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Timor-Leste
- English1. It is incumbent upon the Supreme Court of Justice, on legal and constitutional matters:
a) To review and declare the unconstitutionality and illegality of normative and legislative acts by the organs of the State;
b) To provide an anticipatory verification of the legality and constitutionality of the statutes and referenda;
c) To verify cases of unconstitutionality by omission;
d) To rule, as a venue of appeal, on the suppression of norms considered unconstitutional by the courts of instance;
e) To verify the legality regarding the establishment of political parties and their coalitions and order their registration or dissolution, in accordance with the Constitution and the law;
f) To exercise all other competencies provided for by the Constitution or the law.
2. It is incumbent upon the Supreme Court of Justice, in the specific field of elections:
a) To verify the legal requirements for candidates for the office of President of the Republic;
b) To certify at last instance the regularity and validity of the acts of the electoral process, in accordance with the respective law;
c) To validate and proclaim the results of the electoral process. (Sec. 126) - Tetum1. Kompete ba Tribunál Supremu Justisa nian, iha área lia jurídiku-konstitusionál nian:
a) Apresia no deklara lala’ok latuir Lei-Inan no latuir Lei-oan atu-ofisiál lejizlativu sira no norma sira órgaun Estadu ninian;
b) Haree uluk lala’ok Lei-Inan no Lei-oan nian kona-ba diploma lejislativu no referendum nian.
c) Haree kona-ba lala’ok latuir Lei-Inan tan omisaun;
d) Deside, iha sede rekursu nian, kona-ba dezaplikasaun norma sira-ne’ebé tribunál instánsia sira haree hanesan latuir Lei-Inan;
e) Haree legalidade kona-ba konstituisaun partidu polítiku sira-nian no sira-nia koligasaun, no haruka halo sira-nia rejistu eh hamate sira tuir LeiInan no lei-oan sira haruka.
f) Hala’o kompeténsia seluk-seluk ne’ebé Lei-Inan no lei-oan sira hato’o.
2. Kona loloos ba eleisaun sira, kompete ba Tribunál Supremu Justisa nian:
a) Haree ba kondisaun legál ne’ebé tenke iha atu hala’o kandidatura Prezidente-Repúblika nian;
b) Tesi-lia atu ema ida la sadik tan kona-ba regularidade no validade lala’ok prosesu eleitorál nian, tuir lei ne’e haruka;
c) Fó validade no fó-sai rezultadu prosesu eleitorál nian. (Art. 126) - Portuguese1. Ao Supremo Tribunal de Justiça compete, no domínio das questões jurídicoconstitucionais:
a) Apreciar e declarar a inconstitucionalidade e ilegalidade dos actos legislativos e normativos dos órgãos do Estado;
b) Verificar previamente a constitucionalidade e a legalidade dos diplomas legislativos e dos referendos;
c) Verificar a inconstitucionalidade por omissão;
d) Decidir, em sede de recurso, sobre a desaplicação de normas consideradas inconstitucionais pelos tribunais de instância;
e) Verificar a legalidade da constituição de partidos políticos e suas coligações e ordenar o seu registo ou extinção, nos termos da Constituição e da lei;
f) Exercer todas as outras competências que lhe sejam atribuídas na Constituição ou na lei.
2. No domínio específico das eleições, cabe ao Supremo Tribunal de Justiça:
a) Verificar os requisitos legais exigidos para as candidaturas a Presidente da República;
b) Julgar em última instância a regularidade e validade dos actos do processo eleitoral, nos termos da lei respectiva;
c) Validar e proclamar os resultados do processo eleitoral. (Art. 126)
Jurisdiction and Access
Somalia
- English...
2) If a case is presented before a court and the case concerns a constitutional matter, the court may refer the case to the Constitutional Court.
(a) Any court with judicial powers can decide on whether a matter brought before it is a constitutional matter or not, if this will not contradict the exclusive powers of the Constitutional Court, as stipulated in Article 109C of the Constitution;
(b) The Constitutional Court is the final authority in constitutional matters;
(c) The Constitutional Court shall have sole jurisdiction on matters of interpretation of the Constitution which have not arisen out of court litigation;
(d) Any individual or group, or the government may submit a reference application directly to the Constitutional Court on matters concerning the public interest.
… (Art. 109) - Somali...
(2) Maxkamad haddii la horgeeyo dacwad oo ay sharci ahaan dacwadaas quseyso arin Dastuuri ah, maxkamadaasi waxay u celin kartaa dacwadaasi maxkamada Dastuuriga si ay uga gaarto go’aan:
(a) Maxkamad walba oo awood Garsoor lihi wey go’aamin kartaa in arrini la hor keenay ay tahay mid dastuuri ah iyo in kale, mar haddii aanay ka hor imanayn awoodaha gaarka aah ee Maxkamadda Dastuurka sida kuxusan Qodobka 109C ee Dastuurka.
(b) Maxkamadda Dastuurka ayaa ah garsooraha kama danbeysta ah ee arrimaha dastuurka;
(c) Maxkamadda Dastuurka keliya ayaa leh awoodda garsoor ee qeexidda arrimaha dastuurka ee aan ka iman kiisaska maxkamadeed;
(d) Shakhsi ama koox ama dawladdiba si toos ah ayeey ugu gudbin karaan maxkamadd Dastuurka codsi tixraac ah oo la xiriira arrimaha khuseeya danaha dadaweynaha.
… (Qodobka 109aad.)