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Ratified international treaties must be in accordance with the Constitution. (Art. 16) - Serbian Cyrillic
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Потврђени међународни уговори морају бити у складу с Уставом. (Члан 16)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe international treaties and agreements, the laws, the ordinances and the regulations currently in force, when they are not contrary to this law, remain applicable as long as they are not expressly modified or abrogated. (Art. 243)
- FrenchLes traités et accords internationaux, les lois, les ordonnances et les règlements actuellement en vigueur, lorsqu’ils ne sont pas contraires à la présente loi, demeurent applicables tant qu’ils ne sont pas expressément modifiés ou abrogés. (Art. 243)
Status of the Constitution
- English(1) This Constitution is the supreme law of Zimbabwe and any law, practice, custom or conduct inconsistent with it is invalid to the extent of the inconsistency.
(2) The obligations imposed by this Constitution are binding on every person, natural or juristic, including the State and all executive, legislative and judicial institutions and agencies of government at every level, and must be fulfilled by them. (Sec. 2)
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The Constitution and laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall have absolute supremacy in the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall have the supreme legal force and direct effect, and constitute the basis of the single legal space on the entire territory of the country.
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The state, its bodies, other organizations, officials, public associations and citizens shall act in accordance with the Constitution and the laws. (Art. 15) - Uzbek
O‘zbekiston Respublikasida O‘zbekiston Respublikasi Konstitutsiyasi va qonunlarining ustunligi so‘zsiz tan olinadi.
O‘zbekiston Respublikasi Konstitutsiyasi mamlakatning butun hududida oliy yuridik kuchga ega, to‘g‘ridan to‘g‘ri amal qiladi va yagona huquqiy makonning asosini tashkil etadi.
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Davlat va uning organlari, boshqa tashkilotlar, mansabdor shaxslar, fuqarolik jamiyati institutlari hamda fuqarolar Konstitutsiya va qonunlarga muvofiq ish yuritadilar. (15-modda)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishI. The Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the supreme law in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
II. The Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan has direct binding effect.
III. The Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the foundation of the legal system in the Republic of Azerbaijan. (Art. 147) - AzerbaijaniI. Azərbaycan Respublikasının Konstitusiyası Azərbaycan Respublikasında ən yüksək hüquqi qüvvəyə malikdir.
II. Azərbaycan Respublikasının Konstitusiyası birbaşa hüquqi qüvvəyə malikdir.
III. Azərbaycan Respublikasının Konstitusiyası Azərbaycan Respublikasının qanunvericilik sisteminin əsasıdır. (Maddə 147)
Status of the Constitution
- English1 The Confederation shall fulfil the duties that are assigned to it by Federal Constitution. (Art. 42)
- French1 La Confédération accomplit les tâches que lui attribue la Constitution. (Art. 42)
- German1 Der Bund erfüllt die Aufgaben, die ihm die Bundesverfassung zuweist. (Art. 42)
- Italian1 La Confederazione adempie i compiti che le sono assegnati dalla Costituzione. (Art. 42)
Status of the Constitution
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A provision judged unconstitutional on the basis of this article ceases to be applicable and will no longer be applied in procedures. (Art. 80) - Arabic...
الحكم الذي يعتبر غير دستوري على أساس هذه المادة لم يعد قابلاً للتطبيق ولن يتم تطبيقه في الإجراءات. (المادة 80) - French…
Une disposition jugée inconstitutionnelle sur le fondement de cet article cesse d'être applicable et ne peut plus être appliquée aux procédures. (Art. 80)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe decision that declares a law, decree, or any other kind of nonjudicial resolution unconstitutional makes the challenged norm inapplicable and has full effect with respect to everyone. (Art. 133)
- SpanishLa sentencia que declare la inconstitucionalidad de una ley, decreto o cualquier género de resolución no judicial, hace inaplicable la norma impugnada y surte plenos efectos respecto a todos. (Art. 133)
Status of the Constitution
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adopt this Constitution, the Basic Law of the Republic of Belarus. (Preamble) - Belarusian
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прымаем гэтую Канстытуцыю — Асноўны Закон Рэспублікі Беларусь. (прэамбула) - Russian
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принимаем настоящую Конституцию – Основной Закон Республики Беларусь. (преамбула)
Status of the Constitution
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11. Every person shall have the duty and responsibility to respect and abide by the provisions of this Constitution. (Art. 8) - Dzongkha
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༡༡) མི་ག་ར་གིས་ རྩ་ཁྲིམས་ཆེན་མོ་འདིའི་དགོངས་དོན་ཚུ་ལུ་བརྩི་བཀུར་ཞུ་ནི་དང་ གནས་དགོ་ པའི་འགན་ཁུར་དང་ཁག་འགན་ཡོད། ༼རྩ་ཚན་༨༽