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Jurisdiction and Access
Lebanon
- EnglishA Constitutional Council is established to review the constitutionality of the laws, and to decide on the disputes and protests resulting from the presidential and the representative elections.
The right to resort to this Council, with respect to watching the constitutionality of the laws, is due to the President of the Republic, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, and the Prime Minister, or to the members of the Chamber of Deputies, and to Heads of the legally recognized sects, with respect to personal affairs, freedom of belief and the exercise of religious rituals, and freedom of religious education. … (Art. 19) - Arabicينشأ مجلس دستوري لمراقبة دستورية القوانين والبتّ في النزاعات والطعون الناشئة عن الانتخابات الرئاسيّة والنيابيّة.
يعود حقّ مراجعة هذا المجلس في ما يتعلّق بمراقبة دستورية القوانين إلى كل من رئيس الجمهورية، ورئيس مجلس النواب، ورئيس مجلس الوزراء أو إلى عشرة (10) أعضاء من مجلس النواب، والى رؤساء الطوائف المعترف بها قانوناً في ما يتعلّق حصراً بالأحوال الشخصية، وحرية المعتقد وممارسة الشعائر الدينية. ...(المادّة 19)
Jurisdiction and Access
Slovakia
- English
The Constitutional Court shall give an interpretation of the Constitution or constitutional law if the matter is disputable. … (Art. 128)
- Slovak
Ústavný súd podáva výklad ústavy alebo ústavného zákona, ak je vec sporná. ... (Čl. 128)
Jurisdiction and Access
Antigua and Barbuda
- English1. Where any question as to the interpretation of this Constitution arises in any court of law established for Antigua and Barbuda (other than the Court of Appeal, the High Court or a court-martial) and the court is of the opinion that the question involves a substantial question of law, the court may, and shall if any party to the proceedings so requests, refer the question to the High Court.
… (Sec. 120)