Article 91 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Article 91 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the constitutional provision that establishes the Guardian Council, defining its composition, authority, and role in supervising legislation and elections.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
adoptedWithConstitution 1979 Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
amendedWith 1989 constitutional amendments of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
appliesTo Islamic Consultative Assembly legislation ⓘ
authoritySource popular referendum approving the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
bindingOn state institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Government of Iran
citationForm Art. 91 Const. I.R. Iran ⓘ
constitutionalChapter Guardian Council and its powers ⓘ
constitutionalFunction protection of Islamic character of laws ⓘ
protection of conformity of laws with the Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalHierarchyLevel primary law ⓘ
constitutionalRole to create a supervisory body over elections ⓘ
to create a supervisory body over legislation ⓘ
constitutionalSection provisions on sovereignty and oversight ⓘ
country Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Iran
defines authority of the Guardian Council ⓘ
composition of the Guardian Council ⓘ
role of the Guardian Council in supervising elections ⓘ
role of the Guardian Council in supervising legislation ⓘ
enforcedIn Iran ⓘ
establishes Guardian Council ⓘ
governs selection framework of Guardian Council members ⓘ
guardianCouncilRole supervisory ⓘ
guardianCouncilStatus constitutional body ⓘ
hasGuardianCouncilFunction oversight of elections and referenda ⓘ
review of parliamentary bills ⓘ
hasNumber 91 ⓘ
hasPurpose to ensure conformity of legislation with Islamic criteria and the Constitution through the Guardian Council ⓘ
hasScope national legislation and elections ⓘ
inForce yes ⓘ
inspiredBy Islamic principles ⓘ
jurisdiction national ⓘ
language Persian ⓘ
legalDomain public law ⓘ
legalEffect creates the Guardian Council as a constitutional organ ⓘ
legalStatus binding ⓘ
legalSystem Iranian constitutional law ⓘ
partOf Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
regulates constitutional status of the Guardian Council ⓘ
relationship between the Guardian Council and the legislature ⓘ
relatedInstitution Islamic Consultative Assembly ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Iran

Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ
requires existence of Islamic jurists in the Guardian Council ⓘ
existence of legal experts in the Guardian Council ⓘ
subjectMatter Guardian Council ⓘ
typeOfNorm organizational rule ⓘ

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Guardian Council → constitutionalBasis → Article 91 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
Article 91 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran → citationForm → Art. 91 Const. I.R. Iran ⓘ
linked to: Article 91 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran