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Status of the Constitution
- English(1) The Sovereignty of Ghana resides in the people of Ghana in whose name and for whose welfare the powers of government are to be exercised in the manner and within the limits laid down in this Constitution.
(2) This Constitution shall be the supreme law of Ghana and any other law found to be inconsistent with any provision of this Constitution shall to the extent of the inconsistency, be void. (Art. 1)
Status of the Constitution
- English
None of the provisions of the present Constitution may be interpreted in a way detrimental to the rights and interests of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the basic principles and norms stipulated in section one of this Constitution.
Laws and other normative legal acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be adopted on the basis of and in fulfillment of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan. None of the laws or other normative legal acts may run counter to the norms and principles of the Constitution. (Art. 16) - Uzbek
Ushbu Konstitutsiyaning birorta qoidasi O‘zbekiston Respublikasining huquq va manfaatlariga, ushbu Konstitutsiyaning birinchi bo‘limida nazarda tutilgan asosiy prinsip va normalarga zarar yetkazadigan tarzda talqin etilishi mumkin emas.
O‘zbekiston Respublikasining qonunlari va boshqa normativ-huquqiy hujjatlari O‘zbekiston Respublikasining Konstitutsiyasi asosida va uni ijro etish yuzasidan qabul qilinadi. Birorta qonun yoki boshqa normativ-huquqiy hujjat Konstitutsiyaning prinsip va normalariga zid bo‘lishi mumkin emas. (16-modda)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishAll people and bodies that exercise public authority are subject to the Constitution, supreme law and basis of the legal system of the State. All laws, decrees, resolutions, regulations or acts contrary to this Constitution are null of plain right. (Art. 6)
- SpanishTodas las personas y los órganos que ejercen potestades públicas están sujetos a la Constitución, norma suprema y fundamento del ordenamiento jurídico del Estado. Son nulos de pleno derecho toda ley, decreto, resolución, reglamento o acto contrarios a esta Constitución. (Art. 6)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, on behalf of the Ukrainian people - citizens of Ukraine of all nationalities, …
adopts this Constitution — the Fundamental Law of Ukraine. (Preamble) - UkrainianВерховна Рада України від імені Українського народу – громадян України всіх національностей, ...
приймає цю Конституцію - Основний Закон України. (преамбула)
Status of the Constitution
- English… The interim National Transitional Council has decided to promulgate this Constitutional Declaration in order to be the basis of governance in the transitional stage until a permanent Constitution is ratified in a popular referendum. (Preamble)
- Arabicوإلى أن يتمّ التّصديق على الدّستور الدّائم في استفتاء شعبي عام، فقد رأى المجلس الوطني الانتقالي المؤقت أن يصدر هذا الإعلان الدستوري، ليكون أساساً للحُكم في المرحلة الانتقالية. ...(الدّيباجة)
Status of the Constitution
- English
The Republic of Belarus shall be governed by the principle of the rule of law.
The Constitution has supreme legal force and direct effect on the entire territory of the Republic of Belarus. Other legal acts are issued on the basis of and in accordance with the Constitution.
The State, all its organs and officials, organisations and citizens shall act within the limits of the Constitution and the laws adopted in accordance therewith.
Legal acts or individual provisions thereof which are deemed under procedure specified in law to be contrary to the provisions of the Constitution have no legal force.
… (Art. 7) - Belarusian
У Рэспубліцы Беларусь устанаўліваецца прынцып вяршэнства права.
Канстытуцыя мае найвышэйшую юрыдычную сілу і прамое дзеянне на ўсёй тэрыторыі Рэспублікі Беларусь. Іншыя прававыя акты выдаюцца на аснове і ў адпаведнасці з Канстытуцыяй.
Дзяржава, усе яе органы і службовыя асобы, арганізацыі і грамадзяне дзейнічаюць у межах Канстытуцыі і прынятых у адпаведнасці з ёю актаў заканадаўства.
Прававыя акты або іх асобныя палажэнні, прызнаныя ва ўстаноўленым законам парадку супярэчнымі з палажэннямі Канстытуцыі, не маюць юрыдычнай сілы.
... (Артыкул 7) - Russian
В Республике Беларусь устанавливается принцип верховенства права.
Конституция имеет высшую юридическую силу и прямое действие на всей территории Республики Беларусь. Иные правовые акты издаются на основе и в соответствии с Конституцией.
Государство, все его органы и должностные лица, организации и граждане действуют в пределах Конституции и принятых в соответствии с ней актов законодательства.
Правовые акты или их отдельные положения, признанные в установленном законом порядке противоречащими положениям Конституции, не имеют юридической силы.
... (Статья 7)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThis Constitution is the supreme law of Grenada and, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, if any other law is inconsistent with this Constitution, this Constitution shall prevail and the other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void. (Sec. 106)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThis Constitution is the expression of the sovereignty of the people and is the supreme law of the Federated States of Micronesia. An act of the Government in conflict with this Constitution is invalid to the extent of conflict. (Art. II, Sec. 1)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe legislation in force remains valid insofar as it is not contrary to this Constitution and it is not the object of an express abrogation. (Art. 119)
- FrenchLa législation en vigueur demeure valable dans la mesure où elle n'est pas contraire à la présente Constitution et où elle n'est pas l'objet d'une abrogation expresse. (Art. 119)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishCivic duties are the citizen’s moral, political, social and economic obligations as a whole to the State and the country. These obligations are:
a. to respect the Constitution and the national emblem;
… (Art. 52-1) - FrenchLe devoir civique est l'ensemble des obligations du citoyen dans l'ordre moral, politique, social et économique vis-à-vis de l'Etat et de la patrie. Ces obligations sont:
1. respecter la constitution et l'emblème national;
… (Art. 52.1)