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Jurisdiction and Access
- English(1) The remedy of judicial review is and shall not be available in Brunei Darussalam.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, there is and shall be no judicial review in any court of any act, decision, grant, revocation or suspension, or refusal or omission to do so, any exercise of or refusal or omission to exercise any power, authority or discretion by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, or any party acting on his behalf or under his authority or in the performance of any public function, under the provisions of this Constitution or any written law or otherwise, including any question relating to compliance with any procedural requirement governing such act or decision.
(3) In this Article, “judicial review” means proceedings instituted by any manner whatsoever including, but not limited to, proceedings by way of —
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(d) any other suit or action relating to or arising out of any act, decision, grant, revocation or suspension, or refusal or omission to do so, any exercise of or refusal or omission to exercise any power, authority or discretion conferred on His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, or any party acting on his behalf or under his authority or in the performance of any public function, under the provisions of this Constitution or any written law or otherwise.
(4) Save as provided in this Constitution, His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan shall not be required to assign any reason for any act, decision, grant, revocation or suspension, or refusal or omission to do so, any exercise of or refusal or omission to exercise any power, authority or discretion under the provisions of this Constitution or any written law or otherwise. (Sec. 84C) - Malay(1) Remedi bagi kajian semula kehakiman tiada dan tidak boleh didapati di Negara Brunei Darussalam.
(2) Bagi mengelakkan kewahaman, kajian semula kehakiman tiada dan tidak boleh diadakan di dalam mana-mana mahkamah mengenai apa-apa perbuatan, keputusan, pemberian, pembatalan atau penggantungan, atau keengganan atau peninggalan daripada berbuat demikian, sebarang perjalanan atau keengganan atau peninggalan daripada menjalankan sebarang kuasa, autoriti atau budibicara oleh Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan, atau mana-mana pihak yang bertindak bagi pihak Baginda atau dengan titah perkenan Baginda atau dalam melaksanakan sebarang tugas awam, di bawah peruntukan-peruntukan Perlembagaan ini atau sebarang undang-undang bertulis atau pun selainnya, termasuk apa jua perkara yang berhubung dengan pematuhan sebarang kehendak prosedur yang mengawal perbuatan atau keputusan tersebut.
(3) Dalam Perkara ini, “kajian semula kehakiman” bermakna perbicaraan yang dimulakan dengan apa jua cara pun termasuk, tetapi tidak terhad kepada, perbicaraan dengan cara —
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(d) mana-mana guaman atau tindakan lain berhubung dengan atau berbangkit dari apa-apa perbuatan, keputusan, pemberian, pembatalan atau penggantungan, atau keengganan atau peninggalan daripada berbuat demikian, sebarang perjalanan atau keengganan atau peninggalan daripada menjalankan sebarang kuasa, autoriti atau budibicara yang diberikan kepada Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan, atau mana-mana pihak yang bertindak bagi pihak Baginda atau dengan titah perkenan Baginda atau dalam melaksanakan sebarang tugas awam, di bawah peruntukan-peruntukan Perlembagaan ini atau sebarang undang-undang bertulis atau pun selainnya.
(4) Kecuali sebagaimana yang diperuntukkan dalam Perlembagaan ini, Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan tidak boleh dikehendaki untuk memberi sebarang alasan kerana apa-apa perbuatan, keputusan, pemberian, pembatalan atau penggantungan,atau keengganan atau peninggalan daripada berbuat demikian, sebarang perjalanan atau keengganan atau peninggalan daripada menjalankan sebarang kuasa, autoriti atau budibicara di bawah peruntukan-peruntukan Perlembagaan ini atau sebarang undang-undang bertulis atau pun selainnya. (Sec. 84C)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishIn hearing a case by a Court, if there arises a dispute whether the provisions contained in any law contradict or conform to the Constitution, and if no resolution has been made by the Constitutional Tribunal of the Union on the said dispute, the said Court shall stay the trial and submit its opinion to the Constitutional Tribunal of the Union in accord with the prescribed procedures and shall obtain a resolution. In respect of the said dispute, the resolution of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Union shall be applied to all cases. (Sec. 323)
- Burmeseတရားရုံးတစ်ရုံးသည် အမှုတစ်မှုကို စစ်ဆေးစီရင်ရာတွင် ဥပဒေတစ်ရပ်ရပ်ပါ ပြဌာန်းချက်သည် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေနှင့် ဆန့်ကျင်မှုရှိ- မရှိ၊ ညီညွတ်မှုရှိ- မရှိ အငြင်းပွားမှုပေါ်ပေါက်ပါက ထိုအငြင်းပွားမှုနှင့် စပ်လျဉ်း၍ နိုင်ငံတော်ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံ အခြေခံ ဥပဒေဆိုင်ရာခုံရုံးကလည်း တစ်စုံတစ်ရာ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက် ချမှတ်ထားခြင်းမရှိသေးလျှင် အဆိုပါ တရားရုံးသည် အမှုစစ်ဆေးစီရင်ခြင်းကို ရပ်ဆိုင်းထားပြီး မိမိ၏ထင်မြင်ချက်ကို သတ်မှတ်ထားသည့် နည်းလမ်းများနှင့်အညီ နိုင်ငံတော်ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံ အခြေခံဥပဒေဆိုင်ရာ ခုံရုံးသို့တင်ပြ၍ အဆုံးအဖြတ်ရယူရမည်။ ယင်းအငြင်းမပွားမှုနှင့်စပ်လျဉ်း၍ နိုင်ငံတော်ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေဆိုင်ရာခုံရုံး၏ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်သည် အမှုအားလုံးနှင့် သက်ဆိုင်စေရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၂၃)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishThe Constitutional Court is the jurisdiction given the charge of seeing to respect for the provisions of the Constitution.
The Constitutional Court judges the regularity of the referendum consultations, [and] of the presidential, legislative and senatorial elections. It decides on the challenges to these consultations and elections.
It is the judge of the constitutionality of the laws.
The laws may, before their promulgation, be deferred to the Constitutional Court by the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the President of the National Assembly, the President of the Senate, the President of High Authority of Audiovisuals and of Communications [Haute Autorité de l'Audiovisuel et de la Communication], the President of the Economic and Social Council, the President of the National Commission of the Rights of Man, the President of the Superior Council of the Magistrature, the Mediator of the Republic, the presidents of the parliamentary groups or one-fifth (1/5) of the members of the National Assembly or of the Senate.
To the same ends, the organic laws, before their promulgation, the internal regulations of the National Assembly and of the Senate, those of the High Authority of Audiovisuals and of Communications, [those] of the Economic and Social Council [those] of the National Commission of the Rights of Man, [and those] of the Superior Council of the Magistrature must be submitted to it before their application.
The Constitutional Court may be referred to [the matter] of a demand for [its] opinion on the meaning of the constitutional provisions by the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the President of the National Assembly, the President of the Senate, the President of High Authority of Audiovisuals and of Communications, the President of the Economic and Social Council, the President of the National Commission of the Rights of Man, the President of the Superior Council of the Magistrature, the Mediator of the Republic and the presidents of the parliamentary groups.
An organic law determines the other authorities and juridical [morale] persons who can refer the Constitutional Court [to matters], in matters of protection of fundamental rights.
In the course of a judicial instance, any physical or juridical person may, in limine litis, before the courts and tribunals, raise the pleadings [exception] of the unconstitutionality of a law. In this case, the jurisdiction suspends its decision and refers [the matter] to the constitutional court. … (Art. 104) - FrenchLa Cour constitutionnelle est la juridiction chargée de veiller au respect des dispositions de la Constitution.
La Cour constitutionnelle juge de la régularité des consultations référendaires, des élections présidentielles, législatives et sénatoriales. Elle statue sur le contentieux de ces consultations et élections.
Elle est juge de la constitutionnalité des lois.
Les lois peuvent, avant leur promulgation, lui être déférées par le Président de la République, le Premier ministre, le Président de l’Assemblée nationale, le Président du Sénat, le Président de la Haute Autorité de l’Audiovisuel et de la Communication, le Président du Conseil économique et social, le Président de la Commission nationale des droits de l’Homme, le Président du Conseil Supérieur de la magistrature, le Médiateur de la République, les présidents des groupes parlementaires ou un cinquième (1/5eme) des membres de l’Assemblée nationale ou du Sénat.
Aux mêmes fins, les lois organiques, avant leur promulgation, les règlements intérieurs de l’Assemblée nationale et du Sénat, ceux de la Haute Autorité de l’audiovisuel et de la communication, du Conseil économique et social, de la Commission nationale des droits de l’homme et du Conseil supérieur de la magistrature, avant leur application, doivent lui être soumis.
La Cour constitutionnelle peut être saisie d’une demande d’avis sur le sens des dispositions constitutionnelles par le Président de la République, le Premier ministre, le Président de l’Assemblée nationale, le Président du Sénat, le Président de la Haute Autorité de l’Audiovisuel et de la Communication, le Président du Conseil économique et social, le Président de la Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme, le Président du Conseil supérieur de la magistrature, le Médiateur de la République et les présidents des groupes parlementaires.
Une loi organique détermine les autres autorités et les personnes morales qui peuvent saisir la Cour constitutionnelle, en matière de protection des droits fondamentaux.
Au cours d’une instance judiciaire, toute personne physique ou morale peut, in limine litis, devant les cours et tribunaux, soulever l’exception d’inconstitutionnalité d’une loi. Dans ce cas, la juridiction sursoit à statuer et saisit la Cour constitutionnelle. ... (Art. 104)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English1 Access to the Federal Supreme Court is guaranteed by law.
2 For disputes that do not relate to a legal issue of fundamental importance, the law may stipulate a threshold for the amount in dispute.
3 The law may exclude access to the Federal Supreme Court in relation to specific matters.
4 The law may provide for a simplified procedure for appeals that are manifestly unfounded. (Art. 191) - French1 La loi garantit l’accès au Tribunal fédéral.
2 Elle peut prévoir une valeur litigieuse minimale pour les contestations qui ne portent pas sur une question juridique de principe.
3 Elle peut exclure l’accès au Tribunal fédéral dans des domaines déterminés.
4 Elle peut prévoir une procédure simplifiée pour les recours manifestement infondés. (Art. 191) - German1 Das Gesetz gewährleistet den Zugang zum Bundesgericht.
2 Für Streitigkeiten, die keine Rechtsfrage von grundsätzlicher Bedeutung betreffen, kann es eine Streitwertgrenze vorsehen.
3 Für bestimmte Sachgebiete kann das Gesetz den Zugang zum Bundesgericht ausschliessen.
4 Für offensichtlich unbegründete Beschwerden kann das Gesetz ein vereinfachtes Verfahren vorsehen. (Art. 191) - Italian1 La legge garantisce la possibilità di adire il Tribunale federale.
2 Può prevedere un valore litigioso minimo per le controversie che non concernono una questione giuridica d’importanza fondamentale.
3 In determinati settori speciali, la legge può escludere la possibilità di adire il Tribunale federale.
4 La legge può prevedere una procedura semplificata per ricorsi manifestamente infondati. (Art. 191)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English
(1) The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to ordinarily determine any such question as aforesaid may be invoked by the President by a written reference addressed to the Chief Justice, or by any citizen by a petition in writing addressed to the Supreme Court. ... In this paragraph “citizen” includes a body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, if not less than three-fourths of the members of such body are citizens.
… (Art. 121) - Sinhala
ඉහත කී පරිදි වූ එවැනි යම් ප්රශ්නයක් පිළිබඳව සාමාන්යයෙන් තීරණය කිරීමට ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට ඇති අධිකරණ බලය අග්ර විනිශ්චයකාරවරයා අමතා ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් යවනු ලබන ලිඛිත යොමු කිරීමක් මගින් නැතහොත් ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය අමතා කවර වූ හෝ පුරවැසියකු විසින් යවනු ලබන ලිඛිත පෙත්සමක් මගින් ක්රියාත්මක කරවා ගත හැක්කේ ය.ගගගමේ අනුව්යවස්ථාවෙහි — පුරවැසියා ˜ යන්නට සාමාජික සංඛ්යාවෙන් හතරෙන් තුනකට නොඅඩු සංඛ්යාවක් පුරවැසියන් වන්නා වූ සංස්ථාගත කළ හෝ සංස්ථාගත නොකළ මණ්ඩලයක් ඇතුළත් වේ.
... (121 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Jurisdiction and Access
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(1) Subject to the provisions of sections 33(2), 34(4), 54(18), 69(6), 80(4) and 123(3) of this Constitution, where any question as to the interpretation of this Constitution or the interpretation or application of the Treaty (as defined in section 131 of this Constitution) arises in any court of law established for Belize (other than the High Court or the Court of Appeal), and the court is of the opinion that the question involves a substantial question of law, the court shall refer the question to the High Court.
(2) Where any question is referred to the High Court in pursuance of this section, the High Court shall, subject to subsection (3) below, give its decision upon the question and the court in which the question arose shall dispose of the case in accordance with that decision or, if the decision is the subject of an appeal to the Court of Appeal or the Caribbean Court of Justice, in accordance with the decision of the Court of Appeal or, as the case may be, the Caribbean Court of Justice.
… (Sec. 96)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English(1) The Supreme Court shall be a superior court of record, shall consist of a Chief Justice and such number of other judges as may from time to time be prescribed by Act, and shall have appellate jurisdiction, as to both law and fact, with final authority to adjudicate all cases and controversies properly brought before it, in accord with this Constitution and other applicable laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
(2) An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court:
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(b) as of right from any final decision of the High Court in the exercise of any appellate jurisdiction, but only if the High Court certifies that the case involves a substantial question of law as to the interpretation or effect of any provision of the Constitution;
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(3) The High Court may, on its own motion or on application of any party to the proceedings, remove to the Supreme Court any question arising as to the interpretation or effect of the Constitution in any proceedings of the High Court, other than proceedings set down for trial before a bench of 3 judges.
… (Art. VI, Sec. 2)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishThe Constitutional Court takes cognizance of the recourses for interpretation of the Constitution on being referred to [the matter] by the President of the Republic, by the Government, by the President of the Senate, by the President of the National Assembly, by one-tenth of the members of each of the parliamentary Chambers, by the provincial Governors and by the Presidents of the Provincial Assemblies.
It resolves disputes concerning the presidential and legislative elections as well [concerning the] referendum.
It takes cognizance of the conflicts of competence between the Executive Power and the Legislative Power as well as between the State and the Provinces.
It takes cognizance of the recourses against the orders rendered by the Court of Cassation and the Council of State, only insofar as it decides on the attribution of the litigation to the jurisdiction of the judicial order or [to the] administrative [order]. This recourse is only receivable if a denial of jurisdiction has been raised by or before the Court of Cassation or the Council of State.
The modalities and the effects of the recourses referred to in the preceding paragraphs are determined by the law. (Art. 161) - FrenchLa Cour constitutionnelle connaît des recours en interprétation de la Constitution sur saisine du Président de la République, du Gouvernement, du Président du Sénat, du Président de l’Assemblée nationale, d’un dixième des membres de chacune des Chambres parlementaires, des Gouverneurs de province et des présidents des Assemblées provinciales.
Elle juge du contentieux des élections présidentielles et législatives ainsi que du référendum.
Elle connaît des conflits de compétences entre le Pouvoir exécutif et le Pouvoir législatif ainsi qu’entre l’Etat et les provinces.
Elle connaît des recours contre les arrêts rendus par la Cour de cassation et le Conseil d’Etat, uniquement en tant qu’ils se prononcent sur l’attribution du litige aux juridictions de l’ordre judiciaire ou administratif. Ce recours n’est recevable que si un déclinatoire de juridiction a été soulevé par ou devant la Cour de cassation ou le Conseil d’Etat.
Les modalités et les effets des recours visés aux alinéas précédents sont déterminés par la loi. (Art. 161)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishThe President of the Republic, the two political party groups having the largest number of members in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, and at least one-fifth of the total number of members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey shall have the right to apply for annulment action directly to the Constitutional Court, based on the assertion of the unconstitutionality, in form and in substance, of laws, of presidential decrees, of Rules of Procedure of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey or of certain articles or provisions thereof. (Art. 150)
- TurkishKanunların, Cumhurbaşkanlığı kararnamelerinin, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi İçtüzüğünün veya bunların belirli madde ve hükümlerinin şekil ve esas bakımından Anayasaya aykırılığı iddiasıyla Anayasa Mahkemesinde doğrudan doğruya iptal davası açabilme hakkı, Cumhurbaşkanına, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisinde en fazla üyeye sahip iki siyasi parti grubuna ve üye tamsayısının en az beşte biri tutarındaki üyelere aittir. (Madde 150)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishThe processes promoted before the Constitutional Court in the matters to which this Article refers will be regulated by the law in conformity with the following provisions:
1. Any citizen can exercise the public recourses [acciones] provided for in the preceding Article and intervene as impugnor or defender of the norms submitted to control in the processes promoted by others, as well as in those cases where no public action exists.
2. The Procurator General of the Nation must intervene in all these processes.
… (Art. 242) - SpanishLos procesos que se adelanten ante la Corte Constitucional en las materias a que se refiere este título, serán regulados por la ley conforme a las siguientes disposiciones:
1. Cualquier ciudadano podrá ejercer las acciones públicas previstas en el artículo precedente, e intervenir como impugnador o defensor de las normas sometidas a control en los procesos promovidos por otros, así como en aquellos para los cuales no existe acción pública.
2. El Procurador General de la Nación deberá intervenir en todos los procesos.
... (Art. 242)