Article 59 of the Constitution of France

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Article 59 of the Constitution of France is the constitutional provision that assigns the Constitutional Council the authority to rule on the validity of parliamentary elections and the eligibility of members of Parliament.

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Article 59 of the Constitution of France canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
appliesTo members of the National Assembly of France ⓘ
parliamentary elections in France ⓘ
senators of the French Senate ⓘ
assignsPowerTo Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
belongsTo French constitutional framework on elections ⓘ
branchOfGovernmentConcerned legislative branch of France ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1958-10-04 ⓘ
concerns electoral litigation ⓘ
incompatibilities and ineligibilities of members of Parliament ⓘ
parliamentary mandate validity ⓘ
confersJurisdictionOn Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
constitutionalBodyMentioned Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
constitutionalRank article-level provision ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateOfAdoption 1958-10-04 ⓘ
definesRoleOf Constitutional Council of France in electoral matters ⓘ
enforcedBy Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
ensures constitutional review of eligibility of parliamentarians ⓘ
regularity of parliamentary elections ⓘ
governs contestation of election results for deputies and senators ⓘ
disputes over the regularity of parliamentary elections ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver annulment of irregular parliamentary elections ⓘ
validation of parliamentary mandates ⓘ
hasLegalStatus binding constitutional norm ⓘ
hasNumber 59 ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel supreme law within the French legal order ⓘ
interpretedBy Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
jurisdiction French Republic ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalEffect centralizes electoral dispute resolution at the constitutional level ⓘ
gives Constitutional Council final authority over disputes concerning parliamentary elections ⓘ
legalSystem French constitutional law ⓘ
linked to: French law
locatedInLegalText Title IV of the Constitution of France ⓘ
partOf Constitution of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ
regulates control of parliamentary elections ⓘ
disputes concerning the election of members of Parliament ⓘ
eligibility of members of Parliament ⓘ
review of the validity of parliamentary elections ⓘ
relatedTo Article 58 of the Constitution of France ⓘ
Article 60 of the Constitution of France ⓘ
scope mandates of members of Parliament ⓘ
national parliamentary elections ⓘ
subjectOf electoral disputes for parliamentary elections ⓘ
typeOfControl electoral dispute adjudication ⓘ

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Constitutional Council of France → constitutionalArticle → Article 59 of the Constitution of France ⓘ
subject linked to: CC