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Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishThe King consults the Constitutional Council on any proposal aiming at amending the Constitution. (Art. 143)
- Khmerព្រះមហាក្សត្រ ទ្រង់ពិគ្រោះមតិក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញចំពោះសេចក្តីស្នើទាំងឡាយដែលសុំធ្វើវិសោធនកម្មលើរដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញ។ (មាត្រា ១៤៣)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishThe Supreme Constitutional Court shall not consider the constitutionality of the laws put by the President of the Republic to a referendum and obtained the approval of the people. (Art. 148)
- Arabicلا يحق للمحكمة الدستورية العليا أن تنظر في دستورية القوانين التي يطرحها رئيس الجمهورية على الاستفتاء الشعبي وتنال موافقة الشعب. (المادّة 148)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English
The Constitutional Court is exclusively competent in the matter of control of constitutionality:
1- of the laws, at the request of the President of the Republic, of thirty members of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People or of half of the members of the National Council of Regions and Districts. The Court is referred to [the matter] within a time period of seven days counting from the date of the adoption of the bill of law or of the date of the adoption of the amended bill of law after remittal by the President of the Republic,
2- of the treaties that the President of the Republic submits to it before the promulgation of the law including the adoption of those treaties,
3- of the laws that the tribunals remit to it, following an exception of unconstitutionality raised in the cases and according to the procedures specified by the law,
4- of the internal regulations of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People and of the National Council of Regions and Districts which are submitted to it by the President of each of the two assemblies,
5- of the procedure of the revision of the Constitution,
6- of the bills of the revision of the Constitution to say that they do not concern, according to the terms of this Constitution, the provisions which may not be made the object of revision. (Art. 127) - Arabic
تختصّ المحكمة الدّستوريّة بالنّظر في مراقبة دستوريّة:
1. القوانين، بناء على طلب من رئيس الجمهوريّة أو ثلاثين عضوا من أعضاء مجلس نوّاب الشّعب أو نصف أعضاء المجلس الوطنيّ للجهات والأقاليم، يُرفع إليها في أجل أقصاه سبعة أيّام من تاريخ المصادقة على مشروع القانون أو من تاريخ المصادقة على مشروع قانون في صيغة معدّلة بعد أن تمّ ردّه من قبل رئيس الجمهوريّة.
2. المعاهدات التي يعرضها رئيس الجمهوريّة قبل ختم قانون الموافقة عليها.
3. القوانين التي تحيلها عليها المحاكم إذا تمّ الدّفع بعدم دستوريّتها في الحالات وطبق الإجراءات التي يقرّها القانون.
4. النّظـام الدّاخليّ لمجلس نوّاب الشّعب والنّظام الدّاخليّ للمــجلس الوطنيّ للجهــات والأقاليم اللّذين يعرضانهما عليها كلّ رئيس لهذين المجلسين.
5. إجراءات تنقيح الدّستور.
6. مشاريع تنقيح الدّستور للبتّ في عدم تعارضها مع ما لا يجوز تنقيحه حسب ما هو مقرّر بهذا الدّستور. (الفصل 127) - French
La Cour constitutionnelle est exclusivement compétente en matière de contrôle de constitutionnalité :
1. des lois, sur demande du Président de la République, de trente membres de l’Assemblée des représentants du peuple ou de la moitié des membres du Conseil national des régions et des districts. La Cour est saisie dans un délai de sept jours à compter de la date de l’adoption du projet de loi ou de la date de l’adoption du projet de loi amendé après renvoi par le Président de la République,
2. des traités que lui soumet le Président de la République avant la promulgation de la loi portant adoption de ces traités,
3. des lois que lui renvoient les tribunaux, suite à une exception d’inconstitutionnalité soulevée dans les cas et selon les procédures prévus par la loi,
4. des règlements intérieurs de l’Assemblée des représentants du peuple et du Conseil national des régions et des districts qui lui sont soumis par le Président de chacune des deux assemblées,
5. de la procédure de révision de la Constitution,
6. des projets de révision de la Constitution pour dire qu’ils ne concernent pas, d’après les termes de la présente Constitution, les dispositions qui ne peuvent faire l’objet de révision. (Art. 127)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishThe appellate division of the Supreme Court may review cases heard in the national courts, and cases heard in state or local courts if they require interpretation of this Constitution, national law, or a treaty. If a state constitution permits, the appellate division of the Supreme Court may review other cases on appeal from the highest state court in which a decision may be had. (Art. XI, Sec. 7)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall hear cases on compliance with the Constitution of acts of the legislative and executive authority.
… (Art. 132) - Uzbek
O‘zbekiston Respublikasi Konstitutsiyaviy sudi qonun chiqaruvchi va ijro etuvchi hokimiyat hujjatlarining Konstitutsiyaga muvofiqligi to‘g‘risidagi ishlarni ko‘radi.
... (132-modda)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishI. The Action for Constitutional Protection shall be presented by the person who believes him or herself affected, by another with sufficient power to act in his or her name, or by the corresponding authority pursuant to the Constitution, to any judge or competent court, provided that there is no other existing means or legal recourse for the immediate protection of the rights and guarantees that have been restricted, suppressed or threatened.
… (Art. 129) - SpanishI. La Acción de Amparo Constitucional se interpondrá por la persona que se crea afectada, por otra a su nombre con poder suficiente o por la autoridad correspondiente de acuerdo con la Constitución, ante cualquier juez o tribunal competente, siempre que no exista otro medio o recurso legal para la protección inmediata de los derechos y garantías restringidos, suprimidos o amenazados.
... (Art. 129)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English
The Council of State gives its opinion on the bills and proposals of law as well as on the amendments which might be proposed.
If it considers that a bill or proposal of law includes provisions which are nonconform with the Constitution, with the international treaties to which the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a party, with the juridical acts of the European Union or with the general principles of law [droit], it mentions it in its opinion.
... (Art. 95)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English
(1) The Constitutional Court pronounces judgment on the unconstitutionality
1. of laws
a) on application of a court;
b) ex officio in so far as he will have to apply such a law in a suit pending before him;
c) on application by a person who alleges to have infringement of his rights directly by unconstitutionality, if the ordinance has become effective without a judicial decision having been rendered or a ruling having been rendered has become effective for this person;
d) on application by a person who, as a party in a legal matter that has been decided by a court of justice of first instance, alleges infringement of his rights because of the application of an unconstitutional law, on the occasion of an appeal filed against that decision;
(2) of federal laws also on application by a Provincial Government, a third of the members of the National Council or a third of the members of the Federal Council.
(3) of provincial legislation also at the request of the Federal Government or, if the constitutional law of a province so provides, at the request of a third of the members of the Provincial Parliament.
… (Art. 140) - German
(1) Der Verfassungsgerichtshof erkennt über Verfassungswidrigkeit
1. von Gesetzen
a) auf Antrag eines Gerichtes;
b) von Amts wegen, wenn er das Gesetz in einer bei ihm anhängigen Rechtssache anzuwenden hätte;
c) auf Antrag einer Person, die unmittelbar durch diese Verfassungswidrigkeit in ihren Rechten verletzt zu sein behauptet, wenn das Gesetz ohne Fällung einer gerichtlichen Entscheidung oder ohne Erlassung eines Bescheides für diese Person wirksam geworden ist;
d) auf Antrag einer Person, die als Partei einer von einem ordentlichen Gericht in erster Instanz entschiedenen Rechtssache wegen Anwendung eines verfassungswidrigen Gesetzes in ihren Rechten verletzt zu sein behauptet, aus Anlass eines gegen diese Entscheidung erhobenen Rechtsmittels;
2. von Bundesgesetzen auch auf Antrag einer Landesregierung, eines Drittels der Mitglieder des Nationalrates oder eines Drittels der Mitglieder des Bundesrates;
3. von Landesgesetzen auch auf Antrag der Bundesregierung oder, wenn dies landesverfassungsgesetzlich vorgesehen ist, auf Antrag eines Drittels der Mitglieder des Landtages.
… (Art. 140)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishThe following duties correspond to the National Assembly of People's Power:
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b. To issue a general and obligatory interpretation of the Constitution and the laws, in necessary cases, in correspondence with the procedure prescribed by the law;
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e. To ensure the constitutionality of the laws, decrees with the force of law, presidential decrees, decrees, and other general provisions in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the law;
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g. To completely or partially revoke decrees with the force of law, presidential decrees, decrees, agreements, and general provisions that contradict the Constitution or the laws;
h. To completely or partially revoke the agreements or rulings of the municipal assemblies of the People's Power that violate the Constitution,
… (Art. 108) - SpanishCorresponde a la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular:
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b) dar a la Constitución y a las leyes, en caso necesario, una interpretación general y obligatoria, en correspondencia con el procedimiento previsto en la ley;
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e) ejercer el control de constitucionalidad sobre las leyes, decretos-leyes, decretos presidenciales, decretos y demás disposiciones generales, de conformidad con el procedimiento previsto en la ley;
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g) revocar total o parcialmente los decretos-leyes, decretos presidenciales, decretos, acuerdos o disposiciones generales que contradigan la Constitución o las leyes;
h) revocar total o parcialmente los acuerdos o disposiciones de las asambleas municipales del Poder Popular que contravengan la Constitución,
… (Art. 108)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English
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- the organic laws may only be promulgated after declaration by the Constitutional Court of their conformity with the Constitution. (Art. 97) - French
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- les lois organiques ne peuvent être promulguées qu'après déclaration par la Cour constitutionnelle de leur conformité à la Constitution. (Art. 97)