Constitution of the Republic of Moldova 1994, as amended to 2023
Jurisdiction and Access
  • English

    (1) The Constitutional court is the sole authority of constitutional jurisdiction in the Republic of Moldova.
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    (3) The Constitutional Court guarantees the supremacy of the Constitution, ascertains the enforcement of the principle of separation of the State powers into the legislative, executive and judiciary, and it guarantees the responsibility of the State towards the citizen and of the citizen towards the State. (Art. 134)

  • Moldovian

    (1) Curtea Constituţională este unica autoritate de jurisdicţie constituţională în Republica Moldova.
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    (3) Curtea Constituţională garantează supremaţia Constituţiei, asigură realizarea principiului separării puterii de stat în putere legislativă, putere executivă şi putere judecătorească şi garantează responsabilitatea statului faţă de cetăţean şi a cetăţeanului faţă de stat. (Art. 134)

Jurisdiction and Access
  • English

    (1) The Constitutional Court:
    a) exercises, upon appeal, the review of constitutionality over laws and decisions of the Parliament, decrees of the President, decisions and ordinances of the Government, as well as over international treaties to which the Republic of Moldova is a party;
    b) gives the interpretation of the Constitution;
    c) formulates its position on initiatives aimed at revising the Constitution;
    d) confirms the results of republican referenda;
    e) confirms the results of parliamentary and presidential elections in the Republic of Moldova;
    f) ascertains the circumstances justifying the dissolution of the Parliament, the removal of the President of the Republic of Moldova or the interim office of the President, as well as the impossibility of the President of the Republic of Moldova to fully exercise his/her functional duties for more than 60 days;
    g) solves the pleas of unconstitutionality of legal acts, as claimed by the Supreme Court of Justice;
    h) decides over matters dealing with the constitutionality of a party.
    (2) The Constitutional Court carries out its activity on the initiative brought forward by the subjects provided for by the Law on the Constitutional Court. (Art. 135)

  • Moldovian

    (1) Curtea Constituţională:
    a) exercită, la sesizare, controlul constituţionalităţii legilor şi hotărîrilor Parlamentului, a decretelor Preşedintelui Republicii Moldova, a hotărîrilor şi ordonanţelor Guvernului, precum şi a tratatelor internaţionale la care Republica Moldova este parte;
    b) interpretează Constituţia;
    c) se pronunţă asupra iniţiativelor de revizuirea Constituţiei;
    d) confirmă rezultatele referendumurilor republicane;
    e) confirmă rezultatele alegerii Parlamentului şi a Preşedintelui Republicii Moldova;
    f) constată circumstanţele care justifică dizolvarea Parlamentului, demiterea Preşedintelui Republicii Moldova sau interimatul funcţiei de Preşedinte, precum şi imposibilitatea Preşedintelui Republicii Moldova de a-şi exercita atribuţiile mai mult de 60 de zile;
    g) rezolvă cazurile excepţionale de neconstituţionalitate a actelor juridice, sesizate de Curtea Supremă de Justiţie;
    h) hotărăşte asupra chestiunilor care au ca obiect constituţionalitatea unui partid.
    (2) Curtea Constituţională îşi desfăşoară activitatea din iniţiativa subiecţilor prevăzuţi de Legea cu privire la Curtea Constituţională. (Art. 135)

Jurisdiction and Access
  • English

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    (2) Draft Constitutional laws shall be submitted to Parliament only alongside with the advisory opinion of the Constitutional Court adopted by a vote of at least 4 judges. (Art. 141)

  • Moldovian

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    (2) Proiectele de legi constituţionale vor fi prezentate Parlamentului numai împreună cu avizul Curţii Constituţionale, adoptat cu votul a cel puţin 4 judecători. (Art. 141)

1

Constitution of the Republic of Moldova 1994, as amended to 2023 (English). According to Art. 13(1): “The State language of the Republic of Moldova is the Romanian language.”

2

Constitution of the Republic of Moldova 1994, as amended to 2023 (Moldovian).

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3

This is in reference to revisions to the Constitution.

4

Articles 20 to 24 relate to access to justice, the presumption of innocence, the non-retroactivity of the law, the right of every person to be acknowledged on his/her rights and the right to life and physical and mental integrity.

5

This is in reference to revisions to the Constitution.