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Constitution
Chapter 1 Fundamental Rights
Article 1 [Equality]
Article 2 [Citizenship]
Article 3 [Eligibility Right]
Article 4 [Right to Vote]
Article 5 [Petitions]
Article 6 [Religion, Belief]
Article 7 [Expression]
Article 8 [Association]
Article 9 [Assembly]
Article 10 [Privacy]
Article 11 [Personal Integrity]
Article 12 [Home]
Article 13 [Secrecy of Communication]
Article 14 [Property]
Article 15 [Personal Liberty, Arrest]
Article 16 [Nulla Poena Sine Lege]
Article 17 [Right to be Heard]
Article 18 [Right to Counsel]
Article 19 [Work]
Article 20 [Welfare]
Article 21 [Environment]
Article 22 [Health]
Article 23 [Education]
Chapter 2 Government
Section 1 The King
Article 24 [Transition of Royal Dignity]
Article 25 [Succession]
Article 26 [Status of an Unborn or Stillborn Child]
Article 27 [Abdication]
Article 28 [Marriage without Approval by Act of Parliament]
Article 29 [Exclusion from Hereditary Succession]
Article 30 [Appointment of a Successor]
Article 31 [Successor of an Appointed King]
Article 32 [Oath]
Article 33 [Exercise of the Royal Prerogative]
Article 34 [Guardianship over the Minor King]
Article 35 [Inability to Exercise the Royal Prerogative]
Article 36 [Temporary Inability to Exercise the Royal Prerogative]
Article 37 [Exercise of the Royal Prerogative]
Article 38 [Exercise of the Royal Prerogative by the Council of State]
Article 39 [Membership of the Royal House]
Article 40 [Remuneration]
Article 41 [Organization of the Royal Household]
Section 2 The King and the Ministers
Article 42 [Composition of the Government, Responsibility]
Article 43 [Appointment of Ministers]
Article 44 [Establishment of Ministries]
Article 45 [Council of Ministers]
Article 46 [State Secretaries]
Article 47 [Signature]
Article 48 [Countersignature]
Article 49 [Oath]
Chapter 3 Parliament
Section 1 Organization and Composition
Article 50 [Parliament]
Article 51 [Composition of Parliament]
Article 52 [Term of Office]
Article 53 [Election]
Article 54 [Election of the Second Chamber]
Article 55 [Election of the First Chamber]
Article 56 [Eligibility]
Article 57 [Incompatibilities]
Article 57a [Replacement during Pregnancy and Maternity Leave]
Article 58 [Credentials]
Article 59 [Right to Vote and Elections]
Article 60 [Oath]
Article 61 [Self-Organization]
Article 62 [President]
Article 63 [Remuneration]
Article 64 [Dissolution]
Section 2 Procedure
Article 65 [Statement of the Policy]
Article 66 [Public Sittings]
Article 67 [Deliberation and Taking Decisions]
Article 68 [Provision of Information]
Article 69 [Sittings]
Article 70 [Right of Inquiry]
Article 71 [Immunity]
Article 72 [Rules of Procedure]
Chapter 4 Council of State, Chamber of Audit, National Ombudsman and Permanent Advisory Bodies
Article 73 [Consultation]
Article 74 [President of the Council of State, Membership]
Article 75 [Organization, Composition and Powers]
Article 76 [Responsibility]
Article 77 [Membership]
Article 78 [Organization, Composition and Powers]
Article 78a [Ombudsman]
Article 79 [Advisory Bodies]
Article 80 [Publication of the Recommendations]
Chapter 5 Legislation and Administration
Section 1 Acts of Parliament and Other Regulations
Article 81 [Acts of Parliament]
Article 82 [Presentation of Bills]
Article 83 [Bills of the King]
Article 84 [Amendment of a Bill]
Article 85 [Consideration by the First Chamber]
Article 86 [Withdrawal]
Article 87 [Passage and Ratification]
Article 88 [Publication and Entry into Force]
Article 89 [General Administrative Orders]
Section 2 Miscellaneous Provisions
Article 90 [International Rule of Law]
Article 91 [Treaties]
Article 92 [Transfer of State Power to International Institutions]
Article 93 [Binding after Publication]
Article 94 [Conflicts]
Article 95 [Publication]
Article 96 [Declaration of War]
Article 97 [Armed Forces]
Article 98 [Composition of the Armed Forces]
Article 99 [Exemption from Military Service]
Article 99a [Civil Defence]
Article 100 [Information about the Armed Forces]
Article 101
Article 102
Article 103 [State of Emergency]
Article 104 [Taxes and Levies]
Article 105 [State Revenues and Expenditures]
Article 106 [Monetary System]
Article 107 [Regulation of Law]
Article 108
Article 109 [Public Servants]
Article 110 [Public Access]
Article 111 [Honours]
Chapter 6 The Administration of Justice
Article 112 [Judgment of Disputes]
Article 113 [Judgment of Offenses]
Article 114 [Capital Punishment]
Article 115 [Appeal to a Higher Administrative Authority]
Article 116 [Organization, Composition, Powers]
Article 117 [Members of the Judiciary]
Article 118 [Members of the Supreme Court]
Article 119 [Offences Committed while in Office]
Article 120 [Constitutionality]
Article 121 [Public Trials and Judgments]
Article 122 [Remission and Pardon]
Chapter 7 Provinces, Municipalities, Water Boards and Other Public Bodies
Article 123 [Provinces and Municipalities]
Article 124 [Regulation and Administration]
Article 125 [Administration of Provinces and Municipalities]
Article 126 [Execution of Official Instructions]
Article 127 [Provincial and Municipal By-Laws]
Article 128 [Assignment of Powers]
Article 129 [Members of Provincial and Municipal Councils]
Article 130 [Members of Municipal Council]
Article 131 [King's Commissioners and Mayors]
Article 132 [Organization of Provinces and Municipalities]
Article 133 [Water Control Boards]
Article 134 [Public Bodies]
Article 135 [Matters with Involvement of Several Public Bodies]
Article 136 [Disputes between Public Bodies]
Chapter 8 Revision of the Constitution
Article 137 [Constitutional Amendment]
Article 138 [Bills]
Article 139 [Entry into Force]
Article 140 [Conflicts between Existing Law and an Amendment to the Constitution]
Article 141 [Publication of the Revised Constitution]
Article 142 [The Constitution and the Charter for the Kingdom of Netherlands]
[Chapter 9] Additional Articles
Article I
Article II
Article III-VIII
Article IX
Article X
Article XI
Article XII-XVI
Article XVII
Article XVIII
Article XIX
Article XX
Article XXI
Article XXII-XXIII
Article XXIV-XXV
Article XXVI-XXIX
Article XXX
[Chapter 10] Articles of the 1972 and 1983 text of the Constitution which are to remain in force for the time being
Article 54 [Exclusion from Voting]
Article 81 [Form of Promulgating Laws]
Article 130 [Approval and Disapproval of a Bill]
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