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HISTORIC DOCUMENT: Law no.429 of 23/10/2003 for the revision of the Constitution of Romania ("Lege de revizuire a Constituţiei României") - as approved by the national referendum of 18 - 19/10/2003. Extensively revises several provisions of the Constitution. The main revisions concern the right of the European Union (EU) citizens to elect and be elected to the local administration authorities after Romania's accession to the EU, the limitation of the preventive arrest to no more than 180 days, the right of Romanians to elect and be elected to the European Parliament. Other revisions stipulate that the arrest and search warrants shall be issued by the judge and not by the prosecutor, that private property is guaranteed and protected by the State regardless of the owner, that after Romania's accession to the EU foreigners and stateless persons may acquire property rights on land in Romania, that the State may be kept responsible for judicial errors and that military service shall cease to be compulsory. It also separates the powers of the two houses of the Parliament - the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies - and stipulates that ordinary bills have to be passed within 45 days, or within 60 days when it comes to codes or other bills of great complexity and if the said time limits are exceeded the bills in question are considered as being adopted. Further on it stipulates that the mandate of the President of Romania shall be of 5 instead of 4 years, that the President of Romania can not revoke the prime-minister, regulates in more clear terms the status of government emergency ordinances and grants to ethnic minorities the right to use their mother language, orally or in writing, before the local administration authorities and before the courts of law under certain conditions that shall be regulated by an organic law. Adds a new Title V1 -Euroatlantic integration - that paves the way of Romania's accession to the EU and NATO. As of today - 29/10/2003 - the revised Constitution of Romania enters into force. The revised Constitution of Romania is going to be republished. (1 art.; pp.2-8).