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Jurisdiction and Access
- English
The organic laws are those which have for [their] object specifying or completing the provisions relative to the organization or to the functioning of the Institutions, structures and systems specified or qualified as such by the Constitution.
They are voted and modified within the following conditions:
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- the organic laws can only be promulgated after the declaration by the Constitutional Council of their conformity with the Constitution. (Art. 102) - French
Les lois organiques sont celles qui ont pour objet de préciser ou de compléter les dispositions relatives à l’organisation ou au fonctionnement des Institutions, structures et systèmes prévus ou qualifiés comme tels par la Constitution.
Elles sont votées et modifiées dans les conditions suivantes :
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- les lois organiques ne peuvent être promulguées qu'après la déclaration par le Conseil constitutionnel de leur conformité à la Constitution. (Art. 102)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishEvery person or collective affected by a juridical norm contrary to the Constitution shall have the right to present an Action for Unconstitutionality (Accion de Inconstitucionalidad), pursuant to the procedures established by law. (Art. 132)
- SpanishToda persona individual o colectiva afectada por una norma jurídica contraria a la Constitución tendrá derecho a presentar la Acción de Inconstitucionalidad, de acuerdo con los procedimientos establecidos por la ley. (Art. 132)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English1. The following may make application to the Constitutional Tribunal regarding matters specified in Article 188:
1) the President of the Republic, the Marshal of the Sejm, the Marshal of the Senate, the Prime Minister, 50 Deputies, 30 Senators, the First President of the Supreme Court, the President of the Chief Administrative Court, the Public Prosecutor-General, the President of the Supreme Chamber of Control, the Commissioner for Citizens' Rights,
2) the National Council of the Judiciary, to the extent specified in Article 186, para. 2;
3) the constitutive organs of units of local self-government;
4) the national organs of trade unions as well as the national authorities of employers' organizations and occupational organizations;
5) churches and religious organizations;
6) the subjects referred to in Article 79 to the extent specified therein.
2. The subjects referred to in para. 1 subparas. 3-5, may make such application if the normative act relates to matters relevant to the scope of their activity. (Art. 191) - Polish1. Z wnioskiem w sprawach, o których mowa w art. 188, do Trybunału Konstytucyjnego wystąpić mogą:
1.) Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej, Marszałek Sejmu, Marszałek Senatu, Prezes Rady Ministrów, 50 posłów, 30 senatorów, Pierwszy Prezes Sądu Najwyższego, Prezes Naczelnego Sądu Administracyjnego, Prokurator Generalny, Prezes Najwyższej Izby Kontroli, Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich,
2.) Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa w zakresie, o którym mowa w art. 186 ust. 2,
3.) organy stanowiące jednostek samorządu terytorialnego,
4.) ogólnokrajowe organy związków zawodowych oraz ogólnokrajowe władze organizacji pracodawców i organizacji zawodowych,
5.) kościoły i inne związki wyznaniowe,
6.) podmioty określone w art. 79 w zakresie w nim wskazanym.
2. Podmioty, o których mowa w ust. 1 pkt 3-5, mogą wystąpić z takim wnioskiem, jeżeli akt normatywny dotyczy spraw objętych ich zakresem działania. (Art. 191)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishThe organic laws, before their promulgation, and the internal regulations of the National Assembly, before their implementation, must be submitted to the Constitutional Council which decides on their conformity with the Constitution. (Art. 78)
- Arabicيتعيّن تقديم القوانين الأساسية قبل إصدارها واللوائح الداخلية للمجلس الوطني قبل تنفيذها إلى المجلس الدستوري الذي يقرر تماشيها مع الدستور.(المادة 78)
- FrenchLes lois organiques, avant leur promulgation, et le règlement intérieur de l'Assemblée nationale, avant sa mise en application, doivent être soumis au Conseil constitutionnel qui se prononce sur leur conformité à la Constitution. (Art. 78)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of sections 22(5), 38(6), 42(8), 57(7), 115(8), 118(3) and 121(10) of this Constitution, any person who alleges that any provision of this Constitution (other than a provision of Chapter I3 thereof) has been or is being contravened may, if he has a relevant interest, apply to the High Court for a declaration and for relief under this section.
(2) The High Court shall have jurisdiction on an application made under this section to determine whether any provision of this Constitution (other than a provision of Chapter I thereof) has been or is being contravened and to make a declaration accordingly.
(3) Where the High Court makes a declaration under this section that a provision of this Constitution has been or is being contravened and the person on whose application the declaration is made has also applied for relief, the High Court may grant to that person such remedy as its considers appropriate, being a remedy available generally under the law of Dominica in proceedings in the High Court.
(4) The Chief Justice may make rules with respect to the practice and procedure of the High Court in relation to the jurisdiction and powers conferred on the Court by or under this section, including provision with respect to the time within which any application under this section may be made.
(5) A person shall be regarded as having a relevant interest for the purpose of an application under this section only if the contravention of this Constitution alleged by him is such as to affect his interests.
(6) The right conferred on a person by this section to apply for a declaration and relief in respect of an alleged contravention of this Constitution shall be in addition to any other action in respect of the same matter that may be available to that person under any other enactment or any rule of law.
(7) Nothing in this section shall confer jurisdiction on the High Court to hear or determine any such question as is referred to in section 40 of this Constitution. (Sec. 103)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English
Courts shall not be entitled to apply the laws and other normative legal acts that infringe on the rights and freedoms of a human and a citizen enshrined in the Constitution. If the court sees that a law or other normative legal act to be applied infringes on the rights and freedoms of a human and a citizen enshrined in the Constitution, it shall be obliged to suspend the proceedings and apply to the Constitutional Court with a motion to recognize this act as unconstitutional. (Art. 78)
- Kazak
Соттардың Конституциямен баянды етілген адамның және азаматтың құқықтары мен бостандықтарына нұқсан келтіретін заңдар мен өзге де нормативтік құқықтық актілерді қолдануға хақысы жоқ. Егер сот қолданылуға тиісті заң немесе өзге де нормативтік құқықтық акт Конституциямен баянды етілген адамның және азаматтың құқықтары мен бостандықтарына нұқсан келтіреді деп тапса, іс жүргізуді тоқтата тұруға және осы актіні конституциялық емес деп тану туралы ұсыныспен Конституциялық Сотқа жүгінуге міндетті. (78-бап)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishA proceedings of assessing the constitutionality may be instituted by state bodies, bodies of territorial autonomy or local self-government, as well as at least 25 deputies. The procedure may also be instituted by the Constitutional Court.
Any legal or natural person shall have the right to an initiative to institute a proceedings of assessing the constitutionality and legality.
… (Art. 168) - Serbian CyrillicПоступак за оцену уставности и законитости могу да покрену државни органи, органи територијалне аутономије или локалне самоуправе, као и најмање 25 народних посланика. Поступак може покренути и сам Уставни суд.
Свако правно или физичко лице има право на иницијативу за покретање поступка за оцену уставности и законитости.
... (Члан 168)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishIn addition to the other competences provided for by the Constitution, the Constitutional Court has the power to interpret the Constitution, and the other texts of constitutional status [valeur], at the demand of the President of the Republic, of the Prime Minister, of the President of the Senate, of the President of the National Assembly, [or] of one-tenth of the Deputies or of Senators. (Art. 88)
- FrenchEn dehors des autres compétences prévues par la Constitution, la Cour Constitutionnelle dispose du pouvoir d’interpréter la Constitution, et les autres textes à valeur constitutionnelle, à la demande du Président de la République, du Premier Ministre, du Président du Sénat, du Président de l’Assemblée Nationale, du dixième des Députés ou de Sénateurs. (Art. 88)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishConstitutional proceedings can be filed by a citizen individually or collectively. (Art. 439)
- SpanishLas acciones constitucionales podrán ser presentadas por cualquier ciudadana o ciudadano individual o colectivamente. (Art. 439)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishA Constitutional Tribunal shall be set up to interpret the provisions of the Constitution, to scrutinize whether or not laws enacted by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the Region Hluttaws and the State Hluttaws and functions of executive authorities of Pyidaungsu, Regions, States and Self-Administered-Areas are in conformity with the Constitution, to decide on disputes relating to the Constitution between Pyidaungsu and Regions, between Pyidaungsu and States, among Regions, among States, and between Regions or States and Self-Administered Areas and among Self-Administered Areas themselves, and to perform other duties prescribed in this Constitution. (Sec. 46)
- Burmeseဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေပါ ပြဌာန်းချက်များကို အနက်အဓိပ္ပာယ်ဖွင့်ဆိုခြင်း၊ ပြည်ထောင်စု လွှတ်တော်၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးလွှတ်တော်များနှင့် ပြည်နယ်လွှတ်တော်များက ပြဌာန်းသည့် ဥပဒေများ သည်လည်းကောင်း၊ ပြည်ထောင်စု၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးများ၊ ပြည်နယ်များနှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ စီရင်စုများ၏ အုပ်ချုပ်မှုဆိုင်ရာ အာဏာပိုင်များ၏ ဆောင်ရွက်ချက်များသည်လည်းကောင်း၊ နိုင်ငံတော် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေနှင့် ညီညွှတ်မှုရှိ၊ မရှိစိစစ်ခြင်း၊ ပြည်ထောင်စုနှင့် တိုင်းဒေသကြီးအကြား၊ ပြည်ထောင်စုနှင့် ပြည်နယ်အကြား၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးအချင်းချင်း၊ ပြည်နယ်အချင်းချင်း၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီး သို့မဟုတ် ပြည်နယ်နှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရစီရင်စုအကြား၊ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ စီရင်စုအချင်းချင်း ဖြစ်ပေါ်သည့် နိုင်ငံတော်ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံ အခြေခံဥပဒေဆိုင်ရာ အငြင်းပွားမှုများကို ကြားနာဆုံးဖြတ်ခြင်းနှင့် ဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံ အခြေခံဥပဒေက အပ်နှင်းသည့် အခြားတာဝန်များ ဆောင်ရွက်ခြင်းတို့ကို ပြုနိုင်ရန် နိုင်ငံတော်ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံ အခြေခံဥပဒေဆိုင်ရာ ခုံရုံးတစ်ရုံးကို ဖွဲ့စည်းရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၄၆)