Samoa Constitutional corpus

Codified constitutional order

Samoa Constitution

The constitutional framework recorded for Samoa, organised across 1 instrument. 145 known provisions, 0 with public full text and 145 metadata-only.

Fundamental rightsPublic institutionsConstitutional changeDevolved government

Professional constitutional overview

Textual architecture, allocation of power and research posture

Source document

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Constitutional architecture

The stored constitutional corpus for Samoa brings the recorded instruments and their eligible provision metadata into one navigable research record.

Read the instruments together where the constitutional system is distributed across more than one text. The provision map preserves instrument, chapter and article context while keeping direct links to the stored source record.

64 provisions

Samoa's Constitution of 1962 with Amendments through 2025

Primary Constitution

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Allocation of public power

Use the constitutional function in issue as the entry point, then read the exact text and any connected provisions together.

Legislative authority

Provisions concerning representative institutions, law-making authority and legislative procedure.

art 13 路 art 42 路 art 44 路 art 51

Executive government

Provisions concerning executive office, administration and the exercise of public authority.

art 31 路 art 32 路 art 35 路 art 36

Territorial government

Provisions concerning the constitutional relationship between national and territorial government.

art 3 路 art 18 路 art 19 路 art 20

Constitutional change

Provisions governing amendment, alteration, referendum or formal constitutional review.

art Preamble 路 art 1 路 art 2 路 art 3

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Rights and limitations on power

The rows below are selected from stored headings that signal rights, freedoms, equality or related limits. Open eligible provisions for the stored source wording.

Remedies for enforcement of rights
Samoa's Constitution of 1962 with Amendments through 2025
Right to life
Samoa's Constitution of 1962 with Amendments through 2025
Right to personal liberty
Samoa's Constitution of 1962 with Amendments through 2025
Freedom from inhuman treatment
Samoa's Constitution of 1962 with Amendments through 2025
Freedom from forced labour
Samoa's Constitution of 1962 with Amendments through 2025

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Alteration and constitutional change

These source-indexed provisions contain headings associated with amendment, alteration, referendum, review or repeal.

  1. art PreamblePreamble
  2. art 1Name and description
  3. art 2The Supreme Law
  4. art 3Definition of the State
  5. art 4Remedies for enforcement of rights
  6. art 5Right to life

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Research posture and source status

Current In Force

1 recorded instruments 路 Not recorded

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