Constitution of the Slovak Republic

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The Constitution of the Slovak Republic ( Slovak Ústava Slovenskej republiky , No. 460/1992 Zb.) Is the currently valid constitution of Slovakia . It was approved by the Slovak National Council on September 1, 1992 by a majority of 114 members and signed on September 3, 1992 in the Knights' Hall of Bratislava Castle . It came into force on October 1, 1992, with some parts not until January 1, 1993 after the break-up of Czechoslovakia . Compliance is monitored by the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic with its seat in Košice .

Since the constitution came into force, it has been amended eighteen times by constitutional laws and once by a constitutional decision (40/2019 Z. z.). These are (chronologically): 244/1998 Z. z., 9/1999 Z. z., 90/2001 Z. z., 140/2004 Z. z., 323/2004 Z. z., 463/2005 Z . z., 92/2006 Z. z., 210/2006 Z. z., 100/2010 Z. z., 356/2011 Z. z., 232/2012 Z. z., 161/2014 Z. z ., 306/2014 Z. z., 427/2015 Z. z., 44/2017 Z. z., 71/2017 Z. z. a 137/2017 Z. z., 40/2019 Z. z. and 91/2019 Z. z.

September 1st is the national holiday of Slovakia today and is called Deň Ústavy Slovenskej republiky (German Constitution Day of the Slovak Republic).

content

The constitution is divided into preamble and nine main parts. Some main parts are further divided into departments. There are 156 articles in total, which can be further divided into paragraphs or letters.

  • preamble
  • First main part
    • First Section - Basic Provisions (Articles 1 to 7)
    • Second Section - State Symbols (Articles 8 and 9)
    • Third Division - Capital of the Slovak Republic (Art. 10)
  • Second main part - fundamental rights and freedoms
    • First Section - General Provisions (Articles 11 to 13)
    • Second Division - Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms (Articles 14 to 25)
    • Third Division - Political Rights (Articles 26 to 32)
    • Fourth Section - Rights of National Minorities and Ethnic Groups (Articles 33 and 34)
    • Fifth Section - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Articles 35 to 43)
    • Sixth Division - Right to the Protection of the Environment and Cultural Heritage (Articles 44 and 45)
    • Seventh Division - Right to judicial and other legal protection (Articles 46 to 50)
    • Eighth section - Common provisions on the first and second main part (Articles 51 to 53)
  • Third main part
    • First Division - Economy of the Slovak Republic (Articles 55 to 59)
    • Second Division - Supreme Control Authority of the Slovak Republic (Articles 60 to 63)
  • Fourth main part - Territorial self-government (Articles 64 to 71)
  • Fifth main part - Legislative power
  • Sixth main part - Executive power
    • First Division - President of the Slovak Republic (Articles 101 to 107)
    • Second Division - Government of the Slovak Republic (Articles 108 to 123)
  • Seventh main part - Judicial power
  • Eighth main part - Public Prosecutor of the Slovak Republic and the Human Rights Ombudsman
    • First Division - Public Prosecutor of the Slovak Republic (Articles 149 to 151)
    • Second Division - The Human Rights Commissioner (Art. 151a)
  • Ninth main part - transitional and final provisions (Articles 152 to 156)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy/SK/ZZ/1992/460/20190701