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This is the decree promulgating the 1963 Moroccan Penal Code.

This decree declared that the Protectorate of Morocco government would recognize the ability for Berbers to retain their own laws and customs.

This section of al-Jarīda al-Rasmiyya officially promulgates the first two books of the Moroccan Personal Status Code, the Mudawwana. The first book presents the stipulations concerning marriage, including issues such as the contract, dowry, and inhibitors (like number of wives). The second book deals with the dissolution of marriage, thus addressing conditions of repudiation, women’s repudiation, and the ʿidda (the woman’s waiting period until she may remarry).

A child born out of wedlock is typically not entitled to paternity recognition in Morocco. In an unprecedented move, the First Instance Family Court in Tangiers recognized the familial relationship connecting a father to his biological daughter. The Court also required the man to pay 100,000 MAD (10,500 USD) to the child through her mother for the material and moral harms caused to the child from denial of paternity or familial relations. The defendant appealed the judgment. On October 9, 2017, the Tangiers Court of Appeals overturned the First Instance Court decision, rejecting the DNA tests and any recognition of familial relation. The Court also invalidated the lower court’s use of international conventions, explaining that the child is so foreign to her father that the possibility of their future marriage would not be overruled.

This is the official decree promulgating the 1965 Moroccan Court Unification Law (Law 3.64)

This is the official decree in which the Protectorate Morocco regime conferred limited property rights to the tribal councils (jama'as).

English translation of the 1962 Constitution of Morocco.

Arabic text of the 1962 Constitution of Morocco.

This is the official decree promulgating the 1962 Moroccan Constitution (Morocco's first constitution).

English translation of the 1970 Constitution of Morocco.

Arabic text of the 1970 Constitution of Morocco.

English translation of the 1972 Constitution of the Kingdom of Morocco.

Arabic text of the 1972 Constitution of the Kingdom of Morocco.

Arabic text of 1980 amendments to the 1972 Constitution of the Kingdom of Morocco.

Arabic text of the 1992 Constitution of Morocco (1972 Constitution of the Kingdom of Morocco, as amended to 1992).

English translation of the 1992 Constitution of Morocco (1972 Constitution of the Kingdom of Morocco, as amended to 1992).

Arabic text of 1995 Amendments to 1972 Constitution of the Kingdom of Morocco.

English translation of the 1996 Constitution of Morocco (1972 Constitution of the Kingdom of Morocco, as amended to 1996).

English translation of the 2011 Constitution of Morocco.

Arabic text of the 2011 Constitution of Morocco.