CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
Article 243
Incompatibility
Judges of the Constitutional Council in office may not undertake any other public
or private activity, except for teaching, legal research, or other activities of
scientific, literary, artistic and technical dissemination or publication, with prior
authorisation from the relevant body.
Article 244
Powers
1. The Constitutional Council shall have power to:
a) evaluate and declare the unconstitutionality of laws and the illegality of
normative acts of State offices;
b) settle conflicts of jurisdiction between the sovereign public offices;
c) make prior evaluations of the constitutionality of referenda.
2. The Constitutional Council shall also:
a) verify the legal prerequisites required of candidates for the office of
President of the Republic;
b) pronounce upon the permanent incapacity of the President of the
Republic;
c) verify the death and the divestiture of the President of the Republic;
d) evaluate electoral complaints and appeals in the last instance, and
validate and proclaim electoral results, in the terms of the law;
e) decide, in the last instance, on the legality of the establishment of political
parties and coalitions, as well as evaluate the legality of their names,
acronyms and symbols, and order their dissipation in the terms of the
Constitution and the laws;
f) adjudicate actions contesting elections and the deliberations of political
parties, as well as the legality of their names, acronyms and symbols;
g) adjudicate actions concerning disputes about the terms of office of
deputies;
h) adjudicate actions concerning
Constitution and in the law.
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3. The Constitutional Council shall exercise such other powers as may be
assigned to it in terms of the law.
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