“ No law can declare national in character any municipal tax or tribute constituting one of the sources of revenue of the Municipality, without at the same time guaranteeing it revenues equivalent to those which are nationalised. ”

“ The power to refuse confidence to the entire Government, to the Prime Minister or to any of the Ministers forming part of the Cabinet, can be exercised only after lapse of at least 6 months from the original appointment of the Cabinet, or from the subsequent production of a total crisis by the approval of a motion of no confidence by the respective co-legislative body, according to the rules-established in this Constitution. ”

“ The principles of provincial government and administration that are established in the Constitution shall be so developed by law that they will respond to the administrative character of the Provincial Government. ”

“ To sit as a court, to try Provincial Governors, when they are accused by the Provincial Council or by the President of the Republic on resolution of the Cabinet, of any of the crimes specified in the preceding paragraph.
In all cases in which the Senate sits as a court it shall be presided over by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. It cannot impose on the accused any penalty other than that of removal from office or removal from and disqualification to hold public office, without prejudice to the imposition on them, by the regular courts, of any other penalty that they have incurred. ”

“ The Nation shall regulate by law the conservation of the cultural treasures of the Nation, its artistic and historic wealth, and shall especially protect national monuments and places notable for their natural beauty or their acknowledged artistic or historic value. ”

“ When a judge or court considers any law, decree-law, decree or provision inapplicable, because he deems that it violates the Constitution, he shall suspend the proceedings and forward the matter to the Court of Constitutional and Social Guarantees, in order that it may declare or deny the constitutionality of the precept in question and return the matter to the one who forwarded it, so that he may continue the proceedings, issuing the safety measures that are pertinent. ”

“ The Nation, without prejudice to the other means within lits power, shall regulate the development of the national wealth by means of the execution of public works payable in whole or in part by those directly benefited. The adequate manner and procedure whereby the Nation, the Province or the Municipality, on its own initiative or having recourse to private initiative, shall promote the execution of such works, grant the pertinent concessions, authorise the fixing, the assessment and the collection of taxes for those purposes, shall be determined by law. ”

“ Professions which require an official title, with the exception of what is provided in Article 57 of this Constitution, can be practiced only by Cubans by birth and the naturalised ones who were naturalised 5 years or more prior to the date on which they apply for authorisation to practice. Congress can, nevertheless, by a special law, provide for the temporary suspension of this rule when, for reasons of public utility, the co-operation of foreign professional men or technicians is necessary or advisable in carrying out public or private enterprises of national interest. ”

“ Civil public officers, employees and workers of all branches of the Nation, those of the Provinces, the Municipalities, and the autonomous entities or corporations, are servants exclusively of the general interests of the Republic and their non-removability is guaranteed by this Constitution, with the exception of those who hold political offices and positions of confidence. ”

“ No one shall be compelled to pay any tax, toll or contribution whatever, that has not been expressly established by law or by the municipalities, in the manner established by this Constitution, and the amount of which is not going to form part of the revenues of the budget of the Nation, a Province or a Municipality, except as otherwise provided in the Constitution or by Law. ”

“ Matrimony is the legal basis of the family and shall rest on an absolute equality of rights for both spouses; its economic régime shall be organised in accordance with this principle.
A married woman has full civil capacity, and does not require permission or authorisation from her husband to control her property, freely engage in commerce or industry, or exercise any profession, trade or art, and to dispose of the proceeds of her labour. ”

“ The ownership and possession of real estate and the exploitation of agricultural, industrial, commercial, banking and any other kind of enterprises or business, by foreigners located in Cuba, or who carry on their operations in Cuba, although located outside thereof, are subject in an obligatory manner to the same conditions which the law establishes with respect to Cubans, which conditions must, in every case, accord with the social-economic interests of the Nation. ”

“ For the purposes of protection of the general and national interests, in any line of production, as well as of the professions, obligatory associations or producers can be established by law, which shall determine the manner of constitution and the functioning of the national bodies and of the regional ones that are necessary, in such manner that at all times they shall be governed by a majority of their members, with full authority ”

“ All instruction, public or private, shall be inspired by a spirit of Cubanism and human solidarity, tending to form in the conscience of students a love for country, its democratic institutions and all those who fought for the former and the latter. ”

“ Every manual or intellectual worker of public or private enterprises, the Nation, Provinces or Municipalities, shall be guaranteed a minimum wage or salary, which shall be determined in accordance with the conditions of each region and the normal needs of the worker, from a material, moral and cultural standpoint, and considering him as the head of a family. ”

“ A refusal of confidence to the full Cabinet or to any of its members means only the non-conformity of the co-legislative body that raised the question, with the policy of the Minister or of the Government as a whole. ”

“ The Nation shall maintain a system of schools for adults, devoted particularly to the elimination and prevention of illiteracy: predominantly practical rural schools, organised with a view to the interests of the small agricultural, maritime or other communities, and schools of arts and trades and of agricultural, industrial and commercial technique, so organised that they will meet the needs of the national economy. All of this instruction shall be gratis, and the Provinces and Municipalities, to the extent of their abilities, shall collaborate in their maintenance. ”

“ In addition to the property of the public domain and its own properties, the Nation is the owner of all property existing in the territory of the Republic which does not pertain to the Provinces or the Municipalities, or individually or collectively to private owners. ”

“ Senators and Representatives can be arrested or indicted only by authorisation of the body to which they belong. If the Senate, or the House of Representatives, does not decide on an authorisation applied for, within 40 consecutive days when it is in session, and following receipt of the petition from the judge or court, the authorisation to institute the proceedings and to subject the Senator or Representative thereto shall be understood as granted. ”

“ The Minister of Labour shall see, as an essential part among others of his permanent social policy, that in the distribution of opportunities to work in industry and commerce, no discriminatory practices of any kind prevail. In removals of personnel and in the creation of new positions, as well as in new factories, industries or businesses that are established, it shall be obligatory to distribute the opportunities for work without distinction as to race or colour, provided the necessary qualifications as to ability are met. ”

“ The courts shall determine those cases in which, for reasons of equity, a union between persons with legal capacity to marry shall, because of their stability and exceptional nature, be given the same status as civil marriage.
Living allowances for the woman and the children shall enjoy preference over every other obligation, and against that preference no plea can be made of exemption of property, salary, pension or economic income of any kind. ”

“ Create and manage public schools, museums and libraries, physical training and recreation grounds, without prejudice to what is established by law as to education; and adopt and execute, within the limits of the Municipality, sanitary and local police regulations and other similar provisions that are not contrary to law, as well as promote the establishment of production and consumption co-operatives and expositions and botanical and zoological gardens, all having the character of a public service. ”

“ The Nation shall promote the building of cheap dwellings for workers.
The law shall determine the enterprises which, because they employ workers away from populated places, shall be required to furnish to the workers suitable dwellings, schools, infirmaries and other services and attentions favourable to the physical and moral welfare of the worker and his family. ”

“ The Mayor, the Manager, and the Commissioners shall receive from the municipal treasury a compensation that can be changed at any time, but the change shall not be effective until there has been a new election for Mayor, for the Council or for the Commission. Any increase in the compensation of the Mayor shall depend on an effective increase in the municipal revenues during the last 2 years preceding the date it is to be effective. The office of Councilman can be compensated when the financial situation of the Municipality permits it and the public services are duly financed and taken care of. ”

“ The Provincial Council shall be composed of the Mayors of the Province. Mayors can attend sessions of the Council accompanied by experts in each one of the fundamental services of the community, such as administration, health and social welfare, education and public works, who shall have the character of consulting technicians of the Council and can be heard by it, but shall have no vote. ”

“ When the expulsion of an alien from the national territory is proper in accordance with the Constitution and the law, the extradition shall not be effected, in the case of a political exile, to the territory of the nation that may claim him. ”

“ Those who, having been born outside of the territory of the Republic, of a father or mother who is a native of Cuba but who lost that nationality, claim Cuban citizenship in the manner and subject to the conditions fixed by law. ”

“ Courts of the sea and land forces shall be governed by a special organic law, and shall take cognisance solely of strictly military crimes and misdemeanours committed by their members. In case of war, or serious disturbance of the public order, the military jurisdiction shall take cognisance of all crimes and misdemeanours committed by soldiers in the territory where the state of war really exists, in accordance with law. ”

“ The Public Prosecution Service represents the people before the courts and its principal object is to see to the fulfilment of the Constitution and the law. Officers of the Public Prosecution Service shall be non-removable and independent in their functions, excepting the Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, who shall be freely appointed and removed by the President of the Republic. ”

“ All commissioners shall be directly elected by the people, for a period of 4 years. Each commissioner shall be the head of a department of the municipal administration, for which he shall be responsible, and he shall be charged with fulfilling, and seeing to the fulfilment, with respect to his department, of the resolutions adopted by the commission. The requisites to be required of the Commissioner, according to the department in question, shall be fixed by law. ”

“ In all teaching centres, public or private, the teaching of the literature, history and geography of Cuba, as well as of civics and the Constitution, must be done by teachers who are Cubans by birth and with text books of authors having that same character. ”

“ When the Senate and the House of Representatives sit as a single body, the President of the Senate, in his character of President of Congress, shall preside, and, in his absence, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as Vice-President of said Congress. ”