Constitution of Tseng

The  is the second and current constitution of the Tseng Republic. It was ratified on July 31, 1969.

Colonial rule (pre-1946)
As Tseng was under colonial rule before 1946, the areas controlled by the UK, France, and the Netherlands were subject to their countries' laws.

In 1935, the first type of constitution for Tsengians were created. The Government of Tseng under the Netherlands Act (in English) was raitified on June 27 of that year. It gave the Tsengians some kind of self-autonomy.

From 1938 to 1944, the United States of Tseng Act was effective in the United States of Tseng.

First constitution (1946-1969)
The constitution was drafted by the Tseng Independence Council and important members of the National State Assembly, which started after the Allied invasion of Tseng in 1944. It took 2 years for the constitution to be written. Hours after the Tseng Republic declared independence on July 17, 1946, Provisional President Nathan Chang and 18 other people, including Pierre Huang-li and Yong Ming-chun, held a meeting discussing the drafted constitution, article by article. Then the 1946 constitution was adopted. The constitution was amended in 1948, 1958, 1962, 1965, and 1968, the most controversial ones being 1958 (Bill 643), 1962 (dictatorship), 1965 (Donghuaist government), and 1968 (military junta/dictatorship).

The 1946 constitution, whose emergency laws gave the president dictatorial powers, were abused during the Luanzheng Era. Due to this a new constitution was needed.

Second constitution (1969-present)
The second constitution was ratified on July 31, 1969, by President Stephen Yang. It legalized communism and other banned ideologies.

Articles

 * Article 1: Tseng is a republic.
 * Article 2: In Tseng, direct elections are held.  It is every four years for the presidency. it is every four years and the legislature. For the presidency, the election date is July 24, and the inauguration takes place 10 days later. For the legislature, it is the exact same. For local elections, it is held every four years, on an mid-term year (the second year between presidential/legislative elections).
 * Article 3: The National State Assembly is the legislature of Tseng. It is unicameral.