public
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on regional
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may, prior
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enactment,
referred
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the Constitutional Council by the President of the
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rulings
on appeals
against final
Republic,
President
of the National
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judgements
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disputes;
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- examine,
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other
disputes
the
provisions
paragraph
(2)expressly
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deadlines shall cease to lapse once an
instrument has been referred to the Constitutional
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Council.
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the lower
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other matters
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the
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(2) Any challenges in respect of the regularity of one
Article
42
of
the elections
provided for in the preceding
(1) The organization,
functioning,
composition
and
paragraph
may be brought
before the
Constitutional
duties
of
the
Supreme
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and
the
benches
it
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duties of themay
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be referred
to and
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