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§ 1
Art.
Preamble
§ 1
Freedom of religion
Art.
I
§ 2
Religious test for office not required
Art.
I
§ 3
Free and equal elections
Art.
I
§ 4
Trial by jury
Art.
I
§ 5
Freedom of press and speech; evidence in libel prosecutions; jury questions
Art.
I
§ 6
Searches and seizures
Art.
I
§ 7
Procedural rights in criminal prosecutions; jury trial; self-incrimination; deprivation of life, liberty, or property
Art.
I
§ 8
Prosecution by indictment or information; double jeopardy; just compensation for property
Art.
I
§ 9
Courts shall be open; remedy for injury; suits against State
Art.
I
§ 10
Suspension of laws by General Assembly
Art.
I
§ 11
Excessive bail or fines; cruel punishments; health of prisoners
Art.
I
§ 12
Right to bail; access to accused
Art.
I
§ 13
Suspension of habeas corpus
Art.
I
§ 14
Commission of oyer and terminer, or jail delivery
Art.
I
§ 15
Corruption of blood; forfeiture; descent of suicide's estate
Art.
I
§ 16
Right of assembly; petition for redress of grievances
Art.
I
§ 17
Standing army; necessity for legislative consent; subordination of military
Art.
I
§ 18
Prohibition against quartering soldiers in homes
Art.
I
§ 19
Hereditary distinctions; holding office during good behavior; offices and titles from foreign states
Art.
I
§ 20
Right to keep and bear arms
Art.
I
§ 21
Equal Rights
Art.
I
§ 1
General Assembly to hold legislative power; composition
Art.
II
§ 2
Composition of House and Senate; terms of office; districts; election
Art.
II
§ 2A
Additional representative districts
Art.
II
§ 2B
Delegates to Constitutional Convention
Art.
II
§ 3
Qualifications of members; commencement of terms of members; continuing residency required
Art.
II
§ 4
Time and frequency of sessions
Art.
II
§ 5
Place of meeting
Art.
II
§ 6
Vacancies; tenure of office of persons elected to fill
Art.
II
§ 7
President pro tempore, Speaker and other officers; absence of presiding officers
Art.
II
§ 8
Each House as judge of elections and qualifications of its members; quorum; adjournments; compelling attendance
Art.
II
§ 9
Rules; punishment and expulsion of members; scope of powers
Art.
II
§ 10
Journals; publication; entry of yeas and nays; passage of bills and resolutions
Art.
II
§ 11
Accessibility to each House and Committees of the Whole
Art.
II
§ 12
Consent of each House to adjournment
Art.
II
§ 13
Immunity from arrest and questioning of speeches
Art.
II
§ 14
Appointment to certain civil offices; holding dual office; having interest in army or navy contract
Art.
II
§ 15
Compensation, expenses, and allowances of members
Art.
II
§ 16
Restriction of bills and resolutions to one subject; expression in title; exception
Art.
II
§ 17
Lotteries and other gambling
Art.
II
§ 17A
Bingo games; organizations authorized to conduct; submission to referendum; districts; regulation; penalties
Art.
II
§ 17B
Lotteries not under State control; organizations authorized to conduct; submission to referendum; districts; regulation; penalties
Art.
II
§ 18
Divorce or alimony
Art.
II
§ 19
Local or special laws relating to fences, livestock, ditches, school districts, and roads, highways, streets, lanes, or alleys
Art.
II
§ 20
Disclosure of personal or private interest of legislator in any pending measure
Art.
II
§ 21
Conviction of crime as ban to public office
Art.
II
§ 22
Bribery of executive, judicial or legislative officers
Art.
II
§ 23
Statutes as public laws unless otherwise declared
Art.
II
§ 24
Settlement of accounts of State Treasurer; ineligibility for legislative office until settlement
Art.
II
§ 25
Laws permitting zoning ordinances and use of land
Art.
II
§ 1
Governor to be supreme executive
Art.
III
§ 2
Election of Governor
Art.
III
§ 3
Election returns, publications; election by General Assembly
Art.
III
§ 4
Contested elections of Governor or Lieutenant Governor
Art.
III
§ 5
Term of office
Art.
III
§ 6
Qualifications
Art.
III
§ 7
Compensation
Art.
III
§ 8
Governor as commander-in-chief of state armed forces
Art.
III
§ 9
Appointing power; recess appointments; confirmation
Art.
III
§ 10
Members of the Governor’s cabinet; confirmation of appointment or reappointment, term, and vacancy; Secretary of State’s duties and compensation
Art.
III
§ 11
County officers; qualifications; members of Congress, federal employees, and other officers holding dual office
Art.
III
§ 12
Commissions
Art.
III
§ 13
Removal of officers by Governor; procedure
Art.
III
§ 14
Reports from executive departments
Art.
III
§ 15
Messages to General Assembly
Art.
III
§ 16
Special sessions of General Assembly; adjournment; special session of Senate
Art.
III
§ 17
Execution of laws
Art.
III
§ 18
Approval or veto of bills, orders, resolutions, or votes; repassage over veto
Art.
III
§ 19
Lieutenant Governor; election, term, and qualifications; President of the Senate; compensation
Art.
III
§ 21
Election and term of office for certain state officers
Art.
III
§ 22
Election and term of office of certain county officers; commission
Art.
III
§ 23
Place of office of certain county officers
Art.
III
§ 24
Date of commencement of terms of certain State and County elective officers
Art.
III
§ 1
Creation of courts
Art.
IV
§ 2
Justices of Supreme Court and other State Judges; qualifications; residence; precedence
Art.
IV
§ 3
Appointment of judges; terms of office; vacancies; political representation; confirmation of appointment
Art.
IV
§ 4
Compensation of judges; method of payment; receipt of other fees; holding other office
Art.
IV
§ 5
Composition of Superior Court; presiding judge; quorum
Art.
IV
§ 6
Sessions of Superior Court
Art.
IV
§ 7
Jurisdiction of Superior Court
Art.
IV
§ 7A
Jurisdiction of Family Court
Art.
IV
§ 7B
Jurisdiction of Court of Common Pleas
Art.
IV
§ 8
Definitions of particular terms
Art.
IV
§ 9
Jurisdiction of Orphans' Court
Art.
IV
§ 10
Composition and jurisdiction of Court of Chancery; initiation and decisions in causes and proceedings
Art.
IV
§ 11
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court
Art.
IV
§ 12
Composition of Supreme Court; designation of temporary Justices; quorum; opening and adjourning court
Art.
IV
§ 13
Administrative head of courts; supervisory powers; designation of judges to sit in Court of Chancery, or the Superior Court
Art.
IV
§ 14
Power of law judges to grant restraining orders and preliminary injunctions
Art.
IV
§ 15
Judges ad litem; limitation and expiration of commission; compensation; persons not disqualified
Art.
IV
§ 16
Scope of jurisdiction and process; costs
Art.
IV
§ 17
Jurisdictional changes by General Assembly; appeals to Supreme Court
Art.
IV
§ 18
Powers of Chancellor, Vice-Chancellors and Judges
Art.
IV
§ 19
Instructions to jury
Art.
IV
§ 20
Trial by court of issues of fact in civil causes
Art.
IV
§ 21
Amendments in civil pleadings and proceedings by Superior Court; examination of witnesses and parties
Art.
IV
§ 22
Payment into court pending action for debt or damages; costs
Art.
IV
§ 23
Survival of action; executor or administrator as party; continuance
Art.
IV
§ 24
Security for stay of proceedings on appeal or writ of error
Art.
IV
§ 25
Chief Register in Chancery: appointment; powers and duties
Art.
IV
§ 26
Prothonotary as Clerk of Superior Court; powers and duties; entry of testatum fieri facias
Art.
IV
§ 27
Clerk of Supreme Court; term of office and compensation
Art.
IV
§ 28
Criminal jurisdiction of inferior courts and justices of the peace; regulation of jurisdiction; indictment; jury trial; appeals
Art.
IV
§ 29
Justices of the Peace; terms of office
Art.
IV
§ 30
Justices of the Peace, Chief Magistrate, and judges of legislatively-created courts; appointment by Governor; terms of office
Art.
IV
§ 31
Registers of Wills; depositions of witnesses; process; appeals to Court of Chancery; disqualification of Register for interest
Art.
IV
§ 32
Adjustment and settlement of executors' and administrators' accounts; notice; hearing of exceptions in Court of Chancery; transfer of jurisdiction; appeals
Art.
IV
§ 33
Style of process and public acts; prosecutions in name of State
Art.
IV
§ 34
Continuation in office and designation of certain judicial officers
Art.
IV
§ 34A
Continuation in office and designation of judicial officers of the Family Court and the Court of Common Pleas
Art.
IV
§ 35
Proceedings pending at time of 1951 amendment; books, records, and papers; effect of 1951 amendment on Court of Chancery
Art.
IV
§ 36
Abolition of Orphans' Court; transfer of jurisdiction and powers
Art.
IV
§ 37
Court on the Judiciary
Art.
IV
§ 38
Retired Judges and Justices; temporary assignment
Art.
IV
§ 39
Senior judges
Art.
IV
§ 1
Time and manner of holding general election
Art.
V
§ 2
Qualifications for voting; members of the Armed Services of the United States stationed within State; persons disqualified; forfeiture of right
Art.
V
§ 2A
Residence requirements in case of intrastate removal; election of President and Vice-President of United States; qualifications
Art.
V
§ 2B
Residence requirements of persons from other states; election of President and Vice-President of United States; qualifications
Art.
V
§ 3
Influencing voter; loss of vote; challenge; oath and affirmation; perjury
Art.
V
§ 4
Registration of voters; days for registration; application to strike name from list; appeals; registration as prerequisite for voting
Art.
V
§ 4A
General laws for absentee voting
Art.
V
§ 4B
Uniform laws for absentee registration
Art.
V
§ 5
Electors privileged from arrest; exceptions
Art.
V
§ 6
Voting machine recording tapes, voting machine certificate, and absentee ballots; delivery to Prothonotary; duties and composition of court; quorum
Art.
V
§ 7
Election offenses; penalties; self-incrimination
Art.
V
§ 8
Prosecution for election offenses; procedure; appeal; bond
Art.
V
§ 9
Enumeration of election offenses as limitation on power of General Assembly
Art.
V
§ 1
Impeachment power of House; trial by Senate; oath of Senators; vote; presiding officers
Art.
VI
§ 2
Grounds for impeachment
Art.
VI
§ 3
Treason
Art.
VI
§ 1
Power of Governor; recommendation of Board of Pardons; entry in register and submission to General Assembly
Art.
VII
§ 2
Composition of Board of Pardons
Art.
VII
§ 3
Information from Attorney General on Board's duties
Art.
VII
§ 1
Uniformity of taxes; collection under general laws; exemption for public welfare purposes
Art.
VIII
§ 2
Revenue bills to originate in House; amendments by Senate; restriction on definition; exclusion of unrelated matter
Art.
VIII
§ 3
Borrowing money; specification of purpose; surplus borrowed money
Art.
VIII
§ 4
Restrictions on loan of public money or bonds and credit of State
Art.
VIII
§ 5
Capitation tax; uniformity; use
Art.
VIII
§ 7
Real estate assessments; inclusion of values
Art.
VIII
§ 8
Lending credit, appropriating money to, or investing in any private corporation, person, or company by county or municipality
Art.
VIII
§ 9
Retroactive increase of taxation of personal income
Art.
VIII
§ 1
Creation, amendment, renewal, or revival by general law; exceptions; revocation or forfeitures of charters; requisites for enactment of corporation laws
Art.
IX
§ 2
Acceptance of Constitution by existing corporations as prerequisite for amendment or renewal of charter
Art.
IX
§ 3
Issuance of stock
Art.
IX
§ 4
Rights, privileges, immunities, and estates
Art.
IX
§ 5
Designation, by foreign corporation, of agent for service of process
Art.
IX
§ 6
Taxation of stock owned by persons or corporations without this State
Art.
IX
§ 1
Establishment and maintenance of free public schools; attendance
Art.
X
§ 2
Annual appropriations; apportionment; use of funds; other expenses
Art.
X
§ 3
Use of educational funds by religious schools; exemption of school property from taxation
Art.
X
§ 4
Use of Public School Fund
Art.
X
§ 5
Transportation of nonpublic school students
Art.
X
§ 6
Property tax; use limitations
Art.
X
§ 1
State Board of Agriculture
Art.
XI
§ 2
Composition of Board; residence of Commissioners; quorum
Art.
XI
§ 3
Appointment of Commissioners by Governor; terms of office; vacancies
Art.
XI
§ 4
Abatement and prevention of diseases of fruit trees, plants, vegetables, cereals, and livestock
Art.
XI
§ 5
Plans for securing immigration of industrious and useful settlers
Art.
XI
§ 6
Compensation of Board members
Art.
XI
§ 7
Duration of Board
Art.
XI
§ 1
State Board of Health; local boards; powers
Art.
XII
§ 1
Submission of liquor question to district electors; election
Art.
XIII
§ 2
Designation of districts for purposes of article
Art.
XIII
§ 3
Laws for enforcement, manufacture and sale, and penalties
Art.
XIII
§ 1
Form of oath for members of General Assembly and public officers
Art.
XIV
§ 1
Conservators of the peace
Art.
XV
§ 2
Receipt for fees
Art.
XV
§ 3
Costs on bill returned ignoramus or on acquittal
Art.
XV
§ 4
Extension of term of public officer; diminution of salary or emoluments
Art.
XV
§ 5
Officers to hold office until successors qualify
Art.
XV
§ 6
Behavior of officers; removal for misbehavior or infamous crime
Art.
XV
§ 7
Offenses excepted from prohibition against prosecuting by information and jury trial
Art.
XV
§ 8
Interest of member or officer of department in contracts for supplies or services of department prohibited
Art.
XV
§ 9
Prefixing Constitution to codification of laws
Art.
XV
§ 10
Disqualification to hold office by reason of sex
Art.
XV
§ 1
Proposal and concurrence of Constitutional amendments in General Assembly; procedure
Art.
XVI
§ 2
Constitutional Conventions; procedure; compensation of delegates; quorum; powers and duties; vacancies
Art.
XVI
§ 3
Receiving, tallying, and counting votes for or against Convention; return of vote; enabling legislation
Art.
XVI
§ 4
Approval of bills or resolutions under this Article; exemption from Section 18 of Article III
Art.
XVI
§ 5
Separate ballots on question of Convention
Art.
XVI
§ 1
Continuity of state and local governmental operations in periods of emergency
Art.
XVII
§ 1
Delivery, filing, and publication of enrolled copy of amended Constitution and Schedule
Art.
Schedule
§ 2
Effective date of amended Constitution
Art.
Schedule
§ 3
Effect on offices of Senators and Representatives; election
Art.
Schedule
§ 4
Commencement of terms of members of General Assembly
Art.
Schedule
§ 5
Date of first general election
Art.
Schedule
§ 6
Effect on Governor's term
Art.
Schedule
§ 7
Continuation of elective and appointive offices; election of successors; renewal of official obligations
Art.
Schedule
§ 8
Date of commencement of terms of elective officers
Art.
Schedule
§ 9
Date of abolition of courts and judicial offices; transfer of pending proceedings and books, records, and papers
Art.
Schedule
§ 10
Registers' Court and jurisdiction of justice of the peace unaffected
Art.
Schedule
§ 11
Payments to certain incumbent judges not reappointed
Art.
Schedule
§ 12
First biennial session of General Assembly under Constitution
Art.
Schedule
§ 13
Exceptions to limitations on amount of compensation payable to members of General Assembly and presiding officers
Art.
Schedule
§ 14
Renewal of existing corporations until enactment of general incorporation law
Art.
Schedule
§ 15
Guardians' accounts
Art.
Schedule
§ 16
Terms of office of persons holding office on effective date of Constitution
Art.
Schedule
§ 17
Vacancies in Board of Pardons
Art.
Schedule
§ 18
Laws consistent with Constitution not affected
Art.
Schedule
§ 19
Enabling legislation
Art.
Schedule