Constitution of Luxembourg

List of amendments

• 15 May 1919 - National sovereignty was transferred from the monarch to the nation . The monarch's powers to command the armed forces and to sign treaties were reaffirmed, provided that the treaty was not secret and that the Chamber of Deputies ratified it. All changes to Luxembourg's territory were required to be ratified by law.
• 28 April 1948 - The Grand Duchy was defined as a 'free, independent, and indivisible state', removing reference to, and therefore ending, its long-standing political neutrality.
• 6 May 1948 - The regulation of language use in legal and judicial affairs became regulated by statute, rather than requiring the equal treatment of French and German.
• 15 May 1948 - Suffrage was restricted to Luxembourgers living in Luxembourg, aged over 21 and in possession of their full political rights, whereas candidates were required to be 25 years old.
• 21 May 1948 -
• 27 July 1956 -
• 25 October 1956 -
• 27 January 1972 -
• 13 June 1979 -
• 25 November 1983 -
• 20 December 1988 -
• 31 March 1989 -
• 20 April 1989 -
• 13 June 1989 -
• 16 June 1989 -
• 19 June 1989 -
• 23 December 1994 -
• 12 July 1996 -
• 12 January 1998 -
• 29 April 1999 -
• 2 June 1999 -
• 8 August 2000 -
• 18 February 2003 -
• 19 December 2003 -
• 26 May 2004 -
• 19 November 2004 -
• 21 June 2005 -
• 1 June 2006 -
• 13 July 2006 -
• 29 March 2007 -
• 24 October 2007 -
• 31 March 2008 -
• 23 October 2008 -
• 12 March 2009 - Sovereign only promulgates, not approves / authorises, laws
• 18 October 2016 -

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