The 194-page document has gone on sale at government bookshops at a cost of 1,000 kyat ($1; 50p) a copy.
The junta says it will put the document to a national referendum next month.
The charter was drafted by the generals without input from the pro-democracy opposition, and bans opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from holding office.
The writing of the constitution has taken many years and remains controversial.
A draft copy leaked recently contained a clause which stated that amendments would be possible only with 100% support in a national referendum - seemingly ruling out any possibility of change.
But the final version of the document has reduced the threshold to 50% of the electorate.
The Constitution Drafting Committee said the initial clause was a typographical error.
In a letter to the country's Foreign Correspondents Club the committee said the mistake came about as a result of "some dropped words in the new constitution".
Seats for military
The junta said it will seek approval for the document in a national vote in May, and has pledged to hold multi-party elections by 2010.
But the Irrawaddy website, which is critical of the junta, says the new rules enshrine the military's dominance of the political system.
Even if there were elections, the site says 56 military officers are guaranteed places in the 224-member lower house of parliament.
And 110 seats out of 440 in the upper house are reserved for the military.
The junta says it will put the document to a national referendum next month.
The charter was drafted by the generals without input from the pro-democracy opposition, and bans opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from holding office.
The writing of the constitution has taken many years and remains controversial.
A draft copy leaked recently contained a clause which stated that amendments would be possible only with 100% support in a national referendum - seemingly ruling out any possibility of change.
But the final version of the document has reduced the threshold to 50% of the electorate.
The Constitution Drafting Committee said the initial clause was a typographical error.
In a letter to the country's Foreign Correspondents Club the committee said the mistake came about as a result of "some dropped words in the new constitution".
Seats for military
The junta said it will seek approval for the document in a national vote in May, and has pledged to hold multi-party elections by 2010.
But the Irrawaddy website, which is critical of the junta, says the new rules enshrine the military's dominance of the political system.
Even if there were elections, the site says 56 military officers are guaranteed places in the 224-member lower house of parliament.
And 110 seats out of 440 in the upper house are reserved for the military.
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