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(2) Draft Constitutional laws shall be submitted to Parliament only alongside with the advisory opinion of the Constitutional Court adopted by a vote of at least 4 judges. (Art. 141) - Moldovian
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(2) Proiectele de legi constituţionale vor fi prezentate Parlamentului numai împreună cu avizul Curţii Constituţionale, adoptat cu votul a cel puţin 4 judecători. (Art. 141)
Jurisdiction and Access
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The Constitutional Council is a constitutional jurisdiction. It is independent and impartial.
The Constitutional Council is the regulatory organ for the functioning of the public powers.
The Constitutional Council is judge of the conformity of the law with the bloc de constitutionnalité [block/body of constitutionality].
The Constitutional Council is judge of the control of the presidential election and of the parliamentary elections. (Art. 126) - French
Le Conseil constitutionnel est une juridiction constitutionnelle. Il est indépendant et impartial.
Le Conseil constitutionnel est l'organe régulateur du fonctionnement des pouvoirs publics.
Le Conseil constitutionnel est juge de la conformité de la loi au bloc de constitutionnalité.
Le Conseil constitutionnel est juge du contrôle de l’élection présidentielle et des élections parlementaires. (Art. 126)
Jurisdiction and Access
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(3) The Constitutional Court-
(a) is the highest court of the Republic; and
(b) may decide -
(i) constitutional matters; and
(ii) any other matter, if the Constitutional Court grants leave to appeal on the grounds that the matter raises an arguable point of law of general public importance which ought to be considered by that Court; and
(c) makes the final decision whether a matter is within its jurisdiction.
(4) Only the Constitutional Court may -
(a) decide disputes between organs of state in the national or provincial sphere concerning the constitutional status, powers or functions of any of those organs of state;
(b) decide on the constitutionality of any parliamentary or provincial Bill, but may do so only in the circumstances anticipated in section 79 or 121;
(c) decide applications envisaged in section 80 or 122;
(d) decide on the constitutionality of any amendment to the Constitution;
(e) decide that Parliament or the President has failed to fulfil a constitutional obligation; or
(f) certify a provincial constitution in terms of section 144.
(5) The Constitutional Court makes the final decision whether an Act of Parliament, a provincial Act or conduct of the President is constitutional, and must confirm any order of invalidity made by the Supreme Court of Appeal, the High Court of South Africa, or a court of similar status, before that order has any force.
(6) National legislation or the rules of the Constitutional Court must allow a person, when it is in the interests of justice and with leave of the Constitutional Court—
(a) to bring a matter directly to the Constitutional Court; or
(b) to appeal directly to the Constitutional Court from any other court.
(7) A constitutional matter includes any issue involving the interpretation, protection or enforcement of the Constitution. (Sec. 167)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English1. A party to any judicial proceedings, including proceedings on appeal, may, at any stage thereof, raise the question of the unconstitutionality of any law or decision or any provision thereof material for the determination of any matter at issue in such proceedings and thereupon the Court before which such question is raised shall reserve the question for the decision of the Supreme Constitutional Court and stay further proceedings until such question is determined by the Supreme Constitutional Court.
… (Art. 144) - Greek1. Πας διάδικος δικαιούται, καθ’ οιονδήποτε στάδιον της διαδικασίας συμπεριλαμβανομένης και της κατ’ έφεσιν, να εγείρη ζήτημα αντισυνταγματικότητος νόμου ή αποφάσεως η διατάξεώς τινος αυτών ουσιώδους δια την διάγνωσιν της εκκρεμούς ενώπιον του δικαστηρίου υποθέσεως. Tο δικαστήριο, ενώπιον του οποίου εγείρεται το ζήτημα, παραπέμπει παρευθύς τούτο ενώπιον του Aνωτάτου Συνταγματικού Δικαστηρίου και αναστέλλει την πρόοδον της διαδικασίας, μέχρις ου αποφανθή επ αυτού το Aνώτατον Συνταγματικόν Δικαστήριο.
… (Αρθρον 144) - Turkish1. Herhangi bir adli muameledeki bir taraf, temyiz muameleleri dâhil olmak üzere, bu muamelenin herhangi bir safhasında bu muameledeki uyuşmazlık konularından herhangi birinin karara bağlanmasında etkisi olan herhangi bir kanunun veya kararın ya da onun herhangi bir hükmünün Anayasaya aykırılığı meselesini ileri sürebilir ve bunun üzerine, önüne böyle bir mesele ileri sürülen mahkeme, bu meseleyi, karar vermesi için Yüksek Anayasa Mahkemesine sunar ve bu mesele hakkında Yüksek Anayasa Mahkemesince bir karar verilinceye kadar bu muameleyi durdurur.
... (Madde 144)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English1. The following may make application to the Constitutional Tribunal regarding matters specified in Article 188:
1) the President of the Republic, the Marshal of the Sejm, the Marshal of the Senate, the Prime Minister, 50 Deputies, 30 Senators, the First President of the Supreme Court, the President of the Chief Administrative Court, the Public Prosecutor-General, the President of the Supreme Chamber of Control, the Commissioner for Citizens' Rights,
2) the National Council of the Judiciary, to the extent specified in Article 186, para. 2;
3) the constitutive organs of units of local self-government;
4) the national organs of trade unions as well as the national authorities of employers' organizations and occupational organizations;
5) churches and religious organizations;
6) the subjects referred to in Article 79 to the extent specified therein.
2. The subjects referred to in para. 1 subparas. 3-5, may make such application if the normative act relates to matters relevant to the scope of their activity. (Art. 191) - Polish1. Z wnioskiem w sprawach, o których mowa w art. 188, do Trybunału Konstytucyjnego wystąpić mogą:
1.) Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej, Marszałek Sejmu, Marszałek Senatu, Prezes Rady Ministrów, 50 posłów, 30 senatorów, Pierwszy Prezes Sądu Najwyższego, Prezes Naczelnego Sądu Administracyjnego, Prokurator Generalny, Prezes Najwyższej Izby Kontroli, Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich,
2.) Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa w zakresie, o którym mowa w art. 186 ust. 2,
3.) organy stanowiące jednostek samorządu terytorialnego,
4.) ogólnokrajowe organy związków zawodowych oraz ogólnokrajowe władze organizacji pracodawców i organizacji zawodowych,
5.) kościoły i inne związki wyznaniowe,
6.) podmioty określone w art. 79 w zakresie w nim wskazanym.
2. Podmioty, o których mowa w ust. 1 pkt 3-5, mogą wystąpić z takim wnioskiem, jeżeli akt normatywny dotyczy spraw objętych ich zakresem działania. (Art. 191)
Jurisdiction and Access
- English(1) The High Court—
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(c) may decide constitutional matters except those that only the Constitutional Court may decide;
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Jurisdiction and Access
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Courts shall not be entitled to apply the laws and other normative legal acts that infringe on the rights and freedoms of a human and a citizen enshrined in the Constitution. If the court sees that a law or other normative legal act to be applied infringes on the rights and freedoms of a human and a citizen enshrined in the Constitution, it shall be obliged to suspend the proceedings and apply to the Constitutional Court with a motion to recognize this act as unconstitutional. (Art. 78)
- Kazak
Соттардың Конституциямен баянды етілген адамның және азаматтың құқықтары мен бостандықтарына нұқсан келтіретін заңдар мен өзге де нормативтік құқықтық актілерді қолдануға хақысы жоқ. Егер сот қолданылуға тиісті заң немесе өзге де нормативтік құқықтық акт Конституциямен баянды етілген адамның және азаматтың құқықтары мен бостандықтарына нұқсан келтіреді деп тапса, іс жүргізуді тоқтата тұруға және осы актіні конституциялық емес деп тану туралы ұсыныспен Конституциялық Сотқа жүгінуге міндетті. (78-бап)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishA proceedings of assessing the constitutionality may be instituted by state bodies, bodies of territorial autonomy or local self-government, as well as at least 25 deputies. The procedure may also be instituted by the Constitutional Court.
Any legal or natural person shall have the right to an initiative to institute a proceedings of assessing the constitutionality and legality.
… (Art. 168) - Serbian CyrillicПоступак за оцену уставности и законитости могу да покрену државни органи, органи територијалне аутономије или локалне самоуправе, као и најмање 25 народних посланика. Поступак може покренути и сам Уставни суд.
Свако правно или физичко лице има право на иницијативу за покретање поступка за оцену уставности и законитости.
... (Члан 168)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishI. The Pluri-National Constitutional Court (Tribunal Constitucional Plurinacional) assures the supremacy of the Constitution, exercises constitutional control, and safeguards respect for and enforcement of constitutional rights and guarantees.
II. As criteria to be applied in its interpretive role, the Pluri-National Constitutional Court shall give preference to the intent of the constituent assembly as demonstrated in its documents, acts and resolutions, as well as the literal tenor of the text. (Art. 196) - SpanishI. El Tribunal Constitucional Plurinacional vela por la supremacía de la Constitución, ejerce el control de constitucionalidad, y precautela el respeto y la vigencia de los derechos y las garantías constitucionales.
II. En su función interpretativa, el Tribunal Constitucional Plurinacional aplicará como criterio de interpretación, con preferencia, la voluntad del constituyente, de acuerdo con sus documentos, actas y resoluciones, así como el tenor literal del texto. (Art. 196)
Jurisdiction and Access
- EnglishA Constitutional Tribunal shall be set up to interpret the provisions of the Constitution, to scrutinize whether or not laws enacted by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the Region Hluttaws and the State Hluttaws and functions of executive authorities of Pyidaungsu, Regions, States and Self-Administered-Areas are in conformity with the Constitution, to decide on disputes relating to the Constitution between Pyidaungsu and Regions, between Pyidaungsu and States, among Regions, among States, and between Regions or States and Self-Administered Areas and among Self-Administered Areas themselves, and to perform other duties prescribed in this Constitution. (Sec. 46)
- Burmeseဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေပါ ပြဌာန်းချက်များကို အနက်အဓိပ္ပာယ်ဖွင့်ဆိုခြင်း၊ ပြည်ထောင်စု လွှတ်တော်၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးလွှတ်တော်များနှင့် ပြည်နယ်လွှတ်တော်များက ပြဌာန်းသည့် ဥပဒေများ သည်လည်းကောင်း၊ ပြည်ထောင်စု၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးများ၊ ပြည်နယ်များနှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ စီရင်စုများ၏ အုပ်ချုပ်မှုဆိုင်ရာ အာဏာပိုင်များ၏ ဆောင်ရွက်ချက်များသည်လည်းကောင်း၊ နိုင်ငံတော် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေနှင့် ညီညွှတ်မှုရှိ၊ မရှိစိစစ်ခြင်း၊ ပြည်ထောင်စုနှင့် တိုင်းဒေသကြီးအကြား၊ ပြည်ထောင်စုနှင့် ပြည်နယ်အကြား၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးအချင်းချင်း၊ ပြည်နယ်အချင်းချင်း၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီး သို့မဟုတ် ပြည်နယ်နှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရစီရင်စုအကြား၊ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ စီရင်စုအချင်းချင်း ဖြစ်ပေါ်သည့် နိုင်ငံတော်ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံ အခြေခံဥပဒေဆိုင်ရာ အငြင်းပွားမှုများကို ကြားနာဆုံးဖြတ်ခြင်းနှင့် ဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံ အခြေခံဥပဒေက အပ်နှင်းသည့် အခြားတာဝန်များ ဆောင်ရွက်ခြင်းတို့ကို ပြုနိုင်ရန် နိုင်ငံတော်ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံ အခြေခံဥပဒေဆိုင်ရာ ခုံရုံးတစ်ရုံးကို ဖွဲ့စည်းရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၄၆)