[Chapter 0 General Provisions]
Article 33 [Sovereignty, Rule of Law]
(1) All power emanates from the Nation.
(2) The power is exerted in the manner established by the
Constitution.
Article 34 [Transfer of Sovereignty]
The exercising of determined power can be attributed by a treaty
or by a law to international public institutions.
Article 35 [Authorities]
(1) The federal authority only has power in the matters that are
formally attributed to it by the Constitution and the laws carried
in pursuance of the Constitution itself.
(2) The Communities and the Regions, each in its own field of
concern, have power for the other matters, under the conditions
and in the terms stipulated by law. This law must be adopted by
majority vote as provided for in Article 4, last paragraph.
(3) The law referred to in Paragraph (2) determines the date on
which this Article comes into force. This date cannot precede the
date of the implementation of the new Article to be inserted in
Title III, which determines the exclusive powers of the federal
authority.
Article 36 [Legislative Power]
The federal legislative power is exerted collectively by the King,
the House of Representatives, and the Senate.
Article 37 [Executive Power]
The federal executive power, as stipulated by the Constitution,
belongs to the King.
Article 38 [Local Autonomy]
Each Community has assignments which are recognized by the
Constitution or by the laws carried in pursuance of it.
Article 39 [Regional Autonomy]
The law attributes to the Regional Bodies
that it creates and
that are made up of elected representatives, the power to
manage the matters that it determines, with the exception of
those referred to in Articles 30 and 127 to 129,
within the jurisdiction and according to the manner established
by the law. The latter must be adopted by majority vote as
provided for in Article 4, last paragraph.
Article 40 [Adjudicating Power]
(1) Judiciary power is exerted by the courts and tribunals.
(2) Rulings and court decisions are carried out in the name of
the King.
Article 41 [Decentralization, Adjournment]
Interests which are exclusively of a communal or provincial nature
are ruled on by communal or provincial councils, according to the
principles established by the Constitution. The King can adjourn
the Houses. However, the adjournment cannot exceed the period
of one month, nor be renewed in the same session without the
consent of the Houses.