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Domniemanie przyjęcia poprawki senackiej jako konstytucyjny standard procesu legislacyjnego
The presumption of adoption of the Senate amendment as a constitutional standard of the legislative process

Author(s): Olga Kazalska
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Senate amendment; presumption of adoption of the amendment; legislative procedure; Sejm; Senate; President; Constitutional Tribunal

Summary/Abstract: On 5 August 2015, at the plenary sitting of the Sejm, was submitted the motion to adopt the Senate’samendments. Despite obtaining an absolute majority of votes, the Marshal of the Sejm declaredtheir rejection by the Sejm. Doubts regarding the compliance with all the requirements of thelegislative procedure prompted the President of the Republic of Poland to bring the case to theConstitutional Tribunal for consideration. It was necessary to determine whether the presumptionof adoption of the Senate amendment, adopted in the Constitution of 1997, is a regulation on theessential elements of the legislative procedure, violation of which determines unconstitutionality ofthe legislative act

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 75-92
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish