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The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 4 November 1972 and became effective on 16 December 1972 one year after Bangladesh's victory in the War of Liberation.[1][2] As of 2018[update] the Constitution has been amended 17 times.[3] The procedure for amendments is demarcated in Article 142, a bill must be presented in the Jatiya Sangsad with the support of no less than two-thirds of all its members (233 MPs).[4] Amending the Constitution of Bangladesh is the process of making changes to the nation's supreme law.