Organic and Statutory Laws of the Kingdom

• August 20, 1864, King Kamehameha V proclaims new Constitution

  • Authority to proclaim a new Constitution without Legislative approval is authorized by Article 45 of the 1852 Constitution
  • Article 45 was removed from the 1864 Constitution thereby preventing any future Monarch from changing the Constitution without Legislative approval

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1852 const contained Art 45 which vested the King w/ the authority to approve a new const w/o