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Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishIn addition to those established by law, the powers of the Pluri-National Constitutional Court, are to hear and resolve the following:
1. As the court of jurisdiction in the matters of pure law concerning the unconstitutionality of laws, Autonomous Statutes, Constitutional Charters, decrees and every type of ordinance and non-judicial resolution. If the case is of abstract character, only the President of the Republic, Senators, Deputies, Legislators and the maximum authorities of the autonomous territorial entities may present it to the court.
2. The conflicts of jurisdiction and powers among the organs of popular power.
3. The conflicts of jurisdiction between the Pluri-National government and the autonomous and decentralized territorial entities, and between the latter.
4. The appeals of fees, taxes, rates, licenses, rights or contributions that are created, modified or suppressed in violation of that set forth in the Constitution.
5. The appeals of resolutions of the Legislative Organ, when its resolutions affect one or more rights, regardless of who might be affected.
6. The review of the actions of Liberty, Constitutional Protection, Protection of Privacy, Popular actions and those for Compliance. This review shall not impede the immediate and obligatory application of the resolution that decided the action.
7. The legal consultations of the President of the Republic, of the Pluri-National Legislative Assembly, the Supreme Court of Justice or the Agro-Environmental Court on the constitutionality of proposed bills. It is obligatory to comply with the decision of the Constitutional Court.
8. The legal consultations of the rural native indigenous authorities on the application of their juridical norms as applied in a concrete case. Compliance with the decision of the Constitutional Court is obligatory.
9. The review of the constitutionality of international treaties prior to their ratification.
10. The constitutionality of the procedure of partial reform of the Constitution.
11. The conflicts of authority between the rural native indigenous jurisdiction and ordinary and agro-environmental jurisdiction.
12. The direct appeals of nullity. (Art. 202) - SpanishSon atribuciones del Tribunal Constitucional Plurinacional, además de las establecidas en la Constitución y la ley, conocer y resolver:
1. En única instancia, los asuntos de puro derecho sobre la inconstitucionalidad de leyes, Estatutos Autonómicos, Cartas Orgánicas, decretos y todo género de ordenanzas y resoluciones no judiciales. Si la acción es de carácter abstracto, sólo podrán interponerla la Presidenta o Presidente de la República, Senadoras y Senadores, Diputadas y Diputados, Legisladores, Legisladoras y máximas autoridades ejecutivas de las entidades territoriales autónomas.
2. Los conflictos de competencias y atribuciones entre órganos del poder público.
3. Los conflictos de competencias entre el gobierno plurinacional, las entidades territoriales autónomas y descentralizadas, y entre éstas.
4. Los recursos contra tributos, impuestos, tasas, patentes, derechos o contribuciones creados, modificados o suprimidos en contravención a lo dispuesto en esta Constitución.
5. Los recursos contra resoluciones del Órgano Legislativo, cuando sus resoluciones afecten a uno o más derechos, cualesquiera sean las personas afectadas.
6. La revisión de las acciones de Libertad, de Amparo Constitucional, de Protección de Privacidad, Popular y de Cumplimiento. Esta revisión no impedirá la aplicación inmediata y obligatoria de la resolución que resuelva la acción.
7. Las consultas de la Presidenta o del Presidente de la República, de la Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional, del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia o del Tribunal Agroambiental sobre la constitucionalidad de proyectos de ley. La decisión del Tribunal Constitucional es de cumplimiento obligatorio.
8. Las consultas de las autoridades indígenas originario campesinas sobre la aplicación de sus normas jurídicas aplicadas a un caso concreto. La decisión del Tribunal Constitucional es obligatoria.
9. El control previo de constitucionalidad en la ratificación de tratados internacionales.
10. La constitucionalidad del procedimiento de reforma parcial de la Constitución.
11. Los conflictos de competencia entre la jurisdicción indígena originaria campesina y la jurisdicción ordinaria y agroambiental.
12. Los recursos directos de nulidad. (Art. 202)
Jurisdiction and Access
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1. The Constitutional Court (Tsets) of Mongolia shall be an organ exercising supreme supervision over the enforcement of the Constitution, making judgement on the violation of its provisions, and resolving constitutional disputes. It shall be the guarantee for the strict observance of the Constitution.
… (Art. 64) - Mongolian
1. Монгол Улсын Үндсэн хуулийн цэц бол Үндсэн хуулийн биелэлтэд дээд хяналт тавих, түүний заалтыг зөрчсөн тухай дүгнэлт гаргах, маргааныг магадлан шийдвэрлэх бүрэн эрх бүхий байгууллага, Үндсэн хуулийг чандлан сахиулах баталгаа мөн.
… (Жаран дөрөвдүгээр зүйл)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English(1) The Constitutional Court has jurisdiction over the whole Spanish territory and is entitled to hear:
a) Appeals against the alleged unconstitutionality of acts and statutes having the force of an act. ...
b) Individual appeals for protection (recursos de amparo) against violation of the rights and liberties contained in section 53(2) of the Constitution, in the circumstances and manner to be laid down by law.
c) Conflicts of jurisdiction between the State and the Autonomous Communities or between the Autonomous Communities themselves.
d) Other matters assigned to it by the Constitution or by organic acts.
(2) The Government may appeal to the Constitutional Court against provisions and resolutions adopted by the bodies of the Autonomous Communities, which shall bring about the suspension of the contested provisions or resolutions, but the Court must either ratify or lift the suspension, as the case may be, within a period of not more than five months. (Sec. 161) - Spanish1. El Tribunal Constitucional tiene jurisdicción en todo el territorio español y es competente para conocer:
a) Del recurso de inconstitucionalidad contra leyes y disposiciones normativas con fuerza de ley. …
b) Del recurso de amparo por violación de los derechos y libertades referidos en el artículo 53.2, de esta Constitución, en los casos y formas que la ley establezca.
c) De los conflictos de competencia entre el Estado y las Comunidades Autónomas o de los de éstas entre sí.
d) De las demás materias que le atribuyan la Constitución o las leyes orgánicas.
2. El Gobierno podrá impugnar ante el Tribunal Constitucional las disposiciones y resoluciones adoptadas por los órganos de las Comunidades Autónomas. La impugnación producirá la suspensión de la disposición o resolución recurrida, pero el Tribunal, en su caso, deberá ratificarla o levantarla en un plazo no superior a cinco meses. (Art. 161)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English1. The Supreme Court shall be the court of last resort; and shall be presided over by the Chief Justice.
2. The Supreme Court shall have:
a. sole jurisdiction of interpreting this Constitution and the constitutionality of any law enacted or any action taken by government;
b. sole jurisdiction of hearing and adjudicating upon charges against a President who has been impeached by the National Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 41(6)(a) and (b) hereof; and
c. the power of hearing and adjudicating cases appealed from lower courts pursuant to law.
… (Art. 49)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishAll judicial decisions that have acquired the authority of an irrevocably judged matter, especially those dictated in an exercise of direct control of the constitutionality by the Supreme Court of Justice, until the moment of the proclamation of the present Constitution, may not be examined by the Constitutional Court and those after shall be subject to the process that the law that rules the subject determines. (Art. 277)
- SpanishTodas las decisiones judiciales que hayan adquirido la autoridad de la cosa irrevocablemente juzgada, especialmente las dictadas en ejercicio del control directo de la constitucionalidad por la Suprema Corte de Justicia, hasta el momento de la proclamación de la presente Constitución, no podrán ser examinadas por el Tribunal Constitucional y las posteriores estarán sujetas al procedimiento que determine la ley que rija la materia. (Art. 277)
Jurisdiction and Access
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(1) The President may refer to a tribunal consisting of not less than 3 Supreme Court Judges for its opinion any question as to the effect of any provision of this Constitution which has arisen or appears to him likely to arise.
… (Art. 100)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English(1) The Supreme Court shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any question relating to the interpretation of the Constitution and accordingly, whenever any such question arises in the course of any proceedings in any other court or tribunal or other institution empowered by law to administer justice or to exercise judicial or quasi-judicial functions, such question shall forthwith be referred to the Supreme Court for determination. The Supreme Court may direct that further proceedings be stayed pending the determination of such question.
… (Art. 125) - Sinhala(1) ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව අර්ථ නිරූපණය කිරීම පිළිබඳ යම් ප්රශ්නයක් විභාග කොට තීරණය කිරීම සඳහා තනි හා අනන්ය අධිකරණ බලය ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට ඇත්තේ ය. ඒ අනුව වෙනත් යම් අධිකරණයක හෝ විනිශ්චය අධිකාරයක හෝ යුක්තිය පසිඳලීම සඳහා හෝ අධිකරණ කාර්ය නැතහොත් අර්ධ අධිකරණ කාර්ය ඉටු කිරීම සඳහා හෝ නීතියෙන් බලය පැවරී ඇති වෙනත් යම් ආයතනයක හෝ නඩු කටයුතුවල දී එවැනි යම් ප්රශ්නයක් උද්ගත වුවහොත් ඒ ප්රශ්නය තීරණය කිරීම සඳහා නොපමාව ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය වෙත යොමු කළ යුත්තේ ය. ඒ ප්රශ්නය සම්බන්ධයෙන් තීරණයක් කරන තෙක් වැඩිදුර නඩු කටයුතු අත්හිටුවන ලෙස ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය විසින් විධාන කළ හැක්කේ ය. ... (125 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishSubject to this Constitution’s express limitations on the judicial power:
(a) the Attorney-General acting in the name of the people of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and all persons directly affected by an alleged violation of this Constitution, whether by private individuals or public officials, shall have standing to complain of such violation in a case or controversy that is the subject of an appropriate judicial proceeding;
(b) any court of general jurisdiction, resolving a case or controversy implicating a provision of this Constitution, shall have power to make all orders necessary and appropriate to secure full compliance with the provision and full enjoyment of its benefits;
… (Art. I, Sec. 4)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishThe international engagements specified in Article 150 are deferred before ratification to the Constitutional Court, either by the President of the Republic, or by the President of the National Assembly or by one Deputy.
… (Art. 97) - FrenchLes engagements internationaux prévus à l'article 150 sont déférés avant ratification à la Cour constitutionnelle, soit par le président de la République, soit par le président de l'Assemblée nationale ou par un député.
… (Art. 97)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishThe Court of Constitutionality is a permanent tribunal of privative jurisdiction, of which the essential function is the defense of the constitutional order; [it] acts as a collegiate tribunal with independence from the other organs of the State and exercises [the] specific functions assigned to it by the Constitution and the law of the matter.
… (Art. 268) - SpanishLa Corte de Constitucionalidad es un tribunal permanente de jurisdicción privativa, cuya función esencial es la defensa del orden constitucional; actúa como tribunal colegiado con independencia de los demás organismos del Estado y ejerce funciones específicas que le asigna la Constitución y la ley de la materia.
… (Art. 268)