Presidential Decree No. 47 (28 May 1993) — Suspension of Constitutional Provisions

Ichkeria Digital Archive — CHRI-0201. Archival description based on a contemporary printed compilation. The PDF is a facsimile of a printed copy, not an independently authenticated original bearing the President’s signature.

Archival identification

ReferenceCHRI-0201
Date28 May 1993
Issuing authorityPresident Dzhokhar Dudaev, Chechen Republic
FormУказ — Presidential decree
Title / subjectTemporary suspension of enumerated constitutional provisions and related normative acts
SourceMinistry of Justice of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Collection of Presidential Decrees and Directives, Book II (Grozny: Chechengosizdat, 1994), printed pp. 5–6; scanned volume pp. 3–4
VerificationContemporary institutional printed text available; signed original and subsequent implementation not independently verified

Historical content

Citing the perceived need to restructure executive and law-enforcement institutions, the President orders the temporary suspension of a long list of articles and clauses of the Constitution and suspends laws and other acts adopted to implement the affected constitutional provisions pending formally enacted amendments.

Russian text — PDF facsimile

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Notes on attribution and verification

The act belongs to the constitutional crisis of May 1993. The listing of provisions should be checked against the original Russian text when developing a critical edition. The facsimile includes the concluding paragraph on a following printed page.

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