The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the law on the Constitutional Court to make the Constitutional Court Act (Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1996, no. 14) the following amendments: 1. Replace the words "throughout the Act with the law on the authorized Minister" (fold) with the words "cabinet authorized the Minister" (fold).
2. in article 16: turn off in paragraph 4, the words "rules and other regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers";
make paragraph 8 by the following: ' 8) order for compliance with the laws under which the cabinet authorized Prime Minister stopped local Government Council (Council) decision. "
3.17. Article: replace the words "not less than one-third of the members of the Parliament" with the words "not less than twenty members of the Parliament";
to supplement the first part with point 5 and 6 by the following: "5) the Attorney General;
6) national control Council. ";
to turn off the second paragraph, the words "rules and other regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers";
Add to the second part of paragraph 7 and 8 as follows: "7) national control Council;
8 national human rights office). ";
Supplement third with 5, 6, and 7, paragraph by the following: "5) full Court of the Supreme Court;
6) the Attorney General;
7) national control Council. ";
to complement the fourth part with point 6 and 7 by the following: "6) national control Council;
7) the national human rights office ".
Supplement fifth paragraph 4 by the following: "4) State Audit Council.";
express the sixth part as follows: "(6) the right to submit an application for the initiation of the order for compliance with the laws under which the cabinet authorized Prime Minister stopped local Government Council (Council) decision (article 16, paragraph 8), is the appropriate Council (Council)."
4. in article 18: replace the words "one-third of the members of the Parliament" with the words "twenty members of the Parliament";
turn off the fourth paragraph (3).
5. Article 20: Add to the third part of the second sentence as follows: "the judge may decide to refuse to prosecute even if the contested provision (Act) lost strength.";
to complement the fourth paragraph after the words "Constitutional Court" with the words "action meeting".
replace the sixth paragraph, the words "one-third of the members of the Parliament" with the words "twenty members of the Parliament";
6. Article 21: Add to the second paragraph after the word "look" with the words "action meeting".
in the fourth paragraph, replace the words "one-third of the members of the Parliament" with the words "twenty members of the Parliament";
7. Supplement article 22, third paragraph, after the words "Constitutional Court" with the words "action meeting".
8. Article 23: make the first paragraph by the following: "(1) the proceedings-applicant, as well as the institution or the officer that issued the Act is contested-procedural actions can the Constitutional Court take itself or by an authorised representative. ';
replace the second paragraph, the words "one-third of the members of the Parliament" with the words "twenty members of the Parliament";
make the second paragraph, third sentence the following wording: "the first who signed the application, be considered as authorised representative, if the members of the Parliament are not agreed otherwise. Such authorisation shall be certified by the clerk of the Parliament. "
to complement the text of the third part with the following: "Sworn lawyer at the hearing, the parties have all rights, except the right to withdraw the application. Sworn advocate's powers to attest to the warrant. The parties may delegate to a sworn lawyer also authorized representative's duties. The following authorization but with the written mandate. "
9. Supplement article 25 with a fifth by the following: "(5) the judges of the Constitutional Court can not sign up for rejection."
10. Article 29: Supplement to the second part of the article as follows: "(2) if the decision on the termination of the proceedings in the case, three days after the copy of the decision is sent to the parties and the publication of the newspaper" Latvian journal ".";
believe the current text of article of the first part of the article.
11. Article 31: Add to the article with the following new paragraph 11: "11") moment to which the contested provision (Act) terminates when the Constitutional Court ruled that this provision (Act) does not meet the highest legal force to the provisions of the law; "
consider the current paragraph 11 on paragraph 12.
12. Article 34: supplement the first sentence of the first subparagraph after the word "pedagogical" with the words "scientific and creative";
replace the second paragraph, the words "public organizations" with the words "other public organizations".
The law, adopted in 1997 by the Parliament on 11 September.
The President of the Parliament instead of the President a. perfected 1997 in Riga on September 24