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Status of the Constitution
- EnglishProvided that they are not contrary to this Constitution, the legislative and regulatory texts in force continue to maintain it until their abrogation or their modification. (Art. 221)
- FrenchPour autant qu’ils ne soient pas contraires à la présente Constitution, les textes législatifs et réglementaires en vigueur restent maintenus jusqu’à leur abrogation ou leur modification. (Art. 221)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThis Constitution is the supreme law of Belize and if any other law is inconsistent with this Constitution that other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.
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Status of the Constitution
- EnglishJudges shall rule independently according to their conscience and in conformity with the Constitution and laws. (Art. 103)
- Korean법관은 헌법과 법률에 의하여 그 양심에 따라 독립하여 심판한다. (제103조)
Status of the Constitution
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The Constitution must be faithfully observed as the fundamental law of the Republic by all citizens and bodies of the State. (Transitional and Final Provisions, XVIII) - Italian
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La Costituzione dovrà essere fedelmente osservata come Legge fondamentale della Repubblica da tutti i cittadini e dagli organi dello Stato. (Disposizioni Transitorie E Finali, XVIII)
Status of the Constitution
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11. Every person shall have the duty and responsibility to respect and abide by the provisions of this Constitution. (Art. 8) - Dzongkha
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༡༡) མི་ག་ར་གིས་ རྩ་ཁྲིམས་ཆེན་མོ་འདིའི་དགོངས་དོན་ཚུ་ལུ་བརྩི་བཀུར་ཞུ་ནི་དང་ གནས་དགོ་ པའི་འགན་ཁུར་དང་ཁག་འགན་ཡོད། ༼རྩ་ཚན་༨༽
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishAll citizens shall have the duty to:
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5. respect and defend the Constitution;
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Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe organs of the State must subject their action to the Constitution and to the norms adopted [dictar] in conformity with it, and guarantee the institutional order of the Republic.
The precepts of this Constitution obligate both the titular [officials] [titulares] or members [integrantes] of said organs, as well as any person, institution or group.
The infraction of this norm will generate the responsibilities and penalties that the law determines. (Art. 6) - SpanishLos órganos del Estado deben someter su acción a la Constitución y a las normas dictadas conforme a ella, y garantizar el orden institucional de la República.
Los preceptos de esta Constitución obligan tanto a los titulares o integrantes de dichos órganos como a toda persona, institución o grupo.
La infracción de esta norma generará las responsabilidades y sanciones que determine la ley. (Art. 6)