Article 94
a. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Constitution, any person duly
elected to any office provided for under this Constitution and under the laws in
force immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution shall be
deemed to have been duly elected for the purpose of this Constitution and to have
assumed the position so occupied on the date of coming into existence of this
Constitution.
b. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Constitution, elections for the
President, Vice-President and members of the Legislature, prior to the coming into
force of this Constitution, shall be held on the 3 rd Tuesday in January 1985. The
person so elected President of Liberia shall be inaugurated on the 12 th day of April
1985. The President, Vice-President and members of the Legislature who are
elected for the first term prior to the coming into force of this Constitution, shall
serve their respective terms less approximately three months. This Constitution
shall come into force simultaneously with that inauguration.
c. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Constitution, the People’s
Redemption Council shall by decree convene a session of the newly elected
Legislature before the 12 th day of April 1985, to enable the Senate and House of
Representatives to organize and elect their officers. Such elections shall be
conducted in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down by the
Legislature under the suspended Constitution until changed by the new Legislature.
d. Any person who, under the laws extant immediately before the coming into
force of this Constitution, held an appointment or was acting in an office shall be
deemed to have been appointed, as far as it is consistent with the provisions of this
Constitution, to hold or to act in the equivalent office under this Constitution until
appointments otherwise provided for under this Constitution shall have been made.
Article 95
a. The Constitution of the Republic of Liberia which came into force on the 26 th
day of July 1847, and which was suspended on the 12 th day of April 1980, is hereby
abrogated. Notwithstanding this abrogation, however, any enactment or rule of law
in existence immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution,
whether derived from the abrogated Constitution or from any other source shall, in
so far as it is not inconsistent with any provision of this Constitution, continue in
force as if enacted, issued or made under the authority of this Constitution.
b. All treaties, executive and other international agreements and obligations
concluded by the Government of the People’s Redemption Council or prior
governments in the name of the Republic prior to the coming into force of this