Constitution of Arkansas (2025 publisher edition) — Article 4

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Article 4

ARTICLE 4
D EPARTMENTS
SECTION .
1. Departments of government.
SECTION .
2. Separation of departments.
592 Art. 3, § 9 CONSTITUTION OF ARKANSAS

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§ 1. Departments of government.
The powers of the government of the State of Arkansas shall be divided into three distinct
departments, each of them to be confided to a separate body of magistracy, to-wit: Those which
are legislative, to one, those which are executive, to another, and those which are judicial, to
another.
§ 2. Separation of departments.
No person or collection of persons, being of one of these departments, shall exercise any power
belonging to either of the others, except in the instances hereinafter expressly directed or
permitted.