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JAMAICA
(CONSTITUTION) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1962
SECOND SCHEDULE
Section
3
ARRANGEMENT
OF SECTIONS CHAPTER I : Preliminary
Section
1. Interpretation.
2. Effect of this Constitution.
CHAPTER II : Citizenship
Section
3. Persons who became citizens on 6th August 1962. 3A.
Persons entitled to citizenship on 1st
March 1993.
4. Persons entitled to be registered as citizens.
5. Persons born in Jamaica after 5th August 1962.
6. Persons born outside Jamaica after 5th August 1962.
7. Marriage to citizen of Jamaica.
8. Deprivation of citizenship on acquisition or exercise
of rights of another citizenship.
9. Commonwealth citizens.
10. Criminal liability of Commonwealth citizens
11. Powers of Parliament.
12. Interpretation.
CHAPTER III : Fundamental
Rights and Freedoms
Section 13. Fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual.
14. Protection of right to life. 15. Protection from
arbitrary arrest or detention 16. Protection of freedom
of movement. 17. Protection from inhuman treatment.
18. Compulsory acquisition of property. 19. Protection
for privacy of home and other property. 20. Provisions
to secure protection of law. 21. Protection of freedom
of conscience. 22. Protection of freedom Of expression
23. Protection of freedom of assembly and association.
24. Protection from discrimination on the grounds of
race, 25. Enforcement of protective provisions. 26.
Interpretation of Chapter III.
CHAPTER IV : The Governor-General
27. Establishment of office of GovernorGeneral 28.
Oaths to be taken by GovernorGeneral. 29. Acting GovernorGeneral.
30. Deputy to GovernorGeneral. 31. Personal staff of
GovernorGeneral. 32. Exercise of GovernorGeneral's
functions 33. Broad Seal.
CHAPTER V : Parliament
PART 1 : Composition of Parliament 34. Establishment
of Parliament. 35. Senate. 36. House of Representatives.
37. Qualifications and disqualification for electors.
38. Electoral law. 39. Qualification for membership
of Senate and House of Representatives. 40. Disqualification
for membership of Senate and House of Representatives.
41.Tenure of office of Senators and Members of House
of Representatives. 42. President and Deputy President
of Senate. 43. Speaker and Deputy President of Senate.
44. Determination of questions as to membership. 45.
Filling of vacancies. 46. Unqualified persons sitting
or voting. 47. Unqualified persons sitting or voting.
PART 2 : Powers and Procedure
of Parliament 48. Power to make laws. 49. Alteration
of this Constitution. 50. Special Acts of Parliament.
5l. Regulation of procedure in Houses of Parliament.
52. Presiding in Senate and House of Representatives.
53. Quorum. 54. Voting. 55. Introduction of Bills, etc.
56. Restriction on powers of Senate as to Money Bills.
57. Restriction on powers of Senate as to Bills other
than Money Bills and certain other Bills. 58. Provisions
relating to sections 55, 56 and 57. 59. Restriction
on powers of Senate as to certain statutory instruments.
60. Assent to Bills. 61. Words of enactment. 62. Oath
of allegiance.
PART 3 : Summoning, prorogation
and dissolution
Section 63. Sessions
of Parliament. 64. Prorogation and dissolution of Parliament.
65. General elections and appointment of Senators.
PART 4 : Delimitation
of Constituencies
66. Establishment of first constituencies. 67. Standing
Committee of House of Representatives.
CHAPTER VI : Executive
Powers 68. Executive authority of Jamaica. 69. Cabinet.
70. Appointment of Ministers. 71. Tenure of office of
Ministers. 72. Performance of Prime Minister's functions
in certain events. 73. Temporary Ministers. 74. Oaths.
75. Presiding in Cabinet. 76. GovernorGeneral to be
informed concerning matters of Government. 77. Assignment
of responsibility to Ministers. 78. Parliamentary Secretaries.
79. AttorneyGeneral. 80. Leader of the Opposition.
81. Certain vacancies in office of Leader of Opposition.
82. Privy Council. 83. Tenure of office of members of
Privy Council. 84. Incapacity of member of Privy Council.
85. Provisional appointments to Privy Council. 86. Senior
Member of Privy Council.
87. Attendance of GovernorGeneral. 88. Summoning of
Privy Council and procedure. 89. Validity of proceedings
or Privy Council. 90. Prerogative of mercy. 91. Pardon
in capital cases. 92. Secretary to the Cabinet. 93.
Permanent Secretaries. 94. Establishment of office and
functions of Director of Public Prosecutions. 95. Remuneration
of Director of Public Prosecutions.. 96. Tenure of office
of Director of Public Prosecutions.
CHAPTER VII : The Judicature
PART 1 : The Supreme
Court
97. Establishment of the Supreme Court. 98. Appointment
of Judges of the Supreme Court. 99. Acting Judges of
the Supreme Court. 100. Tenure of office of Judges of
the Supreme Court. 101. Remuneration of Judges of the
Supreme Court. 102 Oaths to be taken by Judges of the
Supreme Court.
PART 2 : Court of Appeal
103. Establishment of the Court of Appeal. 104. Appointment
of Judges of the Court of Appeal. 105. Acting Judges
of the Court of Appeal. 106. Tenure of office of Judges
of the Court of Appeal. 107. Remuneration of Judges
of the Court of Appeal. 108. Oaths to be taken by Judges
of the Court of Appeal. 109. Number of judges.
PART 3 : Appeals to Her
Majesty in Council
Section 110. Appeals from Court of Appeal to Her Majesty
in Council.
PART 4 : Judicial Service
Commission 111. Composition of Judicial Service Commission.
112. Appointment of Judicial officers. 113. Delegation
of functions of Judicial Service Commission.
CHAPTER VIII : Finance
114. Consolidated Fund. 115. Estimates. 116. Authorization
of Expenditure. 117. Meeting expenditure from Consolidated
Fund. 118. Contingencies Fund. 119. Public Debt. 120.
AuditorGeneral. 121. Tenure of office of AuditorGeneral.
122. Functions of AuditorGeneral.
CHAPTER IX : The Public
Service
PART 1 : General
123. Interpretation. 124. Public Service Commission.
125. Appointment, etc. of public officers. 126. Permanent
Secretaries. 127. Delegation of functions of Public
Service Commission. 128. Appointment, etc. of principal
representatives of Jamaica
PART 2 : Police
Section 129. Police Service
Commission. 130. Appointment, etc. of police officers.
131. Delegation of functions of Police Service Commission.
PART 3 : Pensions 132.
Applicability of pensions law. 133. Pensions, etc. to
be charged on Consolidated Fund. 134. Grant and withholding
of pensions, etc.
CHAPTER X : Miscellaneous
135. Powers and procedure of Commissions. 136. Protection
of Commissions, etc. from legal proceedings. 137. Resignations.
138. Reappointments, etc. FIRST SCHEDULE : Oaths
SECOND SCHEDULE : Number and Boundaries of Constituencies
THIRD SCHEDULE : Provisions relating to applicability
of the Commissions of Enquiry Act to Tribunals appointed
under this Constitution.
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