General Information Chapter 1. It superseded the 1816 Constitution. The Constitution sets forth the basic structure of Indiana government and the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities granted the citizens of Indiana.
Constitutional provisions supersede all other state law.
The text of the Constitution can be found in the front of Volume I of the Indiana Code. Constitutional amendments adopted after 1998 can be found in the annual cumulative supplement to the Indiana Code. The Constitution consists of a Preamble and 16 major groupings called Articles. Each Article is composed of smaller individual units called Sections. Material that is temporary, implementary, or transitional in nature is included in a schedule that immediately follows the particular section of the Constitution to which it is related.