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Status of the Constitution
- EnglishAny law or other act that contradicts the Constitution shall be invalid.
... (Art. 7) - LithuanianNegalioja joks įstatymas ar kitas aktas priešingas Konstitucijai.
... (7 straipsnis)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe duties of Bolivians are:
1. To know, comply with, and ensure the enforcement of the Constitution and the laws.
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3. To promote and spread the practice of the values and principles proclaimed by the Constitution.
… (Art. 108) - SpanishSon deberes de las bolivianas y los bolivianos:
1. Conocer, cumplir y hacer cumplir la Constitución y las leyes
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3. Promover y difundir la práctica de los valores y principios que proclama la Constitución.
… (Art. 108)
Status of the Constitution
- English(1) This Constitution is the supreme law of the Federation and any law passed after Merdeka Day which is inconsistent with this Constitution shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.
… (Art. 4) - Malay(1) Perlembagaan ini ialah undang-undang utama Persekutuan dan apa-apa undang-undang yang diluluskan selepas Hari Merdeka yang tidak selaras dengan Perlembagaan ini adalah tidak sah setakat ketidakselarasan itu.
… (Perkara 4)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe judgments and decisions issued by the Supreme Constitutional Court shall be published in the Official Gazette, and they shall be binding upon everyone and all of the State authorities. They shall have Res judicata vis-à-vis all of them.
The law shall regulate the consequences of a judgment rendering a text of law unconstitutional. (Art. 195) - Arabicتنشر فى الجريدة الرسمية الأحكام والقرارات الصادرة من المحكمة الدستورية العليا، وهي ملزمة للكافة وجميع سلطات الدولة، وتكون لها حجية مطلقة بالنسبة لهم.
وينظم القانون ما يترتب على الحكم بعدم دستورية نص تشريعى من آثار. (المادّة 195)
Status of the Constitution
- English
The provisions of the Constitution do not block the obligations deriving from the Statute of the International Criminal Court. (Art. 111)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishEach rural, native, or indigenous autonomy shall draft its Statute according to its own norms and procedures, in conformity with the Constitution and the law. (Art. 292)
- SpanishCada autonomía indígena originario campesina elaborará su Estatuto, de acuerdo a sus normas y procedimientos propios, según la Constitución y la Ley. (Art. 292)
Status of the Constitution
- 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
- English
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21) Each citizen has the duty to defend the fatherland and the obligation to protect and to respect the Constitution, the laws and the regulations of the Republic;
… (Art. 1) - French
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21°) Chaque citoyen a le devoir de défendre la patrie et l’obligation de protéger et de respecter la Constitution, les lois et les règlements de la République;
… (Art. 1)
Status of the Constitution
- 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
- EnglishThe Costa Ricans must observe the Constitution and the laws, … (Art. 18)
- SpanishLos costarricenses deben observar la Constitución y las leyes, … (Art. 18)