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The Constitution of Guyana is the highest governing document in the Republic of Guyana. It came into effect on October 6, 1980, replacing the constitution enacted in 1966 upon its independence from the United Kingdom. The current Constitution of Guyana contains 12 chapters that are further divided into 232 articles. [1]
Law enforcement in Guyana (1 C) T. Treaties of Guyana (1 C, 191 P) Pages in category "Law of Guyana" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The Official Gazette of Guyana is the government gazette of Guyana.. The Gazette is believed to have been introduced to Guyana by Dutch colonists in the seventeenth century and until 2012 had no statutory footing in Guyanese law, despite many matters being required to be published in it by law.
In 2023, SASOD launched the "Guyana Together" [45] campaign to promote LGBTQ rights in Guyana. The first phase will focus on public education and lobbying for the appeal of laws against gay sex. [46] The second phase will focus on adding "sexual orientation", "gender identity" and "gender expression" to the Prevention of Discrimination Act.
Guyana is a parliamentary republic in which the President of Guyana is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the President, advised by a cabinet. Legislative power is vested in both the President and the National Assembly of Guyana. [1] The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
The discovery of over 11 billion barrels of oil reserves off the coast of Guyana since 2017 is the largest addition to global oil reserves since the 1970s. [17] Guyana is now ranked as having the fourth-highest GDP per capita in the Americas after the United States, Canada, and The Bahamas.
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Assented bills which have become law are numbered sequentially by year (e.g. Act No. 1 of 2020), sealed with theseal of the Republic of Guyana, and are subsequently published in the Official Gazette of Guyana. [16]