Saint Kitts & Nevis' Constitution of 1983 - Saint Kitts & Nevis
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The Constitution of Saint Kitts and Nevis was adopted on 23 June 1983 and took effect when the country became independent on 19 September 1983. It consists of 11 chapters and various schedules, which establish the rights, responsibilities and definition of the citizens of the federation. It also provides the form and structure of government, and enumerates the powers of the different branches of government. Its treatment of the island of Nevis is rather unusual among federated nations.
(1) No property of any description shall be compulsorily taken possession of, and no interest in or right over property of any description shall be compulsory acquired, except for a public purpose and by or under the provisions of a law that prescribes the principles on which and the ma...
Protection from deprivation of property. (1) Nothing in section 8 of the Constitution (which deals with protection from deprivation of property) shall affect the operation of any property law that was in force immediately before 27th February 1967 or any law made on or after that date t...