CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
Article 247
Appeals
1. Supreme Court decisions harmonising questions of law and other decisions
made on grounds of unconstitutionality must be referred to the Constitutional
Council in the following cases:
a) in the event of a refusal to apply any rule on grounds of its
unconstitutionality;
b) when the Attorney General of the Republic or the Public Prosecution
Service requests an abstract evaluation of the constitutionality or legality
of a rule whose application has been refused, on grounds of
unconstitutionality or illegality, by judicial decision from which there is no
appeal.
2. The law shall regulate the rules on admissibility of appeals contemplated in
this provision.
Article 248
Judgements Binding and Unappealable
1. Judgements of the Constitutional Council shall be binding on all citizens,
institutions and other legal persons, they shall not be subject to appeal and they
shall prevail over other decisions.
2. A person who fails to comply with the judgements referred to in this article
shall be guilty of the criminal offence of contempt, unless a more serious crime
applies.
3. The decisions of the Constitutional Council shall be published in the Boletim
da República.
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