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Article 196 of the Constitution provides that the process to amend the Constitution cannot be initiated or continued in times of war or when the Federal Parliament is unable to freely meet in Belgium. Article 197 also provides that the provisions relating to the King's constitutional powers cannot be amended during a regency.
Belgium became independent in 1830 after Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and in the Southern Netherlands. [6] The constitution of Belgium was officially proclaimed by the first Belgian parliament by means of the Belgian Constitutional Act. [1] However, Belgium's legal system after 20 years of French occupation was exclusively in French.
If a question comes up in a particular tribunal about the correspondence of laws, decrees and ordinances with the rules laying down the division of powers between the State, the communities and the regions or with Articles 8 to 32, 170, 172, or 191 of the Constitution, that tribunal must address a preliminary question to the Constitutional ...
The Constitution of Belgium, the primary source of law and the basis of the political system of the Country, was established on February 7, 1831.It has been changed several times, but the most relevant reforms were performed in 1970 and in 1993.
Pages in category "Constitution of Belgium" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The United Chambers are convened only on certain occasions enumerated in the Belgian Constitution: the King must take the constitutional oath before the United Chambers, in accordance with article 91 of the Constitution, and the United Chambers must provide for the regency if the successor to the Crown is a minor or the King is unable to reign ...
The judiciary of Belgium is similar to the French judiciary. Belgium evolved from a unitary to a federal state , but its judicial system has not been adapted to a federal system. The Belgian judiciary is referred to as the courts and tribunals ( Dutch : hoven en rechtbanken , French : cours et tribunaux , German : Gerichtshöfe und Gerichte ...
The first article of the Belgian Constitution was amended to read as follows, “Belgium is a Federal State which consists of communities and regions”. During the fourth state reform, the responsibilities of the Communities and the Regions were expanded again, their resources were increased and they were given more fiscal responsibilities.