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the Constitution is established (1/4 of the members of the Seimas, the government or 50 000 citizens with the right to vote in the Seimas could initiate an amendment of the Constitution. The decision could be adopted by the Seimas in two procedures: a decision adopted by a 3/5 majority of the Seimas
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Constituent Seimas did not have sufficient time to draft a permanent constitution, and in 1920 a new temporary constitution was adopted. After the war, in December, a commission of specialists was set up to draft a permanent constitution. The main provisions of this draft were as follows: a
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The same Constituent Assembly that drafted and adopted the 1920 Provisional Constitution contributed to the drafting of this Constitution, but certain provisions had already changed radically. During the drafting of this Constitution, the
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would enter into force after 3 months; if no referendum was called, a decision adopted by a 4/5 majority of the Seimas would enter into force as of the date of its adoption). The Constitution establishes a
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in which the sovereign power of the State rests with the Lithuanian People. The Seimas, the Government and the Courts shall be entrusted with the exercising of State power. The principle of the
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At the beginning of 1919, the Lithuanian government began to outline a new permanent constitution for Lithuania, as after the first session of the Constituent Seimas on 15 May 1920, the
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The Preamble proclaims that the Constitution was adopted by the Lithuanian people through their elected representatives assembled in the Constituent Seimas. Lithuania is proclaimed a
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were in favour of the presidency, opposed the election of judges and other more liberal ideas, and wanted to give more privileges to the Church.
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is proclaimed, the supremacy of the Constitution (no legal act may contradict it) is entrusted to the legislature, and a complex procedure for
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Maksimaitis, Mindaugas (2002). "Kai kurios pirmųjų Lietuvos Konstitucijų istoriografijos problemos".
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that was adopted on 1 August 1922. The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania was approved by the
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would be no longer in force, as the existence of a Constituent Seimas was in contradiction with the
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1922 Constitution of Lithuania, printed in the 6 August 1922 edition of the
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Lietuvos valstybės konstitucijų istorija (XX a. pirmoji pusė)
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and promulgated by the chairman of the Constituent Seimas,
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proposed to abolish the presidency, to introduce the
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politics and government of Lithuania

Neminem captivabimus acts, 1430
Casimir's Code, 1468
The First Statute, 1529
The Second Statute, 1566
Henrician Articles, 1573
The Third Statute, 1588
Constitution of 3 May 1791
Mutual Pledge of the Two Nations, 1791
Temporary Constitutions of 1918-1920
Constitution of 1922
Klaipėda Convention, 1924
Constitution of 1928
Constitution of 1928
Constitution of 1938
Lithuanian SSR Constitution of 1940
Partisans Declaration of 1949
Lithuanian SSR Constitution of 1978
Temporary Basic Law of 1990
Current Constitution, 1992
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