Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana – Chapter 1:01
Articles – 60, 123, 160, 163 and 177
60.
(1)
Election of members of the National Assembly shall be by secret ballot.
(2)
Subject to the provisions of article 160(2), such number of members of the
National Assembly as determined by the Assembly, shall be elected in
accordance with the system of proportional representation prescribed by
article 160(1).
123. (1)
There shall be for Guyana a Supreme Court of Judicature consisting of Court
of Appeal and a High Court, with such jurisdiction and powers as are
conferred on those Courts respectively by this Constitution or any other law.
(2)
Each of those Courts shall be a superior court of record and, save as
otherwise provided by Parliament, shall have all the powers of such a court.
(3)
Parliament may confer on any court any part of the jurisdiction of and any
powers conferred on the High Court by this Constitution or any other law.
(4)
Parliament may make such provision as it deems fit authorising any court
established or to be established, as the final court of appeal for the
Caribbean to be the final court of appeal for Guyana.
(5)
Where a court referred to in paragraph (4) is established and becomes the
final Court of Appeal for Guyana, such court shall remain the final Court of
Appeal for Guyana, unless Parliament, by a vote of no less than two-thirds
of all the elected members of the Assembly, makes provision for Guyana to
withdraw from such court.
160.
(1)
Subject to the provisions of the next following paragraph the system of
proportional representation referred to in article 60(2) for the election of
such number of members of the National Assembly as shall be determined
by the Assembly, shall be as follows –