The Constitution of Cyprus
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The Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus
Part 01 - General Provisions
Article 1 The State of Cyprus is an independent and sovereign Republic with a presidential regime, the President being Greek and the Vice-President 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.
