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Religious Law
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(4) The protection of the constitutional identity and Christian culture of Hungary shall be an obligation of every organ of the State. ... (Foundation, Art. R) - Hungarian
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(4) Magyarország alkotmányos önazonosságának és keresztény kultúrájának védelme az állam minden szervének kötelessége. ... (Alapvetés, R) cikk)
Religious Law
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The Congress may not decree laws that establish or prohibit any religion.
… (Art. 24) - Spanish…
El Congreso no puede dictar leyes que establezcan o prohiban religión alguna.
… (Art. 24)
Religious Law
- EnglishThe religion of the State is Islam and Islamic Law shall be a main source of legislation. (Art. 2)
- Arabicدين الدولة الإسلام ، والشريعة الإسلامية مصدر رئيسي للتشريع. (المادّة 2)
Religious Law
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The Macedonian Orthodox Church, as well as the Islamic Religious Community in North Macedonia, the Catholic Church, Evangelical Methodist Church, the Jewish Community and other Religious communities and groups are separate from the state and equal before the law.
… (Art. 19)12 - Macedonian…
Македонската православна црква, како и Исламската верска заедница во Северна Македонија, Католичката црква, Евангелско-Методистичката црква, Еврејската заедница и другите верски заедници и религиозни групи се одвоени од државата и се еднакви пред закон.
… (Член 19)
Religious Law
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5. Pursuant to sub-Article 5 of Article 34 the House of Peoples’ Representatives and State Councils can establish or give official recognition to religious and customary courts. Religious and customary courts that had state recognition and functioned prior to the adoption of the Constitution shall be organized on the basis of recognition accorded to them by this Constitution. (Art. 78) - Amharic…
5. የህዝብ ተወካዬች ምክር ቤትና የክልል ምክር ቤቶች በኣንቀጽ 34 ንኡስ ኣንቀጽ 5 መሰረት የሃማኖትና የባሕል ፍርድ ቤቶችን ሊያቋቁሙ ወይም እውቅና ሊሰጡ ይችላሉ፡፡ ይህ ሕገ መንግሥት ከመጽደቁ በፊት በመንግሥት እውቅና አግኝተው ሲሰራባቸው የነበሩ የሃይማኖቶችና የባሕል ፍርድ ቤቶች በዚህ ሕገ መንግሥት መሰረት እውቅና አግኝተው ይደራጃሉ፡፡ (አንቀጽ 78)
Religious Law
- English(1) The United Republic is a democratic, secular and socialist state which adheres to multi-party democracy.
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Religious Law
- English(1) There shall be two High Courts of co-ordinate jurisdiction and status, namely—
(a) one in the States of Malaya, which shall be known as the High Court in Malaya and shall have its principal registry at such place in the States of Malaya as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may determine; and
(b) one in the States of Sabah and Sarawak, which shall be known as the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak and shall have its principal registry at such place in the States of Sabah and Sarawak as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may determine;
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and such inferior courts as may be provided by federal law; and the High Courts and inferior courts shall have such jurisdiction and powers as may be conferred by or under federal law.
(1A) The courts referred to in Clause (1) shall have no jurisdiction in respect of any matter within the jurisdiction of the Syariah courts.
… (Art. 121) - Malay(1) Maka hendaklah ada dua Mahkamah Tinggi yang setara bidang kuasa dan tarafnya, iaitu—
(a) satu di Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu, yang dikenali sebagai Mahkamah Tinggi di Malaya dan yang mempunyai pejabat pendaftarannya yang utama di mana-mana tempat di Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu yang ditentukan oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong; dan
(b) satu di Negeri Sabah dan Sarawak, yang dikenali sebagai Mahkamah Tinggi di Sabah dan Sarawak dan yang mempunyai pejabat pendaftarannya yang utama di mana-mana tempat di Negeri Sabah dan Sarawak yang ditentukan oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong;
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dan mana-mana mahkamah bawahan yang diperuntukkan oleh undang-undang persekutuan dan Mahkamah Tinggi dan mahkamah bawahan itu hendaklah mempunyai apa-apa bidang kuasa dan kuasa yang diberikan oleh atau di bawah undang-undang persekutuan.
(1A) Mahkamah yang disebut dalam Fasal (1) tidaklah mempunyai bidang kuasa berkenaan dengan apa-apa perkara dalam bidang kuasa mahkamah Syariah.
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Religious Law
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1 The regulation of the relationship between the church and the state is the responsibility of the Cantons.
… (Art. 72) - French
1 La réglementation des rapports entre l’Eglise et l’Etat est du ressort des cantons.
… (Art. 72) - German
1 Für die Regelung des Verhältnisses zwischen Kirche und Staat sind die Kantone zuständig.
… (Art. 72) - Italian
1 Il disciplinamento dei rapporti tra Chiesa e Stato compete ai Cantoni.
… (Art. 72)
Religious Law
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2. Religious organizations shall be separate from the state. (Art. 17) - Armenian…
2. Կրոնական կազմակերպություններն անջատ են պետությունից: (Հոդված 17)
Religious Law
- EnglishThe Union also recognizes Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Animism as the religions existing in the Union at the day of the coming into operation of this Constitution. (Sec. 362)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် ခရစ်ယာန်ဘာသာသာသနာ၊ အစ္စလာမ်ဘာသာသာသနာ၊ ဟိန္ဒူဘာသာသာသနာ နှင့် နတ်ကိုးကွယ်သောဘာသာတို့ကို ဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ အာဏာ တည်သောနေ့၌ နိုင်ငံတော်တွင်တည်ရှိနေကြသော ကိုးကွယ်ရာ ဘာသာများဟူ၍ အသိ အမှတ်ပြုသည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၆၂)