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Text of the Constitution of the Republic of China, adopted by the National Assembly on December 25 , 1946 ; promulgated by the National Government on January 1, 1947 and went into effect on December 25 , 1947 . It consists of 175 articles , classified in 14 chapters which include general provisions , rights and obligations of the people , the National Assembly , the president , administration , legislation , judiciary , examination , control , powers of the central and local governments , local government , election¡Brecall¡Binitiative and referendum , fundamental national policies and enforcement and amendment of the constitution . The Constitution mainly deals with two things : (1) the exercise of political rights by the people to participate in the government in a direct way or through their representatives; and (2) the guarantee of the civil rights and freedoms essential to people's existence . Immediately following the chapter of general provisions , we have the chapter on rights and obligations of the people or what is generally known as Bill of Rights. In the Constitution , the freedoms, rights and obligations of the people are enumerated in articles 7-22 , more or less following the British or American pattern of bill of rights. Like constitutions of other democratic countries , the Constitution provides for an executive , a legislative , and a judicial department to function generally in the same manner as they do in any three-power government . (articles 53-89 ) . The thing that is characteristic of the Constitution is this : out of the executive department has been taken the power of administering civil service examinations and out of the legislative department has been taken the power of impeachment , censor , etc. and these are redistributed to an examination and a control department respectively . (articles 83-89 , 90-106 ) From the context of the Constitution , the government formed does not follow exactly the presidential system or the cabinet system such as are prevalent in western countries . It borrowed something of both , but followed neither. (175 provisions,p.1-12)