Article I: Bill of Rights
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | Article I (Bill of Rights) |
| Art. I §1 | Freedom of Religion |
| Art. I §2 | Religious Test for Office Not Required |
| Art. I §3 | Free and Equal Elections |
| Art. I §4 | Trial by Jury |
| Art. I §5 | Freedom of Press and Speech; Evidence in Libel Prosecutions; Jury Questions |
| Art. I §6 | Searches and Seizures |
| Art. I §7 | Procedural Rights in Criminal Prosecutions; Jury Trial; Self-Incrimination; Deprivation of Life, Liberty or Property |
| Art. I §8 | Prosecution by Indictment or Information; Double Jeopardy; Just Compensation for Property |
| Art. I §9 | Courts Shall be Open; Remedy for Injury; Suits Against State |
| Art. I §10 | Suspension of Laws by General Assembly |
| Art. I §11 | Excessive Bail or Fines; Cruel Punishments; Health of Prisoners |
| Art. I §12 | Right to Bail; Access to Accused |
| Art. I §13 | Suspension of Habeas Corpus |
| Art. I §14 | Commission of Oyer and Terminer, or Jail Delivery |
| Art. I §15 | Corruption of Blood; Forfeiture; Descent of Suicide’s Estate |
| Art. I §16 | Right of Assembly; Petition for Redress of Grievances |
| Art. I §17 | Standing Army; Necessity for Legislative Consent; Subordination of Military |
| Art. I §18 | Prohibition Against Quartering Soldiers in Homes |
| Art. I §19 | Hereditary Distinctions; Holding Office During Good Behavior; Offices and Titles from Foreign States |
| Art. I §20 | Right to Keep and Bear Arms |
| Art. I §21 | Equal Rights |
Article II: Legislature
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | Article II (Legislature) |
| Art. II §1 | General Assembly to Hold Legislative Power; Composition |
| Art. II §2 | Composition of House and Senate; Terms of Office; Districts; Election |
| Art. II §2A | Additional Representative Districts |
| Art. II §2B | Delegates to Constitutional Convention |
| Art. II §3 | Qualifications of Members; Commencement of Terms of Members |
| Art. II §4 | Time and Frequency of Sessions |
| Art. II §5 | Place of Meeting |
| Art. II §6 | Vacancies; Tenure of Office of Persons Elected to Fill |
| Art. II §7 | President Pro Tempore, Speaker and Other Officers; Absence of Presiding Officers |
| Art. II §8 | Each House as Judge of Elections and Qualifications of Its Members; Quorum; Adjournments; Compelling Attendance |
| Art. II §9 | Rules; Punishment and Expulsion of Members; Scope of Powers |
| Art. II §10 | Journals; Publication; Entry of Yeas and Nays; Passage of Bills and Resolutions |
| Art. II §11 | Accessibility to Each House and Committees of the Whole |
| Art. II §12 | Consent of Each House to Adjournment |
| Art. II §13 | Immunity from Arrest and Questioning of Speeches |
| Art. II §14 | Holding Dual Office or Having Interest in Army or Navy Contract |
| Art. II §15 | Compensation, Expenses and Allowances of Members |
| Art. II §16 | Restriction of Bills and Resolutions to One Subject; Expression in Title; Exception |
| Art. II §17 | Lotteries and Other Gambling |
| Art. II §17A | Bingo Games; Organizations Authorized to Conduct; Submission to Referendum; Districts; Regulation; Penalties |
| Art. II §17B | Lotteries Not Under State Control; Organizations Authorized to Conduct; Submission to Referendum; Districts; Regulation; Penalties |
| Art. II §18 | Divorce or Alimony |
| Art. II §19 | Local or Special Laws Relating to Fences, Livestock, Ditches, School Districts, and Roads, Highways, Streets, etc |
| Art. II §20 | Disclosure of Personal or Private Interest of Legislator in Any Pending Measure |
| Art. II §21 | Conviction of Crime as Ban to Public Office |
| Art. II §22 | Bribery of Executive, Judicial or Legislative Officers |
| Art. II §23 | Statutes as Public Laws Unless Otherwise Declared |
| Art. II §24 | Settlement of Accounts of State Treasurer; Ineligibility for Legislative Office Until Settlement |
| Art. II §25 | Laws Permitting Zoning Ordinances and Use of Land |
Article III: Executive
| Passage | Title |
|---|
| Entire Article | Article III (Executive) |
| Art. III §1 | Governor to be Supreme Executive |
| Art. III §2 | Election of Governor |
| Art. III §3 | Election Returns, Publications; Election by General Assembly |
| Art. III §4 | Contested Elections of Governor or Lieutenant-Governor |
| Art. III §5 | Term of Office |
| Art. III §6 | Qualifications |
| Art. III §7 | Compensation |
| Art. III §8 | Governor as Commander-In-Chief of State Armed Forces |
| Art. III §9 | Appointing Power; Recess Appointments; Confirmation |
| Art. III §10 | Secretary of State; Appointment, Term, Duties and Compensation |
| Art. III §11 | County Officers; Qualifications; Members of Congress, Federal Employees and Other Officers Holding Dual Office |
| Art. III §12 | Commissions |
| Art. III §13 | Removal of Officers by Governor; Procedure |
| Art. III §14 | Reports from Executive Departments |
| Art. III §15 | Messages to General Assembly |
| Art. III §16 | Special Sessions of General Assembly; Adjournment; Special Session of Senate |
| Art. III §17 | Execution of Laws |
| Art. III §18 | Approval or Veto of Bills, Orders, Resolutions or Votes; Repassage Over Veto |
| Art. III §19 | Lieutenant-Governor; Election, Term and Qualifications; President of the Senate; Compensation |
| Art. III §20 | Vacancy in Offices of Both Governor and Lieutenant-Governor; Officers Eligible to Act; Disability of Governor |
| Art. III §21 | Election and Term of Office for Certain State Officers |
| Art. III §22 | Election and Term of Office of Certain County Officers; Commission |
| Art. III §23 | Place of Office of Certain County Officers |
| Art. III §24 | Date of Commencement of Terms of Certain State and County Elective Officers |
Article IV: Judiciary
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | Article IV (Judiciary) |
| Art. IV §1 | Creation of Courts |
| Art. IV §2 | Justices of Supreme Court and Other State Judges; Qualifications; Residence; Precedence |
| Art. IV §3 | Appointment of Judges; Terms of Office; Vacancies; Political Representation; Confirmation of Appointment |
| Art. IV §4 | Compensation of Judges; Method of Payment; Receipt of Other Fees or Holding Other Office |
| Art. IV §5 | Composition of Superior Court; Presiding Judge; Quorum |
| Art. IV §6 | Sessions of Superior Court |
| Art. IV §7 | Jurisdiction of Superior Court |
| Art. IV §7A | Jurisdiction of Family Court |
| Art. IV §7B | Jurisdiction of Court of Common Pleas |
| Art. IV §8 | Definitions of Particular Terms |
| Art. IV §9 | Jurisdiction of Orphans' Court |
| Art. IV §10 | Composition and Jurisdiction of Court of Chancery; Initiation and Decisions in Causes and Proceedings |
| Art. IV §11 | Jurisdiction of Supreme Court |
| Art. IV §12 | Composition of Supreme Court; Designation of Temporary Justices; Quorum; Opening and Adjourning Court |
| Art. IV §13 | Administrative Head of Courts; Supervisory Powers; Designation of Judges to Sit in Court of Chancery, or the Superior Court |
| Art. IV §14 | Power of Law Judges to Grant Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions |
| Art. IV §15 | Judges Ad Litem; Limitation and Expiration of Commission; Compensation; Persons Not Disqualified |
| Art. IV §16 | Scope of Jurisdiction and Process; Costs |
| Art. IV §17 | Jurisdictional Changes by General Assembly; Appeals to Supreme Court |
| Art. IV §18 | Powers of Chancellor, Vice-Chancellors and Judges |
| Art. IV §19 | Instructions to Jury |
| Art. IV §20 | Trial by Court of Issues of Fact in Civil Causes |
| Art. IV §21 | Amendments in Civil Pleadings and Proceedings by Superior Court; Examination of Witnesses and Parties |
| Art. IV §22 | Payment into Court Pending Action for Debt or Damages; Costs |
| Art. IV §23 | Survival of Action; Executor or Administrator as Party; Continuance |
| Art. IV §24 | Security for Stay of Proceedings on Appeal or Writ of Error |
| Art. IV §25 | Chief Register in Chancery: Appointment; Powers and Duties |
| Art. IV §26 | Prothonotary as Clerk of Superior Court; Powers and Duties; Entry of Testatum Fieri Facias |
| Art. IV §27 | Clerk of Supreme Court; Term of Office and Compensation |
| Art. IV §28 | Criminal Jurisdiction of Inferior Courts and Justices of the Peace; Regulation of Jurisdiction; Indictment; Jury Trial; Appeals |
| Art. IV §29 | Justices of the Peace; Term of Office; Powers of the Chief Magistrate and Justices of the Peace |
| Art. IV §30 | Justices of the Peace, Chief Magistrate, and Judges of Legislative Courts; Appointment by Governor; Terms of Office |
| Art. IV §31 | Registers of Wills; Depositions of Witnesses; Process; Appeals to Court of Chancery; Disqualification of Register for Interest |
| Art. IV §32 | Adjustment and Settlement of Executors' and Administrators' Accounts; Notice; Hearing of Exceptions in Court of Chancery; Transfer of Jurisdiction; Appeals |
| Art. IV §33 | Style of Process and Public Acts; Prosecutions in Name of State |
| Art. IV §34 | Continuation in Office and Designation of Certain Judicial Officers |
| Art. IV §34A | Continuation in Office and Designation of Judicial Officers of the Family Court and the Court of Common Pleas |
| Art. IV §35 | Proceedings Pending at Time of 1951 Amendment; Books, Records and Papers; Effect of Amended Article on Court of Chancery |
| Art. IV §36 | Abolition of Orphans' Court; Transfer of Jurisdiction and Powers |
| Art. IV §37 | Court on the Judiciary |
| Art. IV §38 | Retired Judges and Justices; Temporary Assignment |
| Art. IV §39 | Senior Judges |
Article V: Elections
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | Article V (Elections) |
| Art. V §1 | Time and Manner of Holding General Election |
| Art. V §2 | Qualifications for Voting; Members of the Armed Services of the United States Stationed Within State; Persons Disqualified; Forfeiture of Right |
| Art. V §2A | Residence Requirements in Case of Intrastate Removal; Election of President and Vice-President of United States; Qualifications |
| Art. V §2B | Residence Requirements of Persons from Other States; Election of President and Vice-President of United States; Qualifications |
| Art. V §3 | Influencing Voter; Loss of Vote; Challenge; Oath and Affirmation; Perjury |
| Art. V §4 | Registration of Voters; Days for Registration; Application to Strike Name from List; Appeals; Registration as Prerequisite for Voting |
| Art. V §4A | General Laws for Absentee Voting |
| Art. V §4B | Uniform Laws for Absentee Registration |
| Art. V §5 | Electors Privileged from Arrest; Exceptions |
| Art. V §6 | Voting Machine Recording Tapes, Voting Machine Certificate, and Absentee Ballots; Delivery to Prothonotary; Duties and Composition of Court; Quorum |
| Art. V §7 | Election Offenses; Penalties; Self-Incrimination |
| Art. V §8 | Prosecution for Election Offenses; Procedure; Appeal; Bond |
| Art. V §9 | Enumeration of Election Offenses as Limitation on Power of General Assembly |
Article VIII: Revenue and Taxation
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | Article VIII (Revenue and Taxation) |
| Art. VIII §1 | Uniformity of Taxes; Collection Under General Laws; Exemption for Public Welfare Purposes |
| Art. VIII §2 | Revenue Bills to Originate in House; Amendments by Senate; Restriction on Definition; Exclusion of Unrelated Matter |
| Art. VIII §3 | Borrowing Money; Specification of Purpose; Surplus Borrowed Money |
| Art. VIII §4 | Restrictions on Loan of Public Money or Bonds and Credit of State |
| Art. VIII §5 | Capitation Tax; Uniformity; Use |
| Art. VIII §6 | Procedure in Withdrawal and Payment of Public Moneys; Annual Publication of Receipts and Expenditures; Limitation Upon Appropriations |
| Art. VIII §7 | Real Estate Assessments; Inclusion of Values |
| Art. VIII §8 | Lending Credit, Appropriating Money to or Becoming Interested in Any Private Corporation, Person or Company by County or Municipality |
| Art. VIII §9 | Retroactive Increase of Taxation of Personal Income |
| Art. VIII §10 | Limitation on Increase of Rate of Taxes and License Fees; Exception to Meet Obligation Under Faith and Credit Pledge; Allocation of Public Moneys to Meet Such Obligation if Revenues Are Not Sufficient to Meet Such Pledge |
| Art. VIII §11 | Imposition or Levy of New Taxes or License Fees |
| Art. VIII §12 | The Transportation Trust Fund; Use and Restrictions |
Article XV: Miscellaneous
| Passage | Title |
|---|
| Entire Article | Article XV (Miscellaneous) |
| Art. XV §1 | Conservators of the Peace |
| Art. XV §2 | Receipt for Fees |
| Art. XV §3 | Costs on Bill Returned Ignoramus or on Acquittal |
| Art. XV §4 | Extension of Term of Public Officer; Diminution of Salary or Emoluments |
| Art. XV §5 | Officers to Hold Office Until Successors Qualify |
| Art. XV §6 | Behavior of Officers; Removal for Misbehavior or Infamous Crime |
| Art. XV §7 | Offenses Excepted from Prohibition Against Prosecuting by Information and Jury Trial |
| Art. XV §8 | Interest of Member or Officer of Department in Contracts for Supplies or Services of Department Prohibited |
| Art. XV §9 | Prefixing Constitution to Codification of Laws |
| Art. XV §10 | Disqualification to Hold Office by Reason of Sex |
Schedule
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | The 'Schedule' to the Delaware Constitution |
| Sch. 0 §1 | Delivery, Filing and Publication of Enrolled Copy of Amended Constitution and Schedule |
| Sch. 0 §2 | Effective Date of Amended Constitution |
| Sch. 0 §3 | Effect on Offices of Senators and Representatives; Election |
| Sch. 0 §4 | Commencement of Terms of Members of General Assembly |
| Sch. 0 §5 | Date of First General Election |
| Sch. 0 §6 | Effect on Governor’s Term |
| Sch. 0 §7 | Continuation of Elective and Appointive Offices; Election of Successors; Renewal of Official Obligations |
| Sch. 0 §8 | Date of Commencement of Terms of Elective Officers |
| Sch. 0 §9 | Date of Abolition of Courts and Judicial Offices; Transfer of Pending Proceedings and Books, Records and Papers |
| Sch. 0 §10 | Registers' Court and Jurisdiction of Justice of the Peace Unaffected |
| Sch. 0 §11 | Payments to Certain Incumbent Judges Not Reappointed |
| Sch. 0 §12 | First Biennial Session of General Assembly Under Constitution |
| Sch. 0 §13 | Exceptions to Limitations on Amount of Compensation Payable to Members of General Assembly and Presiding Officers |
| Sch. 0 §14 | Renewal of Existing Corporations Until Enactment of General Incorporation Law |
| Sch. 0 §15 | Guardians' Accounts |
| Sch. 0 §16 | Terms of Office of Persons Holding Office on Effective Date of Constitution |
| Sch. 0 §17 | Vacancies in Board of Pardons |
| Sch. 0 §18 | Laws Consistent with Constitution Not Affected |
| Sch. 0 §19 | Enabling Legislation |
