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Jurisdiction and Access
Poland
- EnglishThe Constitutional Tribunal shall adjudicate regarding the following matters:
1. the conformity of statutes and international agreements to the Constitution;
2. the conformity of statutes to ratified international agreements whose ratification required prior consent granted by statute;
3. the conformity of legal provisions issued by central State organs to the Constitution, ratified international agreements and statutes;
4. the conformity to the Constitution of the purposes or activities of political parties;
5. complaints concerning constitutional infringements, as specified in Article 79, para. 1. (Art. 188) - PolishTrybunał Konstytucyjny orzeka w sprawach:
1. zgodności ustaw i umów międzynarodowych z Konstytucją,
2. zgodności ustaw z ratyfikowanymi umowami międzynarodowymi, których ratyfikacja wymagała uprzedniej zgody wyrażonej w ustawie,
3. zgodności przepisów prawa, wydawanych przez centralne organy państwowe, z Konstytucją, ratyfikowanymi umowami międzynarodowymi i ustawami,
4. zgodności z Konstytucją celów lub działalności partii politycznych,
5. skargi konstytucyjnej, o której mowa w art. 79 ust. 1. (Art. 188)
Jurisdiction and Access
Nigeria
- English(1) An appeal shall lie from decisions of the Federal High Court or a High Court to the Court of Appeal as of right in the following cases –
…
(c) decisions in any civil or criminal proceedings on questions as to the interpretation or application of this Constitution;
(d) decisions in any civil or criminal proceedings on questions as to whether any of the provisions of Chapter IV of this Constitution has been, is being or is likely to be, contravened in relation to any person;
… (Sec. 241)
Jurisdiction and Access
Uruguay
- EnglishThe Supreme Court of Justice shall:
1. Try all violators of the Constitution, without exception; … (Art. 239) - SpanishA la Suprema Corte de Justicia corresponde:
1. Juzgar a todos los infractores de la Constitución, sin excepción alguna; … (Art. 239)
Jurisdiction and Access
Jordan
- English1. The following entities - for limitation - shall the right to directly challenge at the Constitutional Court the constitutionality of the applicable laws and regulations:
a. The Senate.
b. The House of Representatives.
c. The Council of Ministers.
2. In the case viewed by courts, any of the parties of the case may raise the issue of the non-constitutionality; the court shall - if it finds that the plea is serious - refer it to the court specified by the law for the purposes of the determination of its referral to the Constitutional Court. (Art. 60) - Arabic1. للجهات التالية على سبيل الحصر حق الطعن مباشرة لدى المحكمة الدستورية في دستورية القوانين والأنظمة النافذة:
أ. مجلس الأعيان.
ب. مجلس النواب
ج. مجلس الوزراء.
2. في الدعوى المنظورة أمام المحاكم يجوز لأي من أطراف الدعوى إثارة الدفع بعدم الدستورية وعلى المحكمة إن وجدت أن الدفع جدياً تحيله إلى المحكمة التي يحددها القانون لغايات البت في أمر إحالته إلى المحكمة الدستورية. (المادة 60)
Jurisdiction and Access
Serbia
- EnglishThe Constitutional Court shall be an autonomous and independent state body which shall protect constitutionality and legality, as well as human and minority rights and freedoms.
The Constitutional Court decisions are final, enforceable and generally binding. (Art. 166) - Serbian CyrillicУставни суд је самосталан и независан државни орган који штити уставност и законитост и људска и мањинска права и слободе.
Одлуке Уставног суда су коначне, извршне и општеобавезујуће. (Члан 166)
Jurisdiction and Access
Sierra Leone
- English(1) The Supreme Court shall, save as otherwise provided in section 122 of this Constitution, have original jurisdiction, to the exclusion of all other Courts—
a. in all matters relating to the enforcement or interpretation of any provision of this Constitution; and
b. where any question arises whether an enactment was made in excess of the power conferred upon Parliament or any other authority or person by law or under this Constitution.
(2) Where any question relating to any matter or question as is referred to in subsection (1) arises in any proceedings in any 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. (Sec. 124)
Jurisdiction and Access
Somalia
- English(1) The Constitutional Court shall have the following exclusive powers:
(a) Upon request from a member of the Council of Ministers, a committee from either one of the Houses, or ten members of either House of the Federal Parliament, to review draft legislation, and determine its compatibility with the Constitution;
(b) To hear and decide cases as stipulated in Article 86 concerning challenges to the constitutionality of a law passed by the Federal Parliament;
(c) To hear and decide on cases that have been submitted to the Constitutional court resulting from matters stated in Article 109 (2) (c), concerning matters of interpretation of the Constitution not arising out of Court litigation;
(d) To resolve any disputes between the Federal Government and the Federal Member State governments, or among the Federal Member State governments;
(e) To hear and decide cases arising out of disputes between organs of the Federal Government, concerning their respective constitutional powers and duties;
(f) To hear and decide cases arising in terms of Article 92 concerning the impeachment trials of the President.
… (Art. 109C) - Somali(1) Maxkamadda Dastuurku waay yeelaneysaa awoodahan u garrka ah:
(a) Marka uu codsi ka yimaaddo Xubin ka Mid ah Golaha Wasiirada, Guddi ka tirsan aqalada Baarlamaanka midkood, ama toban Xubnood oo ka mid ah Aqalada midkood,in ay Maxkamaddu qiimeyso qoraalka sharci la sameynayo, ayna go’aansato in sharcigaasi waafaqsan yahay Dastuurka;
(b) In Maxkamaddu dhegeysato go’aanna ka gaadho kiis ka soo unkamay sida ku cad Qodobka 86aad,oo la xidhiidha muran ka dhashay sida xeer uu u waafaqsan yahay dastuurka;
(c) In maxkamaddu dhegeysato, go’aanna ka gaadho kiis ka soo unkamay sida ku cad faqradda Qodobeedka 109(2)(c) kaasoo khuseeya in dhinac uu hor keenay maxkamad dood kiis macquul ah, kiiskaana loo gudbiyay Maxkamadda Dastuurka si ay go’aan uga gaadho.)
(d) In ay go’aamiso khilaafyada u dhexeeya dawladda federaalka ah iyo dawlad goboleedyada xubinta ka ah dawladda federaalka ah iyo Dawlad goboleedyada federaalka dhexdooda.
(e) In ay dhegeysato, go’aana ka gaadho Khilaafyada ka dhexeeya waaxaha Dawladda federaalka ah ee la xidhiidha awoodaha dastuuriga ah iyo waajibaadka ay kala leeyihiin; iyo
(f) In ay dhegesato, go’aana ka gaadho Marka la eego Qodobka 92aad (oo la xidhiidha kiisaska denbiyada dastuur ee Madaxweynaha lagu soo oogo ee xil ka qaadista keeni kara
… (Qodobka 109C.)
Jurisdiction and Access
Brunei Darussalam
- English(1) His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may refer any question involving, arising from, relating to, or in connection with, the meaning, interpretation, purpose, construction, ambit or effect of any of the provisions of this Constitution to the Interpretation Tribunal established in accordance with Clause (7) for its determination.
(2) When any such question arises in any legal proceedings before any court, His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may direct that court to refer such question to the Interpretation Tribunal or that court shall refer such question to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, with a submission that His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan should refer that question to the Interpretation Tribunal, and upon receiving such reference His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may refer such question to the Interpretation Tribunal:
Provided that the court shall not refer such question which has already been decided by the Interpretation Tribunal.
(3) If His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan does not refer such question to the Interpretation Tribunal, he shall cause the court by whom the reference thereof was made to be so informed, and the court shall thereupon proceed with the determination of the legal proceedings before it.
… (Sec. 86) - Malay(1) Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan boleh merujukkan apa jua perkara yang melibatkan, berbangkit dari, berkenaan dengan, atau berhubung dengan, makna, tafsiran, tujuan, pengertian, bidang atau kesan mana-mana peruntukan Perlembagaan ini kepada Tribunal Tafsiran yang ditubuhkan menurut Fasal (7) untuk diputuskan olehnya.
(2) Apabila sebarang perkara sedemikian timbul dalam mana-mana perbicaraan undang-undang di hadapan mana-mana mahkamah, Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan boleh mengarahkan supaya mahkamah itu merujukkan perkara tersebut kepada Tribunal Tafsiran atau mahkamah itu hendaklah merujukkan perkara tersebut ke hadapan majlis Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan, dengan suatu penghujahan bahawa Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan hendaklah merujukkan perkara tersebut kepada Tribunal Tafsiran, dan setelah menerima rujukan tersebut Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan boleh merujukkan perkara itu kepada Tribunal Tafsiran:
Dengan syarat bahawa mahkamah itu tidak boleh merujukkan perkara tersebut kepada Tribunal Tafsiran, sekiranya perkara tersebut telah pun diputuskan oleh Tribunal Tafsiran.
(3) Jika Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan tidak merujukkan perkara tersebut kepada Tribunal Tafsiran, maka Baginda hendaklah menyebabkan mahkamah yang membuat rujukan mengenai perkara tersebut diberitahu, dan mahkamah itu hendaklah meneruskan perbicaraan di hadapannya.
… (Sec. 86)
Jurisdiction and Access
Myanmar
- EnglishThe following persons and organizations shall have the right to submit matters directly to obtain the interpretation, resolution and opinion of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Union :
(a) the President;
(b) the Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw;
(c) the Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw;
(d) the Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw;
(e) the Chief Justice of the Union;
(f) the Chairperson of the Union Election Commission. (Sec. 325) - Burmeseဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေဆိုင်ရာခုံရုံး၏ အဓိပ္ပာယ်ဖွင့်ဆိုချက်၊ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်၊ သဘောထားရယူရန် ကိစ္စများကို အောက်ဖော်ပြပါပုဂ္ဂိုလ်များသည် နိုင်ငံတော်ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံ အခြေခံဥပဒေဆိုင်ရာခုံရုံးသို့ တိုက်ရိုက်တင်သွင်းခွင့်ရှိသည်
(က) နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတ၊
(ခ) ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော်နာယက၊
(ဂ) ပြည့်သူလွှတ်တော်ဥက္ကဌ၊
(ဃ) အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်ဥက္ကဌ၊
(င) ပြည်ထောင်စုတရားသူကြီးချုပ်၊
(စ) ပြည်ထောင်စုရွေးကောက်ပွဲ ကော်မရှင်ဥက္ကဌ။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၂၅)
Jurisdiction and Access
Ukraine
- EnglishThe Constitutional Court of Ukraine decides on compliance of laws of Ukraine with the Constitution of Ukraine and, in cases prescribed by this Constitution, of other acts, provides official interpretation of the Constitution of Ukraine as well as exercises other authority in accordance with this Constitution.
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine acts on the basis of the principles of the rule of law, independence, collegiality, transparency, reasonableness and binding nature of its decisions and opinions. (Art. 147) - UkrainianКонституційний Суд України вирішує питання про відповідність Конституції України законів України та у передбачених цією Конституцією випадках інших актів, здійснює офіційне тлумачення Конституції України, а також інші повноваження відповідно до цієї Конституції.
Діяльність Конституційного Суду України ґрунтується на принципах верховенства права, незалежності, колегіальності, гласності, обґрунтованості та обов’язковості ухвалених ним рішень i висновків. (Стаття 147)