DE · constitutions
Del. Const. art. II, § 5
Place of meeting
The General Assembly shall meet and sit in Dover, the capital of this State; provided, however, that in periods of emergency resulting from enemy attack, terrorism, disease, accident, or other natural or man-made disaster the General Assembly may temporarily meet and sit elsewhere.
History
80 Del. Laws, c. 399 and 81 Del. Laws, c. 339; 84 Del. Laws, c. 281 and 85 Del. Laws, c. 5
Provenance
- Source
- delcode.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
544e628116d28a166150948317b014101cf5ed81cc4619685eb9e43340466fae
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