Constitution of Kazakhstan
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Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan | |
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Judiciary | Supreme Court |
Federalism | Unitary |
Electoral college | No |
History | |
Amendments | 4 |
Last amended | June 5, 2022 and September 2022 |
Location | Astana |
Signatories | Constitutional referendum by the citizens of Kazakhstan |
Supersedes | 1993 Constitution of Kazakhstan |
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The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan (
Kazakh language is the official language of the state, while Article 7, section 2 states that the "Russian language shall be officially used on equal grounds".[2]
Preamble
The
"We, the people of Kazakhstan, united by a common historic fate, creating a state on the indigenous Kazakh land, considering ourselves a peace-loving and civil society, dedicated to the ideals of freedom, equality and concord, wishing to take a worthy place in the world community, realizing our high responsibility before the present and future generations, proceeding from our sovereign right, accept this Constitution."
Section 1, General Provisions
Article 1
Article 1 establishes the state as a
Article 2
Article 2 states that Kazakhstan is a
Article 3
Article 4
Laws that are in effect include "provisions of the Constitution, the laws corresponding to it, other regulatory legal acts, international treaty and other commitments of the Republic as well as regulatory resolutions of Constitutional Council and the Supreme Court of the Republic." The Constitution is made the highest law. Ratified international treaties supersede national laws and are enforced, except in cases when upon ratification the Parliament recognizes contradictions between treaties and already enacted laws, in which case the treaty will not go into effect until the contradiction has been dealt with through legislation. The government shall publish all laws.[1]
See also
- Government of Kazakhstan
- Politics of Kazakhstan
- Constitution of Russia
- Terrorism and counter-terrorism in Kazakhstan
- Constitutional economics
- Constitutionalism
- Rule according to higher law
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Constitution of Kazakhstan Archived 2007-02-18 at the Wayback Machine City Montessori School Lucknow, India
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