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De. Const. art. IV, § 12 — Article IV / Section 12
DE Const., Article IV, Section 12
Status: in_force

A quorum of the Supreme Court shall consist of not less than three Justices. The entire Court shall sit in any criminal case in which the accused has been sentenced to death and in such other civil and criminal cases as the Court, by rule, or the General Assembly, upon the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, shall determine. In case of a lack of quorum by reason of vacancies in their number, incapacity, or disqualification to sit by reason of interest, or to constitute a three-member panel of the Court, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or in case of his or her absence from the State, disqualification, incapacity, or if there be a vacancy in that office, the next qualified and available Justice, who by seniority is next in rank to the Chief Justice, shall have the power to designate judges from among the judges of the constitutional courts to sit in the Supreme Court temporarily to satisfy the number of Justices required by law. It shall be the duty of the judges of the constitutional courts so designated to sit accordingly. No judge shall be so designated to sit in the Supreme Court in any cause in which he or she sat below. Any one of the Justices of the Supreme Court may open and adjourn court. 46 Del. Laws, c. 324 and 47 Del. Laws, c. 177; 47 Del. Laws, c. 261 and 48 Del. Laws, c. 109; 60 Del. Laws, c. 540 and 61 Del. Laws, c. 533; 68 Del. Laws, c. 265 and 69 Del. Laws, c. 175; 71 Del. Laws, c. 379 and 72 Del. Laws, c. 136; § 13. Administrative head of courts; supervisory powers; designation of judges to sit in Court of Chancery, or the Superior Court.
De. Const. art. IV, § 39 — Article IV / Section 39
DE Const., Article IV, Section 39
Status: in_force

The office of Senior Judge is hereby created. Any retired judge of a court established by this amended Article IV of this Constitution or by act of the General Assembly, who is duly qualified and appointed, may serve as a Senior Judge. The qualifications, manner of appointment, term of office, compensation, duties, and all other matters relating to the office of the Senior Judge shall be as specified by statute. Senior Judges are subject to the Code of Judicial Conduct and are subject to censure, removal or retirement by the Court on the Judiciary in accordance with Section 37 of this Article IV. Senior Judges shall not be counted for purposes of determining the political representation on any court or on any combination of courts under Section 3 of this Article IV. 72 Del. Laws, c. 435 and 73 Del. Laws, c. 100;
De. Const. art. II, § 10 — Article II / Section 10
DE Const., Article II, Section 10
Status: in_force

Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish the same immediately after every session, except such parts as may require secrecy. The names of the members voting for and against any bill or joint resolution, except in relation to adjournment, shall on the final vote be entered on the journal; and the yeas and nays of the members on any question shall, at the desire of any member, be entered on the journal. No bill or joint resolution, except in relation to adjournment, shall pass either House unless the final vote shall have been taken by yeas and nays, nor without the concurrence of a majority of all the members elected to each House. 26 Del. Laws, c. 1 and 27 Del. Laws, c. 1; § 11. Accessibility to each House and Committees of the Whole.
De. Const. art. IV, § 21 — Article IV / Section 21
DE Const., Article IV, Section 21
Status: in_force

In civil causes, when pending, the Superior Court shall have the power, before judgment, of directing, upon such terms as it shall deem reasonable, amendments in pleadings and legal proceedings, so that by error in any of them, the determination of causes, according to their real merits, shall not be hindered; and also of directing the examination of witnesses and parties litigant. 47 Del. Laws, c. 261 and 48 Del. Laws, c. 109; ​ § 22. Payment into court pending action for debt or damages; costs.
De. Const. art. III, § 23 — Article III / Section 23
DE Const., Article III, Section 23
Status: in_force

Prothonotaries, Clerks of the Peace, Registers of Wills, Recorders and Sheriffs shall keep their offices in the town or place in each county in which the Superior Court is usually held. 72 Del. Laws, c. 357 and 73 Del. Laws, c. 98; 74 Del. Laws, c. 299 and 75 Del. Laws, c. 53; § 24. Date of commencement of terms of certain State and County elective officers. The terms of office of all State and County officers made elective by this Constitution begin on the first Tuesday in January next after their election, unless otherwise provided in this Constitution. 55 Del. Laws, c. 425 and 56 Del. Laws, c. 148; 74 Del. Laws, c. 299 and 75 Del. Laws, c. 53; 83 Del. Laws, c. 351 and 84 Del. Laws, c. 18;
De. Const. art. VII, § 1 — Article VII / Section 1
DE Const., Article VII, Section 1
Status: in_force

The Governor shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures and to grant reprieves, commutations of sentence and pardons, except in cases of impeachment; but no pardon, or reprieve for more than six months, shall be granted, nor sentence commuted, except upon the recommendation in writing of a majority of the Board of Pardons after full hearing; and such recommendation, with the reasons therefor at length, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, who shall forthwith notify the Governor thereof. He or she shall fully set forth in writing the grounds of all reprieves, pardons and remissions, to be entered in the register of his or her official acts and laid before the General Assembly at its next session. 71 Del. Laws, c. 379 and 72 Del. Laws, c. 136; § 2. Composition of Board of Pardons.
De. Const. art. IV, § 19 — Article IV / Section 19
DE Const., Article IV, Section 19
Status: in_force

Judges shall not charge juries with respect to matters of fact, but may state the questions of fact in issue and declare the law. 47 Del. Laws, c. 261 and 48 Del. Laws, c. 109; § 20. Trial by court of issues of fact in civil causes.
De. Const. art. XVII, § 16 — Article XVII / Section 16
DE Const., Article XVII, Section 16
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided by this amended Constitution or Schedule, the terms of persons holding public offices to which they have been elected or appointed at the time this amended Constitution and Schedule shall take effect, shall not be vacated or otherwise affected thereby. § 17. Vacancies in Board of Pardons.
De. Const. art. II, § 9 — Article II / Section 9
DE Const., Article II, Section 9
Status: in_force

Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish any of its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected thereto expel a member, and shall have all other powers necessary for a branch of the Legislature of a free and independent State. § 10. Journals, publication; entry of yeas and nays; passage of bills and resolutions.
De. Const. art. X, § 5 — Article X / Section 5
DE Const., Article X, Section 5
Status: in_force

The General Assembly, notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, may provide by an Act of the General Assembly, passed with the concurrence of a majority of all the members elected to each House, for the transportation of students of nonpublic, nonprofit Elementary and High Schools. 55 Del. Laws, c. 466 and 56 Del. Laws, c. 30; § 6. Property tax; use limitations.
De. Const. art. VIII, § 3 — Article VIII / Section 3
DE Const., Article VIII, Section 3
Status: in_force

No money shall be borrowed or debt created by or on behalf of the State but pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly, passed with the concurrence of three-fourths of all the members elected to each House, except to supply casual deficiencies of revenue, repel invasion, suppress insurrection, defend the State in war, or pay existing debts; and any law authorizing the borrowing of money by or on behalf of the State shall specify the purpose for which the money is to be borrowed, and the money so borrowed shall be used exclusively for such purpose; but should the money so borrowed or any part thereof be left after the abandonment of such purpose ​ or the accomplishment thereof, such money, or the surplus thereof, may be disposed of according to law. 83 Del. Laws, c. 351 and 84 Del. Laws, c. 18; § 4. Restrictions on loan of public money or bonds and credit of State.
De. Const. art. IV, § 1 — Article IV / Section 1
DE Const., Article IV, Section 1
Status: in_force

The judicial power of this State shall be vested in a Supreme Court, a Superior Court, a Court of Chancery, a Family Court, a Court of Common Pleas, a Register’s Court, Justices of the Peace, and such other courts as the General Assembly, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the Members elected to each House, shall have by law established prior to the time this amended Article IV of this Constitution becomes effective or shall from time to time by law establish after such time. 47 Del. Laws, c. 261 and 48 Del. Laws, c. 109; 74 Del. Laws, c. 299 and 75 Del. Laws, c. 53; § 2. Justices of Supreme Court and other State Judges; qualifications; residence; precedence.
De. Const. art. III, § 15 — Article III / Section 15
DE Const., Article III, Section 15
Status: in_force

He or she shall, from time to time, give to the General Assembly information of affairs concerning the State and recommend to its consideration such measures as he or she shall judge expedient. 71 Del. Laws, c. 379 and 72 Del. Laws, c. 136; § 16. Special sessions of General Assembly; adjournment; special session of Senate. ​
De. Const. art. V, § 3 — Article V / Section 3
DE Const., Article V, Section 3
Status: in_force

No person who shall receive or accept, or offer to receive or accept, or shall pay, transfer, or deliver, or offer or promise to pay, transfer or deliver, or shall contribute, or offer or ​ promise to contribute to another, to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing as a compensation, inducement or reward for the registering or abstaining from registering of any one qualified to register, or for the giving or withholding, or in any manner influencing the giving or withholding, a vote at any general or special or municipal election in this State, shall vote at such election; and upon challenge for any of said causes the person so challenged before the officers. authorized for that purpose shall receive his or her vote, shall swear or affirm before such officers that he or she has not received or accepted, or offered to receive or accept, or paid, transferred or delivered, or offered or promised to pay, transfer or deliver, or contributed, or offered or promised to contribute to another, to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing as a compensation, inducement or reward for the registering or abstaining from registering of any one qualified to register, or for the giving or withholding, or in any manner influencing the giving or withholding, a vote at such election. Such oath or affirmation shall be conclusive evidence to the election officers of the truth of such oath or affirmation; but if any such oath or affirmation shall be false, the person making the same shall be guilty of perjury, and no conviction thereof shall bar any prosecution under Section 8 of this Article. 71 Del. Laws, c. 379 and 72 Del. Laws, c. 136; § 4. Registration of voters; days for registration; application to strike name from list; appeals; registration as prerequisite for voting.
De. Const. art. XVII, § 15 — Article XVII / Section 15
DE Const., Article XVII, Section 15
Status: in_force

Until the General Assembly shall otherwise provide, guardians accounts shall be filed with and be adjusted and settled by the Register of Wills for the county, and be subject to exception, hearing, adjustment and settlement in the Orphans Court for the county as before this amended Constitution took effect. § 16. Terms of office of persons holding office on effective date of Constitution.
De. Const. art. III, § 16 — Article III / Section 16
DE Const., Article III, Section 16
Status: in_force

He or she may on extraordinary occasions convene the General Assembly by proclamation; and in case of disagreement between the two Houses with respect to the time of adjournment, adjourn them to such time as he or she shall think proper, not exceeding three months. He or she shall have power to convene the Senate in extraordinary session by proclamation, for the transaction of executive business. 71 Del. Laws, c. 379 and 72 Del. Laws, c. 136; § 17. Execution of laws.
De. Const. art. XVI, § 1 — Article XVI / Section 1
DE Const., Article XVI, Section 1
Status: in_force

Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives; and if the same shall be agreed to by two-thirds of all the members elected to each House, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and such proposed amendment or amendments must be disseminated to the public not more than 120 days before the next general election and not less than 90 days before the next general election as provided for by an act of the General Assembly; and if in the General Assembly next after the said election such proposed amendment or amendments shall upon yea and nay vote be agreed to by two-thirds of all the members elected to each House, the same shall thereupon become part of the Constitution. ​ 83 Del. Laws, c. 147 and 84 Del. Laws, c. 16; 83 Del. Laws, c. 351 and 84 Del. Laws, c. 18; § 2. Constitutional Conventions; procedure; compensation of delegates; quorum; powers and duties; vacancies.
De. Const. art. III, § 17 — Article III / Section 17
DE Const., Article III, Section 17
Status: in_force

He or she shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. 71 Del. Laws, c. 379 and 72 Del. Laws, c. 136; § 18 Approval or veto of bills, orders, resolutions or votes; repassage over veto.
De. Const. art. I, § 17 — Article I / Section 17
DE Const., Article I, Section 17
Status: in_force

No standing army shall be kept without the consent of the General Assembly, and the military shall in all cases and at all times be in strict subordination to the civil power. § 18. Prohibition against quartering soldiers in homes.
De. Const. art. IV, § 16 — Article IV / Section 16
DE Const., Article IV, Section 16
Status: in_force

The jurisdiction of each of the aforesaid courts shall be coextensive with the State. Process may be issued out of each court, in any county, into every county. No costs shall be awarded against any party to a cause by reason of the fact that suit is brought in a county other than that in which the defendant or defendants may reside at the time of bringing suit. 47 Del. Laws, c. 261 and 48 Del. Laws, c. 109; § 17. Jurisdictional changes by General Assembly; appeals to Supreme Court.
De. Const. art. XVII, § 12 — Article XVII / Section 12
DE Const., Article XVII, Section 12
Status: in_force

The first biennial session of the General Assembly under this amended Constitution shall commence on the first Tuesday in January in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. § 13. Exceptions to limitations on amount of compensation payable to members of General Assembly and presiding officers.
De. Const. art. V, § 4A — Article V / Section 4A
DE Const., Article V, Section 4A
Status: in_force

The General Assembly shall enact general laws providing that any qualified elector of this State, duly registered, who shall be unable to appear to cast his or her ballot at any general election at the regular polling place of the election district in which he or she is registered, either because of being in the public service of the United States or of this State, or his or her spouse or dependents when residing with or accompanying him or her, because of the nature of his or her business or occupation, because of his or her sickness or physical disability, because of his or her absence from the district while on vacation, or because of the tenets or teachings of his or her religion, may cast a ballot at such general election to be counted in such election district. 43 Del. Laws, c. 1 and 44 Del. Laws, c. 1; 60 Del. Laws, c. 520 and 61 Del. Laws, c. 39; 63 Del. Laws, c. 37 and 64 Del. Laws, c. 177; 68 Del. Laws, c. 263 and 69 Del. Laws, c. 81; § 4B. Uniform laws for absentee registration.
De. Const. art. IV, § 27 — Article IV / Section 27
DE Const., Article IV, Section 27
Status: in_force

The Supreme Court shall have the power to appoint a Clerk to hold office at the pleasure of the said Court. He or she shall receive from the State for his or her services a compensation which shall be fixed from time to time by the said Court and paid monthly. 47 Del. Laws, c. 261 and 48 Del. Laws, c. 109; 66 Del. Laws, c. 342 and 67 Del. Laws, c. 96; 71 Del. Laws, c. 379 and 72 Del. Laws, c. 136; § 28. Criminal jurisdiction of inferior courts and justices of the peace; regulation of jurisdiction; indictment; jury trial; appeals.
De. Const. art. XVII, § 17 — Article XVII / Section 17
DE Const., Article XVII, Section 17
Status: in_force

One or more vacancies in the Board of Pardons shall not invalidate any act of the remaining members of said Board not less than three in number. § 18. Laws consistent with Constitution not affected.
De. Const. art. III, § 3 — Article III / Section 3
DE Const., Article III, Section 3
Status: in_force

The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed up and immediately transmitted to the President of the Senate, or in case of a vacancy in the office of President of the Senate, or his or her absence from the State to the Secretary of State, who shall keep the same until a President of the Senate shall be chosen, to whom they shall be immediately transmitted after his or her election, who shall open and publish the same in the presence of the members of both Houses of the General Assembly. Duplicates of the said returns shall also be immediately lodged with the Prothonotary of each county. The person having the highest number of votes shall be Governor; but if two or more shall be equal in the highest number of votes, the members of the two Houses shall, by joint ballot, choose one of them to be Governor; and if, upon such ballot, two or more of them shall still be equal and highest in votes, the President of the Senate shall have the casting vote. 71 Del. Laws, c. 379 and 72 Del. Laws, c. 136; § 4. Contested elections of Governor or Lieutenant-Governor.
De. Const. art. III, § 19 — Article III / Section 19
DE Const., Article III, Section 19
Status: in_force

A Lieutenant-Governor shall be chosen at the same time, in the same manner, for the same term, and subject to the same provisions as the Governor; he or she shall possess the same qualifications of eligibility for office as the Governor; he or she shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote unless the Senate be equally divided. The Lieutenant-Governor, for his or her services as President of the Senate, shall receive the same compensation as the Speaker of the House of Representatives; the Lieutenant-Governor, for his or her services as a member of the Board of Pardons and for all other duties of the said office which may be provided by law, shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the General Assembly. 47 Del. Laws, c. 326 and 48 Del. Laws, c. 110; 71 Del. Laws, c. 379 and 72 Del. Laws, c. 136; § 20. Vacancy in offices of both Governor and Lieutenant-Governor; officers eligible to act; disability of Governor.
De. Const. art. XVII, § 9 — Article XVII / Section 9
DE Const., Article XVII, Section 9
Status: in_force

All the courts of justice now existing shall continue with their present jurisdiction, and the Chancellor and judges shall continue in office until the tenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven; upon which day the said courts shall be abolished, and the offices of the said Chancellor and judges shall expire. ​ All writs of error, and appeals and proceedings which, on the said tenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven shall be depending in the Court of Errors and Appeals, and all the books, records and papers of said court, shall be transferred to the Supreme Court established by this amended Constitution; and the said writs of error, appeals and proceedings shall be proceeded in the said Supreme Court to final judgment, decree or other determination. All suits, proceedings, and matters which, on the said tenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, shall be depending in the Superior Court, and all books, records and papers of the said court, shall be transferred to the Superior Court established by this amended Constitution, and the said suits, proceedings and matters shall be proceeded in to final judgment, or determination, in the said Superior Court established by this amended Constitution. All indictments, proceedings and matters which, on the said tenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, shall be depending in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery shall be transferred to and proceeded in to final judgment and determination in the Court of General Sessions established by this amended Constitution, or be otherwise disposed of by the Court of General Sessions, and all books, records and papers of said Court of General Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery shall be transferred to the said Court of General Sessions. All indictments, proceedings and matters which, on the said tenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, shall be depending in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, shall be transferred to and proceeded in to final judgment and determination in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, established by this amended Constitution, and all books, records and papers of said Court of Oyer and Terminer shall be transferred to said Court of Oyer and Terminer established by this amended Constitution. All suits, proceedings and matters which, on the said tenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, shall be depending in the Court of Chancery, or in the Orphans’ Court, and all records, books and papers of said courts respectively, shall be transferred to Court of Chancery or Orphans’ Court respectively, established by this amended Constitution; and the suits, proceedings and matters, shall be proceeded in to final decree, order or other determination. § 10. Registers’ Court and jurisdiction of justice of the peace unaffected.
De. Const. art. IX, § 4 — Article IX / Section 4
DE Const., Article IX, Section 4
Status: in_force

The rights, privileges, immunities and estates of religious societies and corporate bodies, except as herein otherwise provided, shall remain as if the Constitution of this State had not been altered. § 5. Designation, by foreign corporation, of agent for service of process.
De. Const. art. III, § 2 — Article III / Section 2
DE Const., Article III, Section 2
Status: in_force

The Governor shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the State, once in every four years, at the general election. § 3. Election returns, publications; election by General Assembly.
De. Const. art. IV, § 33 — Article IV / Section 33
DE Const., Article IV, Section 33
Status: in_force

The style in all process and public acts shall be The State of Delaware . Prosecutions shall be carried on in the name of the State. 47 Del. Laws, c. 261 and 48 Del. Laws, c. 109; § 34. Continuation in office and designation of certain judicial officers.