field - Constitution - Afghanistan

Country	Constitution
Afghanistan	new constitution drafted 14 December 2003-4 January 2004; signed 16 January 2004
Akrotiri	Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960, effective 16 August 1960, functions as a basic legal document
Albania	adopted by popular referendum on 22 November 1998; promulgated 28 November 1998
Algeria	8 September 1963; revised 19 November 1976, effective 22 November 1976; revised 3 November 1988, 23 February 1989, and 28 November 1996
American Samoa	ratified 2 June 1966, effective 1 July 1967
Andorra	Andorra's first written constitution was drafted in 1991, approved by referendum 14 March 1993, effective 28 April 1993
Angola	adopted by People's Assembly 25 August 1992
Anguilla	Anguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982; amended 1990
Antarctica	void
Antigua and Barbuda	1 November 1981
Arctic Ocean	void
Argentina	1 May 1853; amended many times starting in 1860
Armenia	adopted by nationwide referendum 5 July 1995; amendments adopted through a nationwide referendum 27 November 2005
Aruba	1 January 1986
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	void
Atlantic Ocean	void
Australia	9 July 1900, effective 1 January 1901
Austria	1920; revised 1929; reinstated 1 May 1945; note - during the period 1 May 1934-1 May 1945 there was a fascist (corporative) constitution in place
Azerbaijan	adopted 12 November 1995
Bahamas, The	10 July 1973
Bahrain	adopted 14 February 2002
Bangladesh	4 November 1972, effective 16 December 1972; suspended following coup of 24 March 1982, restored 10 November 1986; amended many times
Barbados	30 November 1966
Belarus	15 March 1994; revised by national referendum of 24 November 1996 giving the presidency greatly expanded powers and became effective 27 November 1996; revised again 17 October 2004 removing presidential term limits
Belgium	7 February 1831; amended many times; revised 14 July 1993 to create a federal state
Belize	21 September 1981
Benin	adopted by referendum 2 December 1990
Bermuda	8 June 1968; amended 1989 and 2003
Bhutan	none; note - a draft constitution was unveiled in March 2005 and is expected to be adopted following the election of a new National Assembly in 2008
Bolivia	2 February 1967; revised in August 1994; possible referendum on new constitution to be held in 2008
Bosnia and Herzegovina	the Dayton Agreement, signed 14 December 1995 in Paris, included a new constitution now in force; note - each of the entities also has its own constitution
Botswana	March 1965, effective 30 September 1966
Bouvet Island	void
Brazil	5 October 1988
British Indian Ocean Territory	void
British Virgin Islands	13 June 2007
Brunei	29 September 1959 (some provisions suspended under a State of Emergency since December 1962, others since independence on 1 January 1984)
Bulgaria	adopted 12 July 1991
Burkina Faso	2 June 1991 approved by referendum, 11 June 1991 formally adopted; last amended January 2002

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