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Status of the Constitution
Mozambique
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3. The State is subordinate to the Constitution and is founded on legality.
4. Constitutional rules shall prevail over all other rules of the legal order. (Art. 2) - Portuguese…
3. O Estado subordina-se à Constituição e funda-se na legalidade.
4. As normas constitucionais prevalecem sobre todas as restantes normas do ordenamento jurídico. (Art. 2)
Status of the Constitution
Vanuatu
- English1. Until otherwise provided by Parliament, all Joint Regulations and subsidiary legislation made thereunder in force immediately before the Day of Independence shall continue in operation on and after that day as if they had been made in pursuance of the Constitution and shall be construed with such adaptations as may be necessary to bring them into conformity with the Constitution.
… (Art. 95) - French1) Sauf décision contraire du Parlement, tous les règlements conjoints et leurs textes d'application, en vigueur au jour de l'Indépendance, restent applicables à compter de ce jour comme s'ils avaient été pris en application de la Constitution, et ils seront interprétés en faisant les adaptations nécessaires pour les rendre compatibles avec la Constitution.
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Status of the Constitution
Nepal
- EnglishEvery citizen shall have the following duties:
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(b) Abide by the constitution and law
… (Art. 48) - Nepaliप्रत्येक नागरिकका कर्तव्य देहाय बमोजिम हुनेछन्:
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(ख) संविधान र कानूनको पालना गर्नु,
... (धारा ४८)
Status of the Constitution
Mozambique
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2. The offices and agents of the Public Administration shall owe obedience to the Constitution and the law, and shall act with respect for the principles of equality, of impartiality, of ethics and of justice. (Art. 248) - Portuguese…
2. Os órgãos da Administração Pública obedecem à Constituição e à lei e actuam com respeito pelos princípios da igualdade, da imparcialidade, da ética e da justiça. (Art. 248)
Status of the Constitution
Montenegro
- EnglishWhen the Constitutional Court establishes that the law is not in conformity with the Constitution and confirmed and published international agreements, that is, that other regulation is not in conformity with the Constitution and the law, that law and other regulation shall cease to be valid on the date of publication of the decision of the Constitutional Court.
The law or other regulation, i.e. their individual provisions that were found inconsistent with the Constitution or the law by the decision of the Constitutional Court, shall not be applied to the relations that have occurred prior to the publication of the Constitutional Court decision, if they have not been solved by an absolute ruling by that date. (Art. 152) - MontenegrinKad Ustavni sud utvrdi da zakon nije u saglasnosti sa Ustavom i potvrđenim i objavljenim međunarodnim ugovorima, odnosno da drugi propis nije saglasan sa Ustavom i zakonom, taj zakon i drugi propis prestaje da važi danom objavljivanja odluke Ustavnog suda.
Zakon ili drugi propis, odnosno pojedine njihove odredbe, za koje je odlukom Ustavnog suda utvrđeno da nijesu saglasne sa Ustavom ili zakonom, ne mogu se primjenjivati na odnose koji su nastali prije objavljivanja odluke Ustavnog suda ako do tog dana nijesu pravosnažno riješeni. (Član 152)
Status of the Constitution
Panama
- EnglishPrivate persons are solely responsible to the authorities for violation of the Constitution or the Law. Public Officers are responsible, for the same reasons, and also for exceeding their authority, or for dereliction in the performance of their duties. (Art. 18)
- SpanishLos particulares sólo son responsables ante las autoridades por infracción de la Constitución o de la Ley. Los servidores públicos lo son por esas mismas causas y también por extralimitación de funciones o por omisión en el ejercicio de éstas. (Art. 18)
Status of the Constitution
Angola
- English1. The state shall recognise the status, role and functions of the institutions of the traditional authorities founded in accordance with customary law which do not contradict the Constitution.
2. Recognition of the institutions of the traditional authorities shall oblige public and private entities to respect, in their relations with these institutions, the values and norms of customary law that are observed within traditional political and community organisations and do not conflict with the Constitution or the dignity of the human person. (Art. 223) - Portuguese1. O Estado reconhece o estatuto, o papel e as funções das instituições do poder tradicional constituídas de acordo com o direito consuetudinário e que não contrariam a Constituição.
2. O reconhecimento das instituições do poder tradicional obriga as entidades públicas e privadas a respeitarem, nas suas relações com aquelas instituições, os valores e normas consuetudinários observados no seio das organizações político-comunitárias tradicionais e que não sejam conflituantes com a Constituição nem com a dignidade da pessoa humana. (Art. 223)
Status of the Constitution
Saudi Arabia
- EnglishThe regime derives its power from the Holy Qur'an and the Prophet's Sunnah which rule over this and all other State Laws. (Basic Law, Art. 7)
- Arabicيستمد الحكم في المملكة العربية السعودية سلطته من كتاب الله تعالى وسنة رسوله. وهما الحاكمان على هذا النظام وجميع أنظمة الدولة. (النظام الأساسي، المادة 7)
Status of the Constitution
Rwanda
- EnglishEvery Rwandan has the duty to respect the Constitution and the other laws of the country.
… (Art. 49) - KinyarwandaUmunyarwanda wese afite inshingano yo kubaha Itegeko Nshinga n’andi mategeko y’Igihugu.
… (Ingingo ya 49) - FrenchTout Rwandais a le devoir de respecter la Constitution ainsi que les autres lois du pays.
… (Art. 49)
Status of the Constitution
Portugal
- English1. A declaration of unconstitutionality or illegality with generally binding force has effect as of the moment at which the norm declared unconstitutional or illegal came into force, and causes the revalidation of any norms that the said norm repealed.
2. However, in the case of unconstitutionality or illegality due to breach of a subsequent constitutional or legal norm, the declaration only has effect as of the moment at which the latter came into force.
… (Art. 282) - Portuguese1. A declaração de inconstitucionalidade ou de ilegalidade com força obrigatória geral produz efeitos desde a entrada em vigor da norma declarada inconstitucional ou ilegal e determina a repristinação das normas que ela, eventualmente, haja revogado.
2. Tratando-se, porém, de inconstitucionalidade ou de ilegalidade por infracção de norma constitucional ou legal posterior, a declaração só produz efeitos desde a entrada em vigor desta última.
… (Art. 282)