Constitution

Solomon Islands 1978 Constitution (reviewed 2018)

Table of Contents

Preamble

We the people of Solomon Islands, proud of the wisdom and the worthy customs of our ancestors, mindful of our common and diverse heritage and conscious of our common destiny, do now, under the guiding hand of God, establish the sovereign democratic State of Solomon Islands;

As a basis of our united nation

DECLARE that

  1. all power in Solomon islands belongs to its people and is exercised on their behalf by the legislature, the executive and the judiciary established by this Constitution;
  2. the natural resources of our country are vested in the people and the government of Solomon Islands;

AGREE AND PLEDGE that

  1. our government shall be based on democratic principles of universal suffrage and the responsibility of executive authorities to elected assemblies;
  2. we shall uphold the principles of equality, social justice and the equitable distribution of incomes;
  3. we shall respect and enhance human dignity and strengthen and build on our communal solidarity;
  4. we shall cherish and promote the different cultural traditions within Solomon Islands;
  5. we shall ensure the participation of our people in the governance of their affairs and provide within the framework of our national unity for the decentralisation of power;

AND for these purposes we now give ourselves this Constitution.

CHAPTER I. THE STATE AND THE CONSTITUTION

1. The State and Head of State

  1. Solomon Islands shall be a sovereign democratic State.
  2. Her Majesty shall be the Head of State of Solomon Islands.

2. Constitution is Supreme Law

This Constitution is the supreme law of Solomon Islands and if any other law is inconsistent with this Constitution, that other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.

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