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IT is hereby notified that we, the Government of Rhodesia, have adopted, enacted and given to Rhodesia this Constitution.

PRELIMINARY

This Constitution shall be cited as the Constitution of Rhodesia, 1965.

The Constitution of Southern Rhodesia, 1961, granted to Rhodesia on the 6th December, 1961, under the Southern Rhodesia (Constitution) Order in Council, 1961, and the provisions of the said Order (hereinafter referred to as the old Constitution) are hereby declared to be of no force or effect in Rhodesia immediately before the appointed day and shall at such time be deemed to be repealed and revoked by this Constitution and no longer operative in and for Rhodesia.

The new Constitution as set forth herein (hereinafter referred to as this Constitution) shall come into operation immediately on the expiration of the day preceding the appointed day and shall thereafter in Rhodesia have the full force and effect of law.

For the purposes of this Constitution the “appointed day" means the day on which this Constitution is published in the Gazette.

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