CHAPTER I |
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THE REPUBLIC OF
MALAWI
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20 of 1994
31 of 1994
6 of 1995
7 of 1995
1 of 1997
38 of 1998
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Malawi
a sovereign state |
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The Republic
of Malawi is a sovereign State with rights and obligations under the Law
of Nations.
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The
national flag, etc |
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Malawi shall
have a National Flag, a National Coat of Arms, a National Anthem and a
Public Seal.
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The
national territory |
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The national
territory of the Republic of Malawi shall consist of all the territory,
including airspace, waters and islands which comprised the territory of
Malawi before the commencement of this Constitution, and shall include
any territory lawfully acquired thereafter by adjustment of boundaries
or otherwise.
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Protection
of the people of Malawi under this Constitution |
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This Constitution
shall bind all executive, legislative and judicial organs of the State
at all levels of Government and all the peoples Malawi are entitled to
the equal protection of this Constitution, and laws made under it.
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Supremacy
of this Constitution |
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Any act of
Government or any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of this
Constitution shall, to the extent of such inconsistency, be invalid.
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Universal
and equal suffrage |
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Save as otherwise
provided in this Constitution, the authority to govern derives from the
people of Malawi as expressed through universal and equal suffrage in elections
held in accordance with this Constitution in a manner prescribed by an
Act of Parliament.
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The
separate status, function and duty |
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The executive
shall be responsible for the initiation of policies and legislation and
for the implementation of all laws which embody the of the executive express
wishes of the people of Malawi and which promote the principles of this
Constitution.
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The
separate status, function and duty of the legislature |
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The legislature
when enacting laws shall reflect in its deliberations the interests of
all the people of Malawi and shall further the values explicit or implicit
in this Constitution.
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The
separate status, functions duty of the judiciary |
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The judiciary
shall have the responsibility of interpreting, protecting and enforcing
this Constitution and all laws and in accordance with this Constitution
in an independent and impartial manner with regard only to legally relevant
facts and the prescriptions of law.
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