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Status of the Constitution
- English1 Subject to this Constitution and to the extent to which they are not inconsistent therewith, the laws in force in Saorstát Éireann immediately prior to the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution shall continue to be of full force and effect until the same or any of them shall have been repealed or amended by enactment of the Oireachtas.
... (Art. 50) - Irish Gaelic1 Na dlíthe a bheas i bhfeidhm i Saorstát Éireann díreach roimh lá an Bunreacht seo a theacht i ngníomh leanfaid de bheith i lánfheidhm agus i lánéifeacht, faoi chuimsiú an Bhunreachta seo agus sa mhéid nach bhfuilid ina choinne, go dtí go n-aisghairtear nó go leasaítear iad nó aon chuid díobh le hachtú ón Oireachtas.
... (Airteagal 50)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe present Constitution is the supreme law of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
All the laws and decisions of all the state institutions must be absolutely in conformity with the Constitution. (Art. 152) - Khmerរដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញនេះជាច្បាប់កំពូលនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា។
ច្បាប់ និងសេចក្តីសម្រេចទាំងឡាយនៃស្ថាប័ននានារបស់រដ្ឋ ត្រូវស្របនឹងរដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញជាដាច់ខាត។ (មាត្រា ១៥២)
Status of the Constitution
- English(1) This Constitution is the supreme law of Eswatini and if any other law is inconsistent with this Constitution that other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.(2) The King and iNgwenyama and all the citizens of Eswatini have the right and duty at all times to uphold and defend this Constitution.… (Sec. 2)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishIndividuals are only responsible before the authorities for infringing the Constitution and the laws. Public servants are so for the same cause and for omission or extra limitation in the exercise of their functions. (Art. 6)
- SpanishLos particulares sólo son responsables ante las autoridades por infringir la Constitución y las leyes. Los servidores públicos lo son por la misma causa y por omisión o extralimitación en el ejercicio de sus funciones. (Art. 6)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishIt is the duty of the State to follow the provisions of this Constitution, and to protect and promote the rights and freedoms provided in this Chapter.6 (Art. 18)
- Dhivehiމި ޤަނޫނުއަސާސީއާ އެއްގޮތައް ޢަމަލުކުރުމާއި، މި ބާބުގައި ބަޔާންވެގެންވާ ޙައްޤުތަކާއި މިނިވަންކަން ޙިމާޔައްކޮށް، ކުރިއެރުވުމަކީ ދައުލަތުގެ ވާޖިބެކެވެ. (ޤާނޫނުއަސާސީގެ 18 ވަނަ މާއްދާ)
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
- EnglishThe Constitutional Court decides within the time period of one month according to a procedure whose modalities are established by an organic law.
The recourse suspends the time period of the promulgation of the law.
A provision declared unconstitutional becomes null and of no effect and may not be promulgated or applied.
… (Art. 96) - FrenchLa Cour constitutionnelle statue dans le délai d'un mois selon une procédure dont les modalités sont fixées par une loi organique.
Le recours suspend le délai de promulgation de la loi.
Une disposition déclarée inconstitutionnelle devient nulle et de nul effet et ne peut être promulguée ou appliquée.
… (Art. 96)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishEcuadorians have the following duties and obligations, without detriment to others provided for by the Constitution or by law:
1. To abide by and enforce the Constitution, the law and the legitimate decisions taken by the competent authority.
… (Art. 83) - SpanishSon deberes y responsabilidades de las ecuatorianas y los ecuatorianos, sin perjuicio de otros previstos en la Constitución y la ley:
1. Acatar y cumplir la Constitución, la ley y las decisiones legítimas de autoridad competente.
… (Art. 83)
Status of the Constitution
- English
Respecting the Basic Statute of the State, laws, royal decrees and orders, and regulations and decisions issued by public authorities in the implementation of them, as well as observing public order and respecting public morality, is a duty on citizens, residents, and those present in the Sultanate. (Art. 47)
- Arabic
احترام النظام الأساسي للدولة، والقوانين، والمراسيم والأوامر السلطانية، واللوائح، والقرارات الصادرة من السلطات العامة تنفيذا لها، ومراعاة النظام العام، واحترام الآداب العامة واجب على المواطنين والمقيمين والموجودين في السلطنة. (المادّة ٤٧)
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)