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Title:       Kuwait
Book:        The Constitution of the State of Kuwait
Author:      Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Subah
Affiliation: Emir of Kuwait
Date:        1989

Constitution. Part 5

Part V GENERAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Article 174

     Either the Amir or one-third of the members of the National Assembly
shall have the right to propose the revision of this Constitution by amending
or deleting one or more of its provisions or by adding new provisions.

     If the Amir and the majority of the members constituting the National
Assembly approve the principle of revision and its subject matter, the
Assembly shall debate the bill article by article. Approval by a two-thirds
majority vote of the members constituting the Assembly shall be required for
the bill to be passed. The revision shall come into force only after being
sanctioned and promulgated by the Amir regardless of the provisions of
Articles 65 and 66 of this Constitution.

     If the principle of revision or its subject matter is rejected, it shall
not be presented again before the lapse of one year from the rejection.

     No amendment to this Constitution may be proposed before the lapse of
five years from its coming into force.

Article 175

     The provisions relating to the Amiri System in Kuwait and the principles
of liberty and equality, provided for in this Constitution, may not be
proposed for revision except in relation to the title of the Emirate or to
increase the guarantees of liberty and equality.

Article 176

     The powers of the Amir, specified in this Constitution, may not be
proposed for revision when a Deputy Amir is acting for him.

Article 177

     The application of this Constitution shall not affect treaties and
conventions previously concluded by Kuwait with other States and international
organizations.

Article 178

     Laws shall be published in the Official Gazette within two weeks of their
promulgation and shall come into force one month after their publication. The
latter period may be extended or reduced for any law by a special provision
included in it.

Article 179

     Laws shall apply to that which takes place after the date of their coming
into force, and thus shall have no effect in respect of that which has taken
place before such date. However, in other than penal matters, a law may, with
the approval of a majority vote of the members constituting the National
Assembly, prescribe otherwise.

Article 180

     All provisions of laws, regulations, decrees, orders and decisions, in
effect upon the coming of this Constitution into force, shall continue to be
applicable unless amended or repealed in accordance with the procedure
prescribed in this Constitution, provided that they are not contrary to any
of its provisions.

Article 181

     No provision of this Constitution may be suspended except when Martial
Law is in force and within the limits specified by the law. Under no
circumstances shall the meetings of the National Assembly be suspended, nor
shall the immunities of its members be interfered with, during such period.

Article 182

     This Constitution shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall
come into force on the date of the meeting of the National Assembly which
shall not be later than January 1963.

Article 183

     Law Number I of 1962 concerning the system of Government during the
period of transition shall continue to be in force, and the present members of
the Constituent Assembly shall continue in the exercise of their duties
specified in the said law, until the meeting of the National Assembly.

Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Subah
AMIR OF THE STATE OF KUWAIT

Issued at the Seif Palace on the 14th of Jumada al-Thani, 1382, corresponding
to the 11th of November, 1962.