Svetlana Velmar-Janković

Part of a series on the politics and government of Poland
Constitutions and major statutes of Poland
Neminem captivabimus acts (1430) Nihil novi act (1505) Henrician Articles (1573) Constitution of 3 May 1791 Warsaw Duchy Constitution (1807) Kingdom of Poland (1815) Organic Statute (1832) Small Constitution (1919) March Constitution (1921) August Novelization (1926) April Constitution (1935) Small Constitution (1947) People's Republic (1952) April Novelization (1989) Small Constitution (1992) Current Constitution (1997)

The August Novelization (Polish: Nowela sierpniowa) of 2 August 1926 was a set of amendments to the 1921 March Constitution of Poland.

These amendments were proposed and adopted by national plebiscite after Józef Piłsudski took power in the May Coup.

There were four main clauses in the amendments.

• The President may dismiss the Sejm (parliament) and the Senate.
• The President may issue acts (rozporządzenia) having statutory power with the approval of the Sejm.
• The Sejm may not dissolve itself.
• If the Sejm cannot agree on the state budget, the budget may be passed by the government.

• Ajnenkiel, Andrzej (1983). Polskie konstytucje (in Polish). Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna. ISBN 83-214-0256-9.

• (in Polish) Full text of August Novelization at the Adam Mickiewicz University website