The Constitution of Cyprus

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			='''The Constitution of the <s>Republic</s>Democracy of Cyprus'''=

			=='''Part 01 - General Provisions'''==

			==='''Article 1'''===

			The State of Cyprus is an independent and sovereign <s>Republic</s>'''Democracy''' with a <s>presidential</s> '''Direct Democracy''' regime. The <s>President</s>'''Strategos''' being Greek and the Vice-<s>President</s>'''Strategos'''
			being Turk elected by the Greek and the Turkish Communities of
			Cyprus respectively as hereinafter in this Constitution provided.

			==='''Article 2'''===

			For the purposes of this Constitution:

			'''1.''' the Greek Community comprises all citizens of the Republic who are
			of Greek origin and whose mother tongue is Greek or who share the
			Greek cultural traditions or who are members of the Greek-Orthodox
			Church;

			'''2.''' the Turkish Community comprises all citizens of the Republic who
			are of Turkish origin and whose mother tongue is Turkish or who share
			the Turkish cultural traditions or who are Moslems;

			'''3.''' citizens of the Republic who do not come within the provisions of
			paragraph (1) or (2) of this Article shall, within three months of the
			date of the coming into operation of this Constitution, opt to belong to
			either the Greek or the Turkish Community as individuals, but, if they
			belong to a religious group, shall so opt as a religious group and upon
			such option they shall be deemed to be members of such Community:
			Provided that any citizen of the Republic who belongs to such a
			religious group may choose not to abide by the option of such group
			and by a written and signed declaration submitted within one month of
			the date of such option to the appropriate officer of the Republic and
			to the Presidents of the Greek and the Turkish Communal Chambers
			opt to belong to the Community other than that to which such group
			shall be deemed to belong;
			Provided further that if an option of such religious group is not
			accepted on the ground that its members are below the requisite
			number any member of such group may within one month of the date
			of the refusal of acceptance of such option opt in the aforesaid manner
			as an individual to which Community he would like to belong.
			For the purposes of this paragraph a "religious group" means a group
			of persons ordinarily resident in Cyprus professing the same religion
			and either belonging to the same rite or being subject to the same
			jurisdiction thereof the number of whom, on the date of the coming
			into operation of this Constitution, exceeds one thousand out of which
			at least five hundred become on such date citizens of the Republic;

			'''4.''' a person who becomes a citizen of the Republic at any time after
			three months of the date of the coming into operation of this
			Constitution shall exercise the option provided in paragraph (3) of this
			Article within three months of the date of his so becoming a citizen;

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