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Status of the Constitution
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A provision declared unconstitutional on the basis of the preceding paragraph is lapsed of plain right. The decision of the Constitutional Court establishing this unconstitutionality is published in the Journal Officiel following the procedure of urgency. (Art. 132) - French…
Une disposition déclarée inconstitutionnelle sur le fondement de l'alinéa ci-dessus est caduque de plein droit. L'arrêt de la Cour constitutionnelle établissant cette inconstitutionnalité est publié au Journal Officiel suivant la procédure d'urgence. (Art. 132)
Status of the Constitution
- 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
- English(1) Subject to this Constitution:
(a) the existing law shall, until repealed or revoked, and subject to any amendment thereof, continue in force on and after the effective date of this Constitution;(b) all rights, obligations and liabilities arising under the existing law shall continue to exist on and after the effective date of this Constitution and shall be recognized, exercised and enforced accordingly.
… (Art. XIII, Sec. 1)
Status of the Constitution
- English
If the Constitutional Court[,] referred to [the matter] by the President of the Republic or by the President of the National Assembly[,] has declared that an international commitment involves a clause contrary to the Constitution, the authorization to ratify it may only intervene after the revision of the Constitution. (Art. 146)
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Si la Cour constitutionnelle saisie par le président de la République ou par le président de l'Assemblée nationale a déclaré qu'un engagement international comporte une clause contraire à la Constitution, l'autorisation de le ratifier ne peut intervenir qu'après révision de la Constitution. (Art. 146)
Status of the Constitution
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(2) Enforceable decisions of the Constitutional Court are binding on all authorities and persons.
(3) Decisions of the Constitutional Court which declare, pursuant to Article 87 paragraph 2, that a treaty is not in conformity with the constitutional order, are an obstacle to the ratification of the treaty until such time as they are brought into conformity with each other. (1993 Constitution, Art. 89) - Czech…
(2) Vykonatelná rozhodnutí Ústavního soudu jsou závazná pro všechny orgány i osoby.
(3) Rozhodnutí Ústavního soudu, kterým byl podle čl. 87 odst. 2 vysloven nesoulad mezinárodní smlouvy s ústavním pořádkem, brání ratifikaci smlouvy do doby, než bude nesoulad odstraněn. (Ústava 1993, Čl. 89)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishWe, the People of Seychelles, …
HEREBY adopt and confer upon ourselves this Constitution as the fundamental and supreme law of our Sovereign and Democratic Republic. (Preamble)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThis Constitution is the supreme law of Trinidad and Tobago, and any other law that is inconsistent with this Constitution is void to the extent of the inconsistency. (Sec. 2)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishAny provision of this Constitution or a law enacted pursuant to it which is in conflict with the Trusteeship Agreement between the United States of America and the United Nations Security Council shall not become effective until the date of termination of such Trusteeship Agreement. (Art. XV, Sec. 10)
Status of the Constitution
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5. A judgment of the Constitutional Court shall be final. An act or a part thereof that has been recognised as unconstitutional shall cease to have legal effect as soon as the respective judgment of the Constitutional Court is made public, unless the relevant judgment envisages a later time frame for invalidating the act or a part thereof.
… (Art. 60) - Georgian…
5. საკონსტიტუციო სასამართლოს გადაწყვეტილება საბოლოოა. არაკონსტიტუციურად ცნობილი აქტი ან მისი ნაწილი კარგავს ძალას საკონსტიტუციო სასამართლოს მიერ შესაბამისი გადაწყვეტილების გამოქვეყნების მომენტიდან, თუ შესაბამისი გადაწყვეტილება არ ადგენს აქტის ან მისი ნაწილის ძალის დაკარგვის სხვა, გვიანდელ ვადას.
… (მუხლი 60)
Status of the Constitution
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(2) A provision that has been declared unconstitutional may not be enacted or implemented. (Art. 50) - French…
(2) Une décision déclarée inconstitutionnelle ne peut être ni promulguée ni mise en application. (Art. 50)