Nauru 1968 Constitution (reviewed 2015)

Preamble

WHEREAS we the people of Nauru acknowledge God as the almighty and everlasting Lord and the giver of all good things:

AND WHEREAS we humbly place ourselves under the protection of His good providence and seek His blessing upon ourselves and upon our lives:

AND WHEREAS we have declared that Nauru shall be a republic:

AND WHEREAS a Constitutional Convention representing us has prepared a constitution for Nauru:

NOW THEREFORE we the people of Nauru in our Constitutional Convention this twenty-ninth day of January, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight, do hereby adopt, enact and give to ourselves this Constitution to come into force on the thirty-first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight.

PART I. THE REPUBLIC OF NAURU AND THE SUPREME LAW OF NAURU

1. The Republic of Nauru.

Nauru is an independent republic.

2. Supreme law of Nauru.

1. This Constitution is the supreme law of Nauru.
2. A law inconsistent with this Constitution is, to the extent of the inconsistency, void.