the constitution's democratic features were especially provisional. ample authority was retained for the executive branch to slow, halt or reverse legislation. nor was caution only displayed toward would-be overweening legislators. the most notorious provision in the constitution was its prohibition of official or political activity by any member of the royal family other than the monarch. the implications of this clause would soon haunt the constitutionalists. no means was provided for an increasingly restless muhammad daud to return to power without nullifying the constitution.