TRANSMITTING ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATION OF HAITIAN CONSTITUTION, AS REVISED AND PUBLISHED IN LA MONITEUR (NO.123) OF DECEMBER 23, 1946.

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 24, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 28, 1947
• Content Type: MEMO

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nubjeete TrLftsmittine nnelish Luneuage Txenslationeof
naltian Conetitutionr as Iilevised and. Published
in LI. lAneiTnAln (No0 123). of December 230 1946o
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The lionorable
The Lecretary of state
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I have the honor to refer to the Lubassyle despatch
lno, 38 of Oct000r 12v 19460 entitled "Transmission of
Troxislation of Proposed 1946 Haitian Constitu-
tion", with enclosures appended (Ale 80101)0 and to
air6rein 4.-450 of Deeember 300 1946 to the effect thut,
upon promulgation of the Constitution, the phraseology,
numbering of many nrticles and in SOMA cases the text .
were found to have been altered in a degree that made
it preetionble for the Lubasse to effect a completely
the neportment's assistanee* It wthil be recalled that translation, This new trunslation is uttached for
copies of Le i;oniteur, containinn the couplet? erench
text of the Ojatrialon, as promuleatodv were eubmitted
to the Department under cover of despatch 1o, 202 of
December 27, 1946*
Tile following counont is offered at this tine beur-
ine on certain neticles of the Constitution which appear
to be of Lailiadiate intereet to the Depurtuent:
Article 1 - The Island of Navussa (reference ee-
part1=26-n-i40 of October 4, 1946) is still claimed ben M
the baitian Governmento
neticle - naturalized aaitians bay not enjoy -
fall p11tictl rights until 10 years fron date of natu-
ralization* -.even then they do not have all of the riehts
which a Haitian of origin posoesees, (nee.e.rticle 13
farther on.)
nrticle 10 - Aesident foreigners muy own but one
resiaarrebur--idine in the same locality and may net
engage in the rental of property? The foreigner re-
sidinn in ineiti muy ova real property, as eiay foreign
compuniee, when required for the needs of agricultural,
commercial industrial or educational enterprises "with-
in the liults and oceditions to be determined by lawn,
lOhle right ofownership0 however, ehull terminate after
2 years if the
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