Article 3, Indiana Constitution

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Article 3 of the Indiana Constitution is entitled Distribution of Powers and consists of only one section.

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: Three Departments The powers of the Government are divided into three separate departments; the Legislative, the Executive including the Administrative, and the Judicial: and no person, charged with official duties under one of these departments, shall exercise any of the functions of another, except as in this Constitution expressly provided.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Indiana.gov, "Indiana Constitution"
• Indiana.gov, "State Constitutions"
• Indiana.gov, "Original Constitution of 1816"
• Indiana.gov, "Constitution of 1851"
• Indiana Public Media, "Posts tagged Indiana Constitution"

Additional reading

• McLauchlan, William P. (1996). The Indiana State Constitution: A Reference Guide Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press
• Indiana.gov, "The 1851 Indiana Constitution" by David G. Vanderstel
• Indiana.gov, "Indiana Bill of Rights" by Randall T. Shepard, Chief Justice, Indiana Supreme Court
• Indiana.gov, "Indiana's Constitutional Past" by Justice Brent E. Dickson, Justice, Indiana Supreme Court