Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China

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The Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China was an early republican charter adopted in 1912 that outlined the framework of government and civil rights during the nascent period of the Chinese republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional document
legal code
provisional constitution
abolished 1914
appliesToJurisdiction Republic of China
containsPrinciple popular sovereignty
republicanism
rule of law
separation of powers
country Republic of China
dateAdopted 1912-03-11
definesOffice Provisional President of the Republic of China
Provisional Vice President of the Republic of China
cabinet ministers
effectiveFrom 1912
establishedBranch executive branch
judicial branch
legislative branch
follows Xinhai Revolution
governmentForm republic
guaranteesRight equality before the law
freedom of assembly
freedom of association
freedom of person
freedom of religion
freedom of speech
freedom of the press
inviolability of domicile
right to petition
hasPart articles on organization of government
articles on rights of citizens
preamble
headOfStateTitle Provisional President of the Republic of China
historicalPeriod early Republic of China era
influencedBy Meiji Constitution of Japan
linked to: Meiji Constitution

Western constitutionalism
language Classical Chinese
legalStatus superseded
legislativeBody National Assembly
Senate
legislatureType parliamentary
placeAdopted Nanjing
precededBy Provisional Government Organic Law of the Republic of China
promulgatedBy Provisional Government of the Republic of China
reasonForAbolition Yuan Shikai’s constitutional reorganization
replacedBy Constitutional Compact of 1914
Provisional Constitution of the Political Organization of the Republic of China (1914)
subjectOf constitutional law scholarship
yearAdopted 1912

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Provisional President of the Republic of China legalBasis Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China
Republican era of China notableConstitution Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China (1912)
linked to: Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China
National Constituent Assembly of the Republic of China precededBy Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China
National Constituent Assembly of the Republic of China relatedDocument Organic Law of the National Government of the Republic of China
linked to: Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China
Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China replacedBy Provisional Constitution of the Political Organization of the Republic of China (1914)
linked to: Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China
Constitutional Compact of 1914 replacedDocument Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China
Constitutional Compact of 1914 precededBy Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China
Constitutional Compact of 1914 category Constitutions of the Republic of China
linked to: Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China