13 Facts About Belgian Constitution

The Belgian Constitution guaranteed the freedoms of expression, education, religion and of the press, though the franchise was severely limited by a property tax qualification.

Dicey, a British legal theorist, concluded that the Belgian document codified a number of conventions long established in the United Kingdom, saying that it "indeed comes very near to a written reproduction of the English constitution".

Since 1993, the first article of the Belgian Constitution stipulates that Belgium is a federal state composed of Communities and Regions.

In 2007, a Title 1bis was inserted in the Belgian Constitution, titled "General policy objectives of the federal Belgium, the communities and the regions", which to date comprises only one article: Article 7bis.

Article 9 stipulates that naturalisation can only be granted by the federal legislative power Article 74 of the Belgian Constitution stipulates that only the Chamber of Representatives, and not the Senate, can grant naturalisation.

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Article 17 of the Belgian Constitution stipulates that the penalty of forfeiture of assets cannot be instituted.

Article 31 of the Belgian Constitution determines that no prior authorisation is required to prosecute civil servants for acts of their administration.

Article 34 of the Belgian Constitution expressly stipulates that the exercise of certain powers or responsibilities can be attributed to international public institutions by treaty or by law.

Chapter VIII, the last chapter of Title III of the Belgian Constitution, is titled The provincial and municipal institutions.

Belgian Constitution can be amended by the federal legislative power, which consists of the King and the Federal Parliament.

Article 196 of the Belgian Constitution provides that the process to amend the Belgian Constitution cannot be initiated or continued in times of war or when the Federal Parliament is unable to freely meet in Belgium.

Belgian Constitution has been amended 29 times since the coordinated text of 17 February 1994 was published in the Belgian Official Journal: once in 1996, three times in 1997, four times in 1998, twice in 1999 and in 2000, once in 2001, twice in 2002 and in 2004, and three times in 2005 and in 2007, once in 2008 and five times in 2012.

The most recent change to the Belgian Constitution took place by revision of article 12 of 24 October 2017.