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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
- EnglishThis Constitutional Act shall apply to all parts of the Kingdom of Denmark. (Sec. 1)
- DanishDenne grundlov gælder for alle dele af Danmarks Rige. (§ 1)
Status of the Constitution
- English1. The Republic of Angola shall be a nation dedicated to peace and progress and it shall be the duty of the state and the right and responsibility of all to guarantee peace and national security, respecting the Constitution and the law, in addition to international conventions.
… (Art. 11) - Portuguese1. A República de Angola é uma Nação de vocação para a paz e o progresso, sendo um dever do Estado e um direito e responsabilidade de todos garantir, com respeito pela Constituição e pela lei, bem como pelas convenções internacionais, a paz e a segurança nacional.
... (Art. 11)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishIt shall be the duty of every citizen to –
(a) abide by this Constitution, respect its ideals and its institutions, … (Sec. 24)
Status of the Constitution
- English
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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༽
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishIt shall be the duty of every citizen of India—
(a) to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, … (Art. 51A) - Hindiभारत के प्रत्येक नागरिक का यह कर्तव्य होगा कि वह—
(क) संविधान का पालन करे और उसके आदर्शों, संस्थाओं, का आदर करे … (अनुच्छेद 51क)
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
- English…
Solemnly adopt this constitution, which is the fundamental law of the Republic of Burundi. (Preamble) - Kirundi…
Twemeje ku mucaragaro iri bwirizwa nshingiro ariryo tegeko rikuru rya Republika y’Burundi. (Intangamara) - French…
Adoptons solennement la presente constitution qui est la loi fobdamentale de la republique du Burundi. (Préambule)
Status of the Constitution
- English…
(15) This Constitution shall be the supreme law of Sierra Leone and any other law found to be inconsistent with any provision of this Constitution shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void and of no effect. (Sec. 171)
Status of the Constitution
- English
1. Laws and international treaties recognized as non-compliant with the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan may not be signed or, accordingly, ratified and enforced.
2. Laws and other legal acts, their separate provisions, recognized as unconstitutional, including those infringing on the rights and freedoms of a human and a citizen enshrined in the Constitution shall be cancelled and shall not be subject to application from the date the decision is taken by the Constitutional Court or from the date established by it.
… (Art. 74) - Kazak
1. Қазақстан Республикасының Конституциясына сәйкес емес деп танылған заңдар мен халықаралық шарттарға қол қойылмайды не, тиiсiнше, бекiтiлмейдi және күшiне енгiзiлмейдi.
2. Конституциялық Сот шешім қабылдаған күннен немесе ол белгілеген күннен бастап конституциялық емес деп танылған, оның ішінде адамның және азаматтың Конституцияда баянды етілген құқықтары мен бостандықтарына нұқсан келтіреді деп танылған заңдар мен өзге де құқықтық актілердің, олардың жекелеген ережелерінің күші жойылады және қолданылуға жатпайды.
… (74-бап)