The March Constitution was the founding constitution of the Second Polish Republic, adopted by the Legislative Sejm on 17 March 1921 and taking effect on 1 June 1921, after Poland had regained independence in 1918 and defended it in the Polish-Soviet War of 1920. Modeled on the constitution of the French Third Republic, it was considered highly democratic for its time, explicitly barring discrimination on grounds of race or religion and abolishing hereditary titles, noble privileges and the use of heraldic blazons. Its provisions for a strong legislature and weak presidency were partially altered by the August Novelization of 1926, and the constitution was ultimately superseded by the more authoritarian April Constitution of 1935.
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The Second Polish Republic adopted the March Constitution on 17 March 1921, after ousting the occupation of the German/Prussian forces in the 1918 Greater Poland Uprising, and avoiding conquest by the Soviets in the 1920 Polish-Soviet War.
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In Legal System: Law of Poland, Introduction
The Second Polish Republic adopted the March Constitution on 17 March 1921, after ousting the occupation of the German/Prussian forces in the 1918 Greater Poland Uprising, and avoiding conquest by the Soviets in the 1920 Polish-Soviet War.
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