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Status of the Constitution
- English…
4. State authority shall be exercised within the ambit of the Constitution and law. The Constitution of Georgia shall be the supreme law of the State. …
5. … An international treaty of Georgia shall take precedence over domestic normative acts unless it comes into conflict with the Constitution or the Constitutional Agreement of Georgia. (Art. 4) - Georgian…
4. სახელმწიფო ხელისუფლება ხორციელდება კონსტიტუციითა და კანონით დადგენილ ფარგლებში. საქართველოს კონსტიტუცია სახელმწიფოს უზენაესი კანონია. …
5. … საქართველოს საერთაშორისო ხელშეკრულებას, თუ იგი არ ეწინააღმდეგება საქართველოს კონსტიტუციას ან კონსტიტუციურ შეთანხმებას, აქვს უპირატესი იურიდიული ძალა შიდასახელმწიფოებრივი ნორმატიული აქტის მიმართ. (მუხლი 4)
Status of the Constitution
- English(1) Law in force before the Bundestag first convenes shall remain in force insofar as it does not conflict with this Basic Law.
… (Art. 123) - German(1) Recht aus der Zeit vor dem Zusammentritt des Bundestages gilt fort, soweit es dem Grundgesetze nicht widerspricht.
… (Art. 123)
Status of the Constitution
- English1. All provisions of statutes or of administrative acts of a regulatory nature which are contrary to the Constitution are abolished as of the date the Constitution comes into force.
2. Constituent acts promulgated between July 24, 1974 and the convocation of the Fifth Revisionary Parliament, as well as parliamentary resolutions thereof shall continue to be in force even if their provisions are contrary to the Constitution; they can be amended or abolished by statute.
… (Art. 111) - Greek1. Kάθε διάταξη νόμoυ ή διoικητικής πράξης με κανoνιστικό χαρακτήρα, πoυ είναι αντίθετη πρoς τo Σύνταγμα, καταργείται από την έναρξη της ισχύoς τoυ.
2. Συντακτικές πράξεις πoυ εκδόθηκαν από τις 24 Ioυλίoυ 1974 έως τη σύγκληση της E΄ Aναθεωρητικής Boυλής, καθώς και Ψηφίσματά της, εξακoλoυθoύν να ισχύoυν και κατά τις διατάξεις τoυς τις αντίθετες πρoς τo Σύνταγμα και επιτρέπεται να τρoπoπoιηθoύν ή να καταργηθoύν με νόμo.
… (Άρθρo 111)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThis Constitution shall have the status as supreme law and there shall be no legal or political authority save as is provided by or under this Constitution. (Sec. 199)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe application of the provisions of this Constitution shall not invalidate the obligations of Kuwait's Treaties and Agreements with States and International bodies. (Art. 177)
- Arabicلا يخل تطبيق هذا الدستور بما ارتبطت به الكويت مع الدول والهيئات الدولية من معاهدات واتفاقات. (المادّة 177)
Status of the Constitution
- English1) The present Constitutional deed shall be universally binding after its promulgation as the fundamental law of the country.
… (Art. 112) - German1) Die gegenwärtige Verfassungsurkunde ist nach ihrer Verkündigung als Landesgrundgesetz allgemein verbindlich.
… (Art. 112)
Status of the Constitution
- English(1) Subject to this paragraph, customary law shall have effect as part of the law of Solomon Islands.
(2) The preceding subparagraph shall not apply in respect of any customary law that is, and to the extent that it is, inconsistent with this Constitution or an Act of Parliament.
… (Schedule 3, Sec. 3)
Status of the Constitution
- English1. All citizens shall have the duty to respect the constitutional order.
2. Acts contrary to the provisions of the Constitution shall be subject to punishment in terms of the law. (Art. 38) - Portuguese1. Todos os cidadãos têm o dever de respeitar a ordem constitucional.
2. Os actos contrários ao estabelecido na Constituição são sujeitos à sanção nos termos da lei. (Art. 38)
Status of the Constitution
- English
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4. Mongolia shall not abide by any international treaty or other instruments incompatible with its Constitution. (Art. 10) - Mongolian
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4. Монгол Улс Үндсэн хуульдаа харшилсан олон улсын гэрээ, бусад баримт бичгийг дагаж мөрдөхгүй. (Аравдугаар зүйл)
Status of the Constitution
- English
(1) The laws and other normative acts are deemed valid to the extent to which they do not conflict with this Constitution.
… (Art. II, Title VII: FINAL AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS) - Moldovian
(1) Legile şi celelalte acte normative rămîn în vigoare în măsura în care nu contravin prezentei Constituţii.
… (Art. II, Titlul VII: DISPOZIȚII FINALE ȘI TRANZITORII)