10, section 25 states:

Except for existing International Conventions, Covenants, Treaties, Protocols and Agreements entered into by Bhutan, which shall continue in force subject to section 10 of Article 1, all International Conventions, Covenants, Treaties, Protocols and Agreements duly acceded to by the Government hereafter, shall be deemed to be the law of the Kingdom only upon ratification by Parliament unless it is inconsistent with this Constitution.

 

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Article 10, section 17 states:

When the office of a member of Parliament becomes vacant for any reason other than the expiration of term, an election of a member to fill the vacancy shall be held within ninety days as from the date of the vacancy.

 

Article 10, section 20 states:

Every member of Parliament shall maintain the decorum and dignity of the House and shall desist from acts of defamation and use of physical force.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan (2008)