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	== Section X - ''Constitutional Amendments and Procedure'' ==		== Section X - ''Constitutional Amendments and Procedure'' ==
			Section X deals with the procedure of amending the Constitution.

			'''''Article XLIII - Irrevocable Provisions''''' enshrines the concept that the Constitution should be amended from time to time to "reflect the realities of the situation that the State finds itself in," and sets out that the Constitution, as far as possible, should be interpreted in a constructionist manner, rather than a textualist or originalist manner. The article also enshrines certain provisions that it deems as "fundamental to the functioning of the State" as irrevocable, or unable to be amended to render the meaning of the text within moot. In practice, this has never happened, but the commonly expected procedure to be expected should any Constitutional amendment regarding these clauses be passed is for the President to immediately refer the amendment to the Federal Constitutional Court, regardless of whether they believe it is constitutional or not.

			'''''Article XLIV - Amending the Constitution''''' sets out the procedure to amend the Constitution. Unusually, only a two-thirds majority of both Houses of Parliament are required to make any change to the Constitution, requiring no ratification by the States themselves. Should any constitutional amendment get more than half but less than two-thirds' support of both Houses of Parliament, then the Prime Minister may advise the President to call a binding referendum in which a simple majority would amend the Constitution.

	==External links==		==External links==

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Section IX - Miscellaneous

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	== Section IX - ''Miscellaneous'' ==		== Section IX - ''Miscellaneous'' ==
			Section IX mainly deals with other issues that did not fit into the other sections of the Constitution.

			'''''Article XXXIX - Separation of Church and State''''' mandates a secular state, and enshrines the concept of federal law superseding religious law.

			'''''Article XL - Languages of the State''''' enshrines Tumbran as the language of the State, but allows people to use other languages.

			'''''Article XLI - Citizenship of the State''''' originally began as a transitionary clause; allowing all citizens of the Empire of Tumbra citizenship, but over the years expanded in scope to include birthright citizenship and extends the rights granted to all Tumbran citizens to any stateless citizen within the borders of the Federal Republic, and mandates that a path towards citizenship is opened for them.

			'''''Article XLII - Auditor-General''''' establishes the position of the Auditor-General, sets out its term and responsibilities.

	== Section X - ''Constitutional Amendments and Procedure'' ==		== Section X - ''Constitutional Amendments and Procedure'' ==

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Section VIII - The Judicial Branch

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Section VII - The Executive Branch

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	==Preamble==		==Preamble==
			The Preamble - of which the full text is reproduced here - enshrines certain basic values that the Federal Republic should uphold.

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			\|quote = ''Conscious of the responsibilities of a good government to provide for its people, the people do hereby adopt this Constitution that now provides for a new FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF TUMBRA, in the hope of building a new society; one which respects universal values such as JUSTICE, EQUALITY, LIBERTY, DEMOCRACY, SOLIDARITY and TRUTH; and one that seeks to deliver PROSPERITY and SECURITY to its people, and which shall never again fall to Tyranny so long as this Constitution lives.''
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			The six values included within the Preamble - justice, equality, liberty, democracy, solidarity and truth - have become known as the Six Tumbran Values, and are prominently inscribed on the floor of the Federal Parliament building.

	==Section I - ''The Federal Republic and its Structure''==		==Section I - ''The Federal Republic and its Structure''==