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Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishAny person party [partie] to a process may raise the unconstitutionality of a law before any jurisdiction, by way of pleadings [exception]. This [jurisdiction] must postpone [surseoir] [its] decision until the decision of the Constitutional Court, which must intervene within a time period of thirty (30) days.
… (Art. 132) - FrenchToute personne partie à un procès peut soulever l'inconstitutionnalité d'une loi devant toute juridiction, par voie d'exception. Celle-ci doit surseoir à statuer jusqu'à la décision de la Cour constitutionnelle, qui doit intervenir dans un délai de trente (30) jours.
... (Art. 132)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English(1) An appeal shall lie from decisions of the Court of Appeal to Her Majesty in Council as of right in the following cases-
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c. final decisions in any civil or criminal proceedings which involve a question as to the interpretation of this Constitution;
… (Sec. 99)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English
(1) The Constitutional Court pronounces on rulings by an administrative court in so far as the appellant alleges an infringement by the ruling of a constitutionally guaranteed right or on the score of an ordinance that lacks a basis in law, an alike proclamation of the republication of a law (treaty), an unconstitutional law, or an unlawful treaty.
… (Art. 144) - German
(1) Der Verfassungsgerichtshof erkennt über Beschwerden gegen das Erkenntnis eines Verwaltungsgerichtes, soweit der Beschwerdeführer durch das Erkenntnis in einem verfassungsgesetzlich gewährleisteten Recht oder wegen Anwendung einer gesetzwidrigen Verordnung, einer gesetzwidrigen Kundmachung über die Wiederverlautbarung eines Gesetzes (Staatsvertrages), eines verfassungswidrigen Gesetzes oder eines rechtswidrigen Staatsvertrages in seinen Rechten verletzt zu sein behauptet.
… (Art. 144)