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Constitution for Guyana in English, published with the permission of Constitute.

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, based on research produced by the Library of Congress. Under Guyana's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has no legal status. 

Text of the 1966 Constitution of Guyana.

Text of 1969 constitutional amendments (Resolution No. XXVI) to the 1966 Constitution of Guyana

Text of the 1970 Constitution of Guyana (Republic Act).

Text of the 1980 Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.

Text of the 1995 Constitution of Guyana (1980 Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, as amended to 1995).

Text of the first 189 pages of the 2001 Constitution of Guyana (1980 Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, as amended to Act No. 8 of 2001). The remaining pages from 190 on is in a second document denoted "2001 Constitution of Guyana (190 on)".

Text of the remaining pages after p. 190 (inclusive) of the 2001 Constitution of Guyana (1980 Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, as amended to Act No. 8 of 2001).

Text of the first 178 pages of the 2007 Constitution of Guyana (1980 Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, as amended to Act No. 22 of 2007). The remaining pages from 179 on are in a second document denoted "2007 Constitution of Guyana (p. 179 on)".

The remaining pages after page 179 (inclusive) of the 2007 Constitution of Guyana ((1980 Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, as amended to Act No. 22 of 2007).

Text of the 2009 Constitution of Guyana (1980 Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, as amended to 2009).

Text of the 2016 Constitution of Guyana (1980 Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, as amended to 2016).