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Jurisdiction and Access
- English
The Constitutional Court may be referred to [the matter] of the disputes which may arise between the constitutional powers, by the instances enumerated in Article 193 below.
These instances may equally refer to the Constitutional Court to [a matter] with a view to the interpretation of one or more constitutional provisions. The Constitutional Court gives, in this regard, an opinion. (Art. 192) - Arabic
يمكن إخطـار المحكمة الدستورية من طرف الجهات المحددة في المادة 193 أدناه، بشأن الخلافات التي قد تحدث بين السلطات الدستورية.
يمكن لهذه الجهات إخطار المحكمة الدستورية حول تفسير حكم أو عدة أحكام دستورية، وتبدي المحكمة الدستورية رأيا بشأنها. (المــادة 192) - French
La Cour constitutionnelle peut être saisie, par les instances énumérées à l’article 193 ci-dessous, des différends qui peuvent surgir entre les pouvoirs constitutionnels.
Ces instances peuvent également saisir la Cour constitutionnelle en vue de l’interprétation d’une ou de plusieurs dispositions constitutionnelles. La Cour constitutionnelle émet, à ce propos, un avis. (Art. 192)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English1. The Constitutional Court shall review and declare with general mandatory force:
a) The unconstitutionality of any rules;
b) The illegality of any provision of legislative acts on the grounds of infringement of a law of superior force;
c) The illegality of any legal rule of a regional legislative on the grounds of infringement of the Political and Administrative Statute of the Autonomous Region of Príncipe or of the general law of the Republic;
d) The illegality of any set of legal rules of legislatives issued by sovereign bodies on the grounds of infringement of the laws of the Autonomous Region of Príncipe enshrined in its Statute.
2. The Constitutional Court may be requested by the following officials to declare the unconstitutionality or the illegality, with general mandatory force:
a) The President of the Republic;
b) The Chairman of the National Assembly;
c) The Prime Minister;
d) The Attorney General of the Republic;
e) One tenth of the Deputies of the National Assembly;
f) The Regional Legislative Assembly and the President of the Regional Government of Príncipe.
3. The Constitutional Court shall review and furthermore declare, in general mandatory force, the unconstitutionality or illegality of any rule, so long as it has judged by it as unconstitutional or illegal in three concrete cases. (Art. 147) - Portuguese1. O Tribunal Constitucional aprecia e declara, com força obrigatória geral:
a) A inconstitucionalidade de quaisquer normas;
b) A ilegalidade de quaisquer normas constantes de actos legislativos com fundamento em violação da lei com valor reforçado;
c) A ilegalidade de quaisquer normas constantes de diploma regional com fundamento em violação do Estatuto Político-Administrativo da Região Autónoma do Príncipe ou de lei geral da República;
d) A ilegalidade de quaisquer normas constantes de diplomas emanados dos órgãos de soberania com fundamento em violação dos direitos da Região Autónoma do Príncipe consagrados no seu Estatuto.
2. Podem requerer ao Tribunal Constitucional a declaração da inconstitucionalidade ou de ilegalidade, com força obrigatória geral:
a) O Presidente da República;
b) O Presidente da Assembleia Nacional;
c) O Primeiro-Ministro;
d) O Procurador Geral da República;
e) Um décimo dos Deputados à Assembleia Nacional;
f) A Assembleia Legislativa Regional e o Presidente do Governo Regional do Príncipe.
3. O Tribunal Constitucional aprecia e declara ainda, com força obrigatória geral, a inconstitucionalidade ou a ilegalidade de qualquer norma, desde que tenha sido por ele julgada inconstitucional ou ilegal em três casos concretos. (Art. 147)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English(1) Where any question as to the interpretation of this Constitution arises in any proceedings in any subordinate court 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.
(2) Where any question is referred to the High Court in pursuance of this section, the High Court shall give its decision upon the question and the court in which the question arose shall, subject to any appeal, dispose of the case in accordance with that decision. (Sec. 105)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English(1) Members of the National Assembly may apply to the Constitutional Court for an order declaring that all or part of an Act of Parliament is unconstitutional.
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Jurisdiction and Access
- English(1) The Constitutional Council shall give a final ruling on:
- the constitutionality of laws, treaties and international agreements;
- the constitutionality of the standing orders of the National Assembly and the Senate prior to their implementation;
- conflict of powers between State institutions; between the State and the Regions, and between the Regions.
(2) Matters may be referred to the Constitutional Council by the President of the Republic, the President of the National Assembly, the President of the Senate, one-third of the members of the National Assembly or one-third of the Senators.
Presidents of regional executives may refer matters to the Constitutional Council whenever the interests of their Regions are at stake.
(3) Laws as well as treaties and international agreements may, prior to their enactment, be referred to the Constitutional Council by the President of the Republic, the President of the National Assembly, the President of the Senate, one-third of the members of the National Assembly, one third of the Senators, or the Presidents of the regional executives pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) above.
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(4) The Constitutional Council shall advice in matters falling under its jurisdiction. (Art. 47) - French(1) Le Conseil Constitutionnel statue souverainement sur :
- La constitutionnalité des lois, des traités et accords internationaux ;
- les règlements intérieurs de lʼAssemblée Nationale et du Sénat, avant leur mise en application, quant à leur conformité à la Constitution ;
- les conflits dʼattribution : entre les institutions de lʼEtat ; entre lʼEtat et les régions ; entre les régions.
(2) Le Conseil Constitutionnel est saisi par le Président de la République, le président de lʼAssemblée Nationale, le président du Sénat, un tiers des députés ou un tiers des sénateurs.
Les présidents des exécutifs des régionaux peuvent saisir le Conseil Constitutionnel lorsque les intérêts de leur région sont en cause.
(3) Avant leur promulgation, les lois ainsi que les traités et accords internationaux peuvent être déférés au Conseil Constitutionnel par le Président de la République, le président de lʼAssemblée Nationale, le président du Sénat, un tiers des députés ou un tiers des sénateurs, les présidents des exécutifs régionaux conformément aux dispositions de lʼalinéa 2 ci-dessus.
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(4) Le Conseil Constitutionnel donne des avis sur des matières relevant de sa compétence. (Art. 47)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English(1) The High Court—
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(c) may decide constitutional matters except those that only the Constitutional Court may decide;
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Jurisdiction and Access
- English
The Constitutional Council is a constitutional jurisdiction. It is independent and impartial.
The Constitutional Council is the regulatory organ for the functioning of the public powers.
The Constitutional Council is judge of the conformity of the law with the bloc de constitutionnalité [block/body of constitutionality].
The Constitutional Council is judge of the control of the presidential election and of the parliamentary elections. (Art. 126) - French
Le Conseil constitutionnel est une juridiction constitutionnelle. Il est indépendant et impartial.
Le Conseil constitutionnel est l'organe régulateur du fonctionnement des pouvoirs publics.
Le Conseil constitutionnel est juge de la conformité de la loi au bloc de constitutionnalité.
Le Conseil constitutionnel est juge du contrôle de l’élection présidentielle et des élections parlementaires. (Art. 126)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English1. The legitimate organs to interpose recourses of unconstitutionality are:
a) The President of the Republic-Head of State.
b) The Vice President of the Republic and the Prime Minister.
c) The Chamber of the Deputies and the Senate with a qualified majority of the three-fourths part of their members.
d) The Attorney General of the Republic.
2. Any natural person or [person] having cause, that invokes a legitimate interest[,] can interpose [the] recourse of amparo. (Art. 102) - Spanish1. Los órganos legítimos para interponer recursos de inconstitucionalidad son:
a) El Presidente de la República-Jefe de Estado.
b) El Vice-Presidente de la República y el Primer Ministro.
c) La Cámara de los Diputados y el Senado en una mayoría cualificada de las tres cuartas partes de sus miembros.
d) El Fiscal General de la República.
2. Puede interponer recurso de amparo, toda persona natural o causa-habiente que invoque un interés legítimo. (Art. 102) - French1. Les organes ayant légitimement le droit d'introduire des demandes d'inconstitutionnalité sont :
a) Le Président de la République-Chef de l'État.
b) Le Vice-président de la République et le Premier ministre.
c) La Chambre des députés et le Sénat, avec une majorité qualifiée des trois-quarts de leurs membres.
d) Le Procureur général de la République.
2. Toute personne physique ou personne fondée à invoquer un intérêt légitime a le droit d'introduire une demande de protection. (Art. 102)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English(1) Subject to the jurisdiction of the High Court in the enforcement of the Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms as provided in article 33 of this Constitution, the Supreme Court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in—
(a) all matters relating to the enforcement or interpretation of this Constitution; and
(b) all matters arising as to whether an enactment was made in excess of the powers conferred on Parliament or any other authority or person by law or under this Constitution.
(2) Where an issue that relates to a matter or question referred to in clause (1) of this article arises in any proceedings in a court other than the Supreme Court, that court shall stay the proceedings and refer the question of law involved to the Supreme Court for determination; and the court in which the question arose shall dispose of the case in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court. (Art. 130)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishIn addition to the issues that are directed to it by other Articles of the Constitution, the High Constitutional Court, within the conditions established by an organic law:
1°. decides on the conformity with the Constitution of the treaties, of the laws, of the ordinances, and of the autonomous regulations;
2°. rules on the conflicts of competence between two or more Institutions of the State or between the State and one or more Decentralized Territorial Collectivities or between two or more Decentralized Territorial Collectivities;
3°. decides on the conformity with the Constitution and with the organic laws, of the deliberations and of the regulatory acts adopted by the Decentralized Territorial Collectivities;
4°. decides on the disputes of the operations of referendum, of the election of the President of the Republic and of the elections of the Deputies and Senators;
5°. proclaims the official result of the presidential and legislative elections and of the consultations by referendum. (Art. 116) - FrenchOutre les questions qui lui sont renvoyées par d’autres articles de la Constitution, la Haute Cour Constitutionnelle, dans les conditions fixées par une loi organique :
1° statue sur la conformité à la Constitution des traités, des lois, des ordonnances, et des règlements autonomes ;
2° règle les conflits de compétence entre deux ou plusieurs Institutions de l'Etat ou entre l'Etat et une ou plusieurs Collectivités Territoriales Décentralisées ou entre deux ou Collectivités Territoriales Décentralisées ;
3° statue sur la conformité à la Constitution et aux lois organiques, des actes à caractère législatif et réglementaires adoptés par les Collectivités Territoriales Décentralisées;
4° statue sur le contentieux des opérations de référendum, de l'élection du Président de la République et des élections des députés et sénateurs ;
5° proclame le résultat officiel des élections présidentielles, législatives et des consultations par référendum. (Art. 116)