                  CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
                         (as amended to 1968)

                               PREAMBLE

   We, the people of the State of Hawaii,  grateful for Divine Guidance,  and 
mindful of our Hawaiian heritage,  reaffirm our belief in a government of the 
people,  by  the people and for the people,  and with an understanding  heart 
toward  all  peoples  of  the  earth do  hereby  ordain  and  establish  this 
constitution for the State of Hawaii.

                    FEDERAL CONSTITUTION ADOPTED

The  Constitution of the United States of America is adopted on behalf of the 
people of the State of Hawaii.

                             ARTICLE I

                          BILL OF RIGHTS

Section 1.   All political power of this State is inherent in the people; and 
the  responsibility  for  the exercise thereof rests  with  the  people.  All 
government is founded on this authority.

Section  2.    All persons are free by nature and are equal in their inherent 
and inalienable rights. Among these rights are the enjoyment of life, liberty 
and  the  pursuit of happiness,  and the acquiring and  possessing  property. 
These  rights  cannot endure unless the people recognize their  corresponding 
obligations and responsibilities.

Section 3.   No law shall be enacted respecting an establishment of religion, 
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,  or abridging the freedom of speech 
or  of  the press,  or the right of the people peaceably to assemble  and  to 
petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Section  4.    No  person shall be deprived of  life,  liberty,  or  property 
without  due process of law,  nor be denied the equal protection of the laws, 
nor  be denied the enjoyment of his civil rights or be discriminated  against 
in the exercise thereof because of race, religion, sex or ancestry.

Section 5.    The right of the people to be secure in their persons,  houses, 
papers and effects against unreasonable searches, seizures,  and invasions of 
privacy shall not be violated;  and no warrants shall issue but upon probable 
cause, supported by oath or affirmation, particularly describing the place to 
be  searched  and  the persons or things to be seized or  the  communications 
sought to be intercepted.

Section  6.    No citizen shall be disfranchised,  or deprived of any of  the 
rights  or  privileges secured to other citizens,  unless by the law  of  the 
land.

Section  7.     No  citizen  shall  be  denied  enlistment  in  any  military 
organization  of  this  State  nor be segregated  therein  because  of  race, 
religious principles or ancestry.

Section  8     No person shall be held to answer for a capital  or  otherwise 
infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except 
in cases arising in the armed forces when in actual service in time of war or 
public  danger;  nor  shall any person be subject for the same offense to  be 
twice put in jeopardy; nor shall any person be compelled in any criminal case 
to be a witness against himself.

Section  9.    Excessive  bail  shall not be required,  nor  excessive  fines 
imposed,  nor  cruel or unusual punishment inflicted.  The court may dispense 
with  bail if reasonably satisfied that the defendant or witness will  appear 
when  directed,  except for a defendant charged with an offense punishable by 
life imprisonment.

Section  10.   In  suits at common law where the value in  controversy  shall 
exceed  one hundred dollars,  the right of trial by jury shall be  preserved. 
The  legislature may provide for a verdict by not less than three-fourths  of 
the members of the jury.

Section 11.  In all criminal prosecutions,  the accused shall enjoy the right 
to  a speedy and public trial,  by an impartial jury of the district  wherein 
the  crime  shall  have  been  committed,  which  district  shall  have  been 
previously  ascertained  by  law,  or  of such other district  to  which  the 
prosecution may be removed with the consent of the accused; to be informed of 
the  nature and cause of the accusation;  to be confronted with the witnesses 
against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; 
to  have the assistance of counsel for his defense.  The State shall  provide 
counsel  for  an  indigent defendant charged with an  offense  punishable  by 
imprisonment for more than sixty days.

Section  12.   No person shall be disqualified to serve as a juror because of 
sex.

Section  13.   The  privilege  of  the writ of habeas  corpus  shall  not  be 
suspended,  unless  when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public  safety 
may  require it.  The power of suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas 
corpus,  and  the  laws or the execution thereof,  shall never  be  exercised 
except by the legislature, or by authority derived from it to be exercised in 
such particular cases only as the legislature shall expressly prescribe.

Section 14.   The military shall be held in strict subordination to the civil 
power.

Section  15.   A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of  a 
free  state,  the  right  of the people to keep and bear arms  shall  not  be 
infringed.

Section 16.  No soldier or member of the militia shall, in time of peace,  be 
quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner or occupant,  nor in 
time of war, except in a manner prescribed by law.

Section 17.  There shall be no imprisonment for debt.

Section  18.   Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public  use 
without just compensation. (amended 1968)

Section 19.  The power of the State to act in the general welfare shall never 
be  impaired by the making of any irrevocable grant of special privileges  or 
immunities.

Section 20.   The enumeration of rights and privileges shall not be construed 
to impair or deny others retained by the people.
