Spanish Constitution of 1978 (annotated)/Final Provision

by Constituent Cortes

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FINAL PROVISION

Commencement3.9.3, 91 CThis Constitution shall come into force on the day of publication of its official text in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado). It shall also be published in the other languages of Spain.

Wherefore, we order all Spaniards, whether individuals or authorities, to abide by this Constitution and ensure that it is observed as a Fundamental Law of the State.

Palacio de las Cortes, the twenty-seventh of December of nineteen hundred and seventy-eigth

JUAN CARLOS

THE PRESIDENT OF THE CORTES

Antonio Hernández Gil

THE SPEAKER OF THE CONGRESS

Fernando Alvarez de Miranda y Torres

THE SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

Antonio Fontán Pérez