The Provisional Regulations () are the name given to an official document issued on February 12, 1821, by

José de San Martín José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (; 25 February 177817 August 1850), nicknamed "the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru", was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and central parts of South America's succe ...

as Protector of Peru, considered the first legal document of the newly born state. The 20-article long document replaced the

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established by the

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, and applied to the territories occupied by the Liberating Army, which at the time were the province of Chancay—where San Martín's headquarters were set up in Huaura—and the intendancies of

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(location of Pasco mine) and Trujillo. These territories were organised in four

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, each headed by a president: Trujillo,

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, Huaylas and

. It was effective until the Provisional Statute () was promulgated on October 8, 1821.

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External links

''Reglamento Provisional de 1821''
at the website of the

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