[1][2][3] In 1977, John Hilary Smith, British Governor of the Gilbert Islands, reunited a Constitutional Convention of 150 members.
[4] Kiribati's independence was granted by the United Kingdom as a result of the Kiribati Independence Order 1979 (UK).
[5] The Republic of Kiribati became an independent constitutional republic as a sovereign and democratic state, and the 41st member of the Commonwealth of Nations on 12 July 1979.
The country's independence led to the creation of the Constitution of Kiribati, and several other minor law documents the same year.
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