King Constantine II, who had been in self-imposed exile since his failed counter-coup on 13 December 1967, would be allowed to return after the first parliamentary election unless the government called him back sooner.
However, the junta, headed by Prime Minister Georgios Papadopoulos, stated that elections would not be held until the "Greek mentality" had been sufficiently reformed.
The constitution explicitly reserved a regulatory role for the Greek military, which was tasked with the "maintenance of the social and political order".
Further watchdogs were envisaged in the form of a constitutional court and a powerful National Security Council.
It was replaced by the Greek Constitution of 1973, again drafted by the junta, which abolished the monarchy and created a presidential republic (see Metapolitefsi).