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Religious Law
- EnglishNo draft revision may affect:
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b. The secular nature of the state;
… (Art. 130) - PortugueseNenhum projecto de revisão poderá afectar:
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b) O estatuto laico do Estado;
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Religious Law
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2. No state religion shall be recognized, and religion and State shall be separated. (Art. 20) - Korean…
②국교는 인정되지 아니하며, 종교와 정치는 분리된다. (제20조)
Religious Law
- EnglishReligious communities shall be separated from the state.
… (Art. 14) - MontenegrinVjerske zajednice odvojene su od države.
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Religious Law
- English(1) Parliament may make laws with respect to any matter enumerated in the State List, but only as follows, that is to say:
(a) for the purpose of implementing any treaty, agreement or convention between the Federation and any other country, or any decision of an international organization of which the Federation is a member;
(b) for the purpose of promoting uniformity of the laws of two or more States; or
(c) if so requested by the Legislative Assembly of any State.
(2) No law shall be made in pursuance of paragraph (a) of Clause (1) with respect to any matters of Islamic law or the custom of the Malays or to any matters of native law or custom in the States of Sabah and Sarawak and no Bill for a law under that paragraph shall be introduced into either House of Parliament until the Government of any State concerned has been consulted.
… (Art. 76) - Malay(1) Parlimen boleh membuat undang-undang mengenai apa-apa perkara yang disebut satu persatu dalam Senarai Negeri, tetapi hanya seperti yang berikut sahaja, iaitu:
(a) bagi maksud melaksanakan apa-apa triti, perjanjian atau konvensyen antara Persekutuan dengan mana-mana negara lain, atau apa-apa keputusan sesuatu organisasi antarabangsa yang dianggotai oleh Persekutuan; atau
(b) bagi maksud menggalakkan keseragaman undang-undang antara dua Negeri atau lebih; atau
(c) jika diminta sedemikian oleh Dewan Undangan mana-mana Negeri.
(2) Tiada undang-undang boleh dibuat menurut perenggan (a) Fasal (1) mengenai apa-apa perkara mengenai hukum Syarak atau adat orang Melayu atau mengenai apa-apa perkara tentang undang-undang atau adat anak negeri di Negeri Sabah dan Sarawak dan tiada Rang Undang-Undang bagi suatu undang-undang di bawah perenggan itu boleh dibawa di dalam manamana satu Majlis Parlimen sehingga Kerajaan mana-mana Negeri yang berkenaan telah dirundingi.
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Religious Law
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(3) No religion shall have a state character. The public authorities shall take into account the religious beliefs of Spanish society and shall consequently maintain appropriate cooperation relations with the Catholic Church and other confessions. (Sec. 16) - Spanish…
3. Ninguna confesión tendrá carácter estatal. Los poderes públicos tendrán en cuenta las creencias religiosas de la sociedad española y mantendrán las consiguientes relaciones de cooperación con la Iglesia Católica y las demás confesiones. (Art. 16)
Religious Law
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No constitutional revision may infringe on:
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4. – Islam, as the religion of the State;;
… (Art. 223) - Arabic
لا يمكن أيّ تعديل دستوريّ أن يمسّ:
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4. الإسلام باعتباره دين الدّولة.
… (المــادة 223) - French
Toute révision constitutionnelle ne peut porter atteinte:
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4)- à l'Islam, en tant que religion de l'Etat;
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Religious Law
- EnglishMauritania is an Islamic, indivisible, democratic, and social Republic.
… (Art. 1) - Arabicموريتانيا جمهورية إسلامية لا تتجزأ ديمقراطية واجتماعية.
... (المادّة 1) - FrenchLa Mauritanie est une République Islamique, indivisible, démocratique et sociale.
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Religious Law
- EnglishThe Union recognizes special position of Buddhism as the faith professed by the great majority of the citizens of the Union. (Sec. 361)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာသာသနာတော်ကို နိုင်ငံတော်၏ နိုင်ငံသားအများဆုံးကိုးကွယ်ရာ ဖြစ်သော ဂုဏ်ထူးဝိသေသနှင့်ပြည့်စုံသည့် ဘာသာသာသနာဖြစ်သည်ဟု နိုင်ငံတော်က အသိအမှတ်ပြုသည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၆၁)
Religious Law
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– Inheritance is a guaranteed right, governed by Islamic Sharia.
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– الميراث حق مكفول، تحكمه الشريعة الإسلامية.
… (المادّة ١٤)
Religious Law
- EnglishWE THE PEOPLE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA-
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- pledge ourselves to guard and pass on to those who come after us our noble traditions and the Christian principles that are ours now.
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