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Status of the Constitution
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WHEREAS WE intend to govern in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and the laws of Brunei Darussalam
… (Preamble) - Malay...
BAHAWASANYA BETA berhajat hendak memerintah menurut peruntukan-peruntukan Perlembagaan ini dan undang-undang Negara Brunei Darussalam;
... (Mukadimah)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishAn amendment to the Constitution which amounts to changing the democratic regime of government with the King as Head of State or changing the form of the State shall be prohibited. (Sec. 255)
- Thaiการแก้ไขเพิ่มเติมรัฐธรรมนูญที่เป็นเปลี่ยนแปลงการปกครองระบอบประชาธิปไตยอันมีพระมหากษัตริย์ทรงเป็นประมุข หรือเปลี่ยนแปลงรูปแบบของรัฐจะกระทํามิได้ (มาตรา ๒๕๕)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe fundamental principles set forth in this Declaration shall be implemented trough constitutional laws.
… (Art. 3bis) - ItalianLe leggi costituzionali attuano i principi fondamentali sanciti nella presente dichiarazione.
… (Art. 3bis)
Status of the Constitution
- English
In the case of referral [of a matter] to the Constitutional Council by way of action, a law or a provision declared contrary to the Constitution[,] it may not be promulgated or applied. The law or the provision contrary to the Constitution is null with respect to all.
In the case of referral [of a matter] to the Constitutional Council by way of pleadings [exception], the decision of the Constitutional Council is imposed on all, beyond the parties or the process. The law or the provision declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Council is abrogated.
... (Art. 137) - French
En cas de saisine du Conseil constitutionnel par voie d’action, une loi ou une disposition déclarée contraire à la Constitution ne peut être promulguée ou mise en application. La loi ou la disposition contraire à la Constitution est nulle à l’égard de tous.
En cas de saisine du Conseil constitutionnel par voie d’exception, la décision du Conseil constitutionnel s’impose à tous, au-delà des parties au procès. La loi ou la disposition déclarée inconstitutionnelle par le Conseil constitutionnel est abrogée.
... (Art. 137)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishEach province shall enact its own constitution under the republican, representative system, in accordance with the principles, declarations, and guarantees of the National Constitution, … (Sec. 5)
- SpanishCada provincia dictará para sí una Constitución bajo el sistema representativo republicano, de acuerdo con los principios, declaraciones y garantías de la Constitución Nacional; … (Art. 5)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe federal authorities shall strive to issue the laws referred to in this Constitution as quickly as possible so as to replace the existing legislations and systems, particularly those which are not consistent with the provisions of the Constitution. (Art. 150)
- Arabicﺗﻌﻤﻞ اﻟﺴﻠﻄﺎﺕ اﻻﺗ ﺤﺎدﻳﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ اﺳﺘﺼ ﺪاﺭ اﻟﻘ ﻮاﻧﻴﻦ اﻟﻤﺸﺎﺭ اﻟﻴﻬﺎ ﻓﻲ ﻫﺬﺍ اﻟﺪﺳﺘﻮﺭ ﺑﺎﻟﺴﺮﻋﺔ اﻟ ﻼزﻣﺔ ، ﻟﻜﻲ ﺗﺤﻞ ﻣﺤﻞ اﻟﺘﺸﺮﻳﻌﺎﺕ واﻷوﺿﺎﻉ اﻟ ﺤﺎﻟﻴﺔ، وﺧﺎﺻﺔ ﻣﺎ ﻳﺘﻌﺎرﺽ ﻣﻨﻬﺎ ﻣﻊ أﺣ ﻜﺎﻣﻪ. (المادّة 150)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThis Constitution shall come into force on the day of publication of its official text in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado). It shall also be published in the other languages of Spain.
WHEREFORE, WE ORDER ALL SPANIARDS, WHETHER INDIVIDUALS OR AUTHORITIES, TO ABIDE BY THIS CONSTITUTION AND ENSURE THAT IT IS OBSERVED AS A FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF THE STATE. (Final Provision) - SpanishEsta Constitución entrará en vigor el mismo día de la publicación de su texto oficial en el "Boletín Oficial del Estado". Se publicará también en las demás lenguas de España.
POR TANTO, MANDO A TODOS LOS ESPAÑOLES, PARTICULARES Y AUTORIDADES, QUE GUARDEN Y HAGAN GUARDAR ESTA CONSTITUCIÓN COMO NORMA FUNDAMENTAL DEL ESTADO. (Disposición Final)
Status of the Constitution
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Adopt the following Fundamental Law of Equatorial Guinea. (Preamble) - Spanish…
Adoptamos la siguiente Ley Fundamental de Guinea Ecuatorial. (Preámbulo) - French…
Nous adoptons la Loi fondamentale de la Guinée équatoriale. (Préambule)
Status of the Constitution
- English
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Paragraph 2. The rights and guarantees expressed in this Constitution do not exclude others deriving from the regime and from the principles adopted by it, or from the international treaties in which the Federative Republic of Brazil is a party.
Paragraph 3. International human rights treaties and conventions which are approved in each House of the National Congress, in two rounds of voting, by three fifths of the votes of the respective members shall be equivalent to constitutional amendments.
... (Art. 5) - Portuguese
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§ 2º Os direitos e garantias expressos nesta Constituição não excluem outros decorrentes do regime e dos princípios por ela adotados, ou dos tratados internacionais em que a República Federativa do Brasil seja parte.
§ 3º Os tratados e convenções internacionais sobre direitos humanos que forem aprovados, em cada Casa do Congresso Nacional, em dois turnos, por três quintos dos votos dos respectivos membros, serão equivalentes às emendas constitucionais.
... (Art. 5)
Status of the Constitution
- English
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(6) If a law is rescinded as unconstitutional by a ruling of the Constitutional Court, the legal provisions rescinded by the law which the Constitutional Court has pronounced unconstitutional enter into force again unless the judgement pronounces otherwise, on the day of entry into force of the rescission. The publication on the rescission of the law shall also announce whether and which legal provisions again enter into force.
(7) If a law has been rescinded on the score of unconstitutionality or if the Constitutional Court has pursuant to para 4 above pronounced a law to be unconstitutional, all courts and administrative authorities are bound by the Constitutional Court’s decision. The law shall however continue to apply to the circumstances effected before the rescission the case in point excepted, unless the Constitutional Court in its rescissory ruling decides otherwise.
… (Art. 140) - German
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(6) Wird durch ein Erkenntnis des Verfassungsgerichtshofes ein Gesetz als verfassungswidrig aufgehoben, so treten mit dem Tag des Inkrafttretens der Aufhebung, falls das Erkenntnis nicht anderes ausspricht, die gesetzlichen Bestimmungen wieder in Kraft, die durch das vom Verfassungsgerichtshof als verfassungswidrig erkannte Gesetz aufgehoben worden waren. In der Kundmachung über die Aufhebung des Gesetzes ist auch zu verlautbaren, ob und welche gesetzlichen Bestimmungen wieder in Kraft treten.
(7) Ist ein Gesetz wegen Verfassungswidrigkeit aufgehoben worden oder hat der Verfassungsgerichtshof gemäß Abs. 4 ausgesprochen, dass ein Gesetz verfassungswidrig war, so sind alle Gerichte und Verwaltungsbehörden an den Spruch des Verfassungsgerichtshofes gebunden. Auf die vor der Aufhebung verwirklichten Tatbestände mit Ausnahme des Anlassfalles ist jedoch das Gesetz weiterhin anzuwenden, sofern der Verfassungsgerichtshof nicht in seinem aufhebenden Erkenntnis anderes ausspricht.
… (Art. 140)