Image of the Union of Burma constitution in 1947.
PREAMBLE
WE, THE PEOPLE OF BURMA including the Frontier Areas and the Karenni States,
Determined to establish in strength and unity a SOVEREIGN INDEPENDENT STATE,To maintain social order on the basis of the eternal principles of JUSTICE, LIBERTY
Determined to establish in strength and unity a SOVEREIGN INDEPENDENT STATE,To maintain social order on the basis of the eternal principles of JUSTICE, LIBERTY
AND EQUALITY and To guarantee and secure to all citizens JUSTICE social, economic and political; LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith, worship, vocation, association and action; EQUALITY of status, of opportunity and before the law, IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this Tenth day of Thadingyut waxing, 1309 B.E. (Twenty-fourth day of September, 1947 A.D.), DO HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION. 5
CHAPTER I
Form of State
1. Burma is a Sovereign Independent Republic to be known as “the Union of Burma.”
Form of State
1. Burma is a Sovereign Independent Republic to be known as “the Union of Burma.”
2. The Union of Burma shall comprise the whole of Burma, including
(i) all the territories that were heretofore governed by His Britannic Majesty through
the Governor of Burma, and
(ii) the Karenni States.
3. The sovereignty of the Union resides in the people.
4. All powers, legislative, executive and judicial, are derived from the people and are
exercisable on their behalf by, or on the authority of, the organs of the Union or of its
constituent units established by this Constitution.
5. The territories that were heretofore known as the Federated Shan States and the Wa
States shall form a constituent unit of the Union of Burma and be hereafter known as
“the Shan State.”
6. The territories that were heretofore known as the Myitkyina and Bhamo Districts shall
form a constituent unit of the Union of Burma and be hereafter known as “the Kachin
State.”
7. The territories that were heretofore known as the Karenni States, viz., Kantarawaddy,
Bawlake and Kyebogyi shall form a constituent unit of the Union of Burma and hereafter known as “the Karenni State.”
the Governor of Burma, and
(ii) the Karenni States.
3. The sovereignty of the Union resides in the people.
4. All powers, legislative, executive and judicial, are derived from the people and are
exercisable on their behalf by, or on the authority of, the organs of the Union or of its
constituent units established by this Constitution.
5. The territories that were heretofore known as the Federated Shan States and the Wa
States shall form a constituent unit of the Union of Burma and be hereafter known as
“the Shan State.”
6. The territories that were heretofore known as the Myitkyina and Bhamo Districts shall
form a constituent unit of the Union of Burma and be hereafter known as “the Kachin
State.”
7. The territories that were heretofore known as the Karenni States, viz., Kantarawaddy,
Bawlake and Kyebogyi shall form a constituent unit of the Union of Burma and hereafter known as “the Karenni State.”
8. All powers, legislative, executive and judicial, in relation to the remaining territories of the Union of Burma shall, subject to the provisions of section 180, be exercisable only by, or on the authority of, the organs of the Union. 5
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