ic peace.

ART. 41. The territory in which the guaranties mentioned in the
preceding article are suspended shall be ruled during the period of
suspension according to the law of public order which may have been
previously enacted. But neither the said law, nor any other, shall order
the suspension of other guaranties not mentioned in the said article.

Nor shall any new offenses be created, or new penalties not established
by the law which was in force at the time of the suspension, be ordered
to be inflicted during the same.

The executive power is hereby forbidden to exile or expel from the
country any citizen thereof, or compel him to reside at any other place
farther than one hundred and twenty kilometers from his domicile. Nor
shall it detain any citizen for more than ten days, without delivering
him to the judicial authorities, or repeat the detention during the time
of the suspension of guaranties. The detained individuals shall be kept
in special departments in the public establishments destined for the
detention of prisoners charged with common offenses.

ART. 42. The suspension of the guaranties specified in article 40 shall
be ordered only and exclusively by means of a law, but if Congress is
not in session, it can be ordered by a decree of the President of the
Republic. But the President shall have no power to suspend the
guaranties more than once during the period intervening between two
sessions of Congress, or for an indefinite period of time, or for a
period longer than thirty days, without calling at the same time
Congress to meet. In all cases the President shall report the facts to
Congress, in order that it may act as deemed proper.

TITLE V

THE SOVEREIGNTY AND THE PUBLIC POWERS

ART. 43. The sovereignty is vested in the people of Cuba, and from the
said people all the public powers emanate.

TITLE VI

THE LEGISLATIVE POWER

SECTION FIRST

THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES

ART. 44. The legislative power is vested in two elective bodies, to be
known as the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate; the two together
constituting the Congress.

SECTION SECOND

THE SENATE, ITS MEMBERSHIP AND ITS POWERS

ART. 45. The Senate shall consist of four Senators for each Province, to
be elected in each one for a period of eight years by the provincial
councilors, and by double that number of electors forming with the
councilors an electoral college.

One-half of the electors shall consist of citi