Spanish Constitution
Last revision: 19/02/2024
Reform of Section 13 (2), approved by the Cortes Generales in the Plenary sittings of the Congress and of the Senate, held on July 22, 1992 and on July 30, 1992 respectively, and sanctioned by His Majesty the King on August 27, 1992 (Official State Gazette No. 207, dated August 28, 1992).
Reforma del artículo 13, apartado 2, aprobada por las Cortes Generales en sesiones plenarias del Congreso de los Diputados y del Senado, de 22 y 30 de julio de 1992, respectivamente, y sancionada por S.M. el Rey el 27 de agosto de 1992 (Boletín Oficial del Estado núm. 207, de 28 de agosto de 1992).
Reform of Section 135, approved by the Cortes Generales in the Plenary sittings of the Congress and of the Senate, held on September 2, 2011 and on September 7, 2011 respectively, and sanctioned by His Majesty the King on September 27, 2011 (Official State Gazette No. 233, dated September 27, 2011).
Reform of Section 49, approved by the Cortes Generales in the Plenary sittings of the Congress and of the Senate, held on January 18, 2024 and on January 25, 2024 respectively, and sanctioned by His Majesty the King on February 15, 2024 (Official State Gazette No. 43, dated February 17, 2024).
Systematics
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PPALMA, LA
PARENTS (See also Family)
PARLIAMENTARIANS (See also Members of Congress and Senators)
- Certificates and credentials, 70.2
- Grounds of ineligibility and incompatibility, 70.1
- Meetings not called in the statutory manner, 67.3
PARLIAMENTARY GROUP (See also Political Party)
- Consultation on proposed candidate for the Presidency of the Government, 99.1
- Representation on the Permanent Deputation of the Houses, 78.1
PARLIAMENTARY MONARCHY
PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 23.1
PATERNITY, 39.2
PEACE, 63.3
PENAL LEGISLATION, 149.1.6
PENITENTIARY LEGISLATION, 149.1.6
PENSIONS, 50
PERIOD OF SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE CHAMBERS (See also Sessions of the Legislative Chambers)
PERMANENT DEPUTATION
- Functions, 78.2 and 3 and 116.5
- Information to the Houses, 78.4
- Number of members, 78.1
- Of the Congress and the Senate, 78.1
- Presidency, 78.2
PERSONAL SERVICES OF A PUBLIC CHARACTER
PERSONNEL STATUTE OF THE CORTES GENERALES, 72.1
PERSONS UNDER ARREST
- Arrest deadline, 17.2 and 4
- Assistance of a lawyer, 17.3
- Declarations, 17.3 and 24.2
- Information on their rights, 17.3
- Suspension of rights, 55
PETITION (See Right of Petition)
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, 149.1.16
PHYSICAL AND MORAL INTEGRITY, 15
PHYSICAL EDUCATION, 43.3
PHYSICALLY, SENSORIALLY AND MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, 49
POLICE CORPS (See also Security Forces and Corps)
POLITICAL FORM OF THE STATE, 1.3
POLITICAL ORDER
POLITICAL PARTY (See also Parliamentary Group)
POLITICAL PLURALISM, 1.1 and 6
POPULAR ACTION, 125
PORTS
POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, 149.1.21
POSTAL, TELEGRAPHIC AND TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATIONS
POWER OF ISSUING REGULATIONS
PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT (See also Government and Members of the Government)
- Appointment, 99.3 and 114.2
- Charge of treason or offences against the security of the State, 102.2
- Dissolution of the Congress, the Senate and the Cortes Generales, 115
- Functions, 98.2
- Investiture vote, 99.3 to 5
- Nomination of candidate, 99.1
- Proposal of members of the government, 100
- Submission to Congress of the political programme, 99.2
- Vote of confidence from the Congress, 112
PRESIDENTS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES, 152.1
PREVENTIVE ARREST, 17.2
PRINCIPLE OF LEGALITY, 9.3, 25.1, 31.3, 103.1, 106.1, 117.1, 124 and 133.1
PRISON
PRISONERS, 25.2
PRIVATE PROPERTY
PRIVATION OF PROPERTY AND RIGHTS (See also Expropriation)
PROCEDURAL LEGISLATION, 149.1.6
PROCESSES OF THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES, 143.2 and 151
PROFESSION
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS
PROFESSIONAL SECRECY, 20.1 and 24.2
PROMULGATION OF LAWS
- By the King, 62 a) and 91
PROPERTY OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, 132.1
PROPERTY OR GOODS
PROSECUTORS (See also Office of the Pubic Prosecutor)
PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES (See Individual appeal for protection)
PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND GUARDIANSHIP
PROTECTION OF THE FAMILY, 39
PROTECTION OF THE MENTALLY, SENSORIALLY AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, 49
PROVINCES (See also Local Administration, Provincial Councils and Territorial Organisation of the State)
- Alteration of limits, 141.1
- Government and administration, 141.2
- Legal personality, 141.1
- Number of Senators, 69.2
PROVINCIAL COUNCILS (See also Provinces)
- Government and administration of the provinces, 141.2
- Initiation of the process towards self-government, 143.2
PROVISIONAL AUTONOMOUS BODIES
PROVISIONAL AUTONOMOUS REGIMES
- Dissolution of bodies, Transitional Provision 7
- In territories that have approved draft Statutes of Autonomy by plebiscite, Transitional Provision 2
- Initiating the process towards self-government, Transitional Provision 1
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (See also Civil Servants)
- Archives, 105 b)
- Bodies, 103.2
- Competence:
- Ends, 103.1
- Judicial control, 106
- Principles of conduct, 103.1
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
- Aid to teaching centres, 27.9
- Collaboration with the Catholic Church and religious faiths, 16.3
- Defence of consumers and users, 51
- Fostering of:
- Guarantee of right to education, 27.5
- Guardianship of public health, 43.2
- Inspection and approval of the educational system, 27.8
- Liability, 9.3
- Modernisation of economic sectors, 130
- Preservation of historical, cultural and artistic heritage, 46
- Prohibition of arbitrariness, 9.3
- Promotion of:
- Protection of:
- Removal of obstacles hindering participation of citizens in political, economic, cultural and social affairs, 9.2
- Social and economic policy, 39 to 51
- Subjection to the Constitution and the legal system, 9.1
PUBLIC CALAMITY
PUBLIC DEBT (See also Budgetary Stability and Treasury)
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC ORDER (See also State of Alarm, State of Emergency, State of Siege, Suspension of Rights and Liberties and Terrorism)
PUBLIC POSTS, 23.2
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, 124.4 (See also Office of the Public Prosecutor)
PUBLIC SECURITY, 149.1.29
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLICATION
- Of Acts, 91
- Of international treaties, 95
- Of the Constitution, Final Provision
- Of the judgements of the Constitutional Court, 164.1