DOCUMENTS IN GROUP II
(1) The Provisional Constitution passed at Nanking in January, 1912.
(2) The Presidential Election Law passed on the 4th October, 1913, by the full Parliament, under which Yuan Shih-kai was elected President,—and now formally incorporated as a separate chapter in the Permanent Constitution.
(3) The Constitutional Compact, promulgated on 1st May, 1914. This "law" which was the first result of the coup d'état of 4th November, 1913, and designed to take the place of the Nanking Constitution is wholly illegal and disappeared with the death of Yuan Shih-kai.
(4) The Presidential Succession Law.
This instrument, like the Constitutional Compact, was wholly illegal and drawn up to make Yuan Shih-kai dictator for life.