1. The President of the Republic may ask the Constitutional Court to conduct a
prior review of the constitutionality of any rule contained in legislation that
has been submitted for enactment, any international treaty submitted to him
for ratification or any international agreement sent to him for signature.
2. One tenth of the Members of the National Assembly in full exercise of their
office may also request a prior review of the constitutionality of any rule
contained in legislation that has been submitted for enactment
3. A prior review of constitutionality must be requested within twenty days of
reception of the legislation in question.
4. The Constitutional Court must pronounce within forty-eight days, which may
be reduced due to urgency if so requested by the President of the Republic or
one tenth of the Members of the Assembly in full exercise of their office.
Article 229
(Effect of prior review)
1. Legislation for which a prior review of constitutionality has been requested
from the Constitutional Court may not be enacted, signed or ratified before
the Constitutional Court has delivered its ruling.
2. If the Constitutional Court declares that any rule contained in a piece of
legislation, treaty, convention or international agreement is unconstitutional,
it must be vetoed by the President of the Republic and returned to the body
which had approved it.
3. In cases provided for under the previous point, the legislation, treaty,
convention or international agreement may not be enacted, ratified or signed,
as appropriate, unless the body that passed it expunges the rule that has been
deemed unconstitutional.
4. If the legislation, treaty, convention or international agreement is
reformulated, the President of the Republic or the Members who had
contested its constitutionality may request a prior review of the
constitutionality of any of its rules.
SECTION III
EX-POST ABSTRACT CONTROL
Article 230
(Legitimacy)
1. The Constitutional Court shall consider and shall declare with generally
binding force the unconstitutionality or otherwise of any rule.
2. The following may request a declaration of unconstitutionality from the
Constitutional Court:
85/93
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