Sentence examples for constitution prescribed from inspiring English sources

Article III, § 3, of the 1894 Constitution prescribed a detailed plan for the apportionment of the 50 Senate seats, subject to periodic alteration by the legislature under the formula provided for in Act.

The 1956 constitution prescribed the use of English (the administrative language during the colonial period) for official purposes for 20 years, and the 1962 constitution made that use indefinite.

During the period 1961 99, the constitution prescribed a government led by a directly elected president, who served a single five-year term, as well as a popularly elected bicameral legislature and a multitiered judicial branch headed by the Supreme Court.

At one point, when Mr. Hauck referred to the Constitution, Judge Collyer, 67, who was appointed by President George W. Bush and also serves on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, interrupted to note that the Constitution prescribed three branches of government, and that she represented one of them.

At the time of their election and service, the Kentucky Constitution prescribed that the lieutenant governor would act as governor any time the governor left the state.

"The Constitution prescribed six instances in which Congress would require more than a majority vote: impeaching the president, expelling members, overriding a presidential veto of a bill or order, ratifying treaties, and amending the Constitution," said Klein.

Constitutional government cannot survive effectively in situations in which the constitution prescribes a pattern of behaviour or of conducting affairs that is alien to the customs and way of thinking of the people.

Iran's president has no direct authority over the courts — the Constitution prescribes separation of powers — and it was not clear what effect his letter would have.

Next year, when he turns 30 the age that Chechnya's constitution prescribes as the minimum for its president Mr Kadyrov's de facto power may become official.

The clear and present danger: a lacklustre parade.All the constitution prescribes for an inauguration is a date, a time and an oath before Congress.

While the constitution prescribes that Congress shall step in to resolve such a tie, and while a couple of early 19th-century elections were close enough for Congress to get involved, there really are no applicable precedents.