Supreme Constitutional Court (originally)

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The Supreme Constitutional Court (originally) was the highest judicial body in Cyprus tasked with interpreting the constitution and resolving constitutional disputes under the early post-independence legal framework.

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Label Occurrences
Supreme Constitutional Court (originally) canonical 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
authorityOver constitutional questions arising from acts of the executive ⓘ
constitutional questions arising from acts of the legislature ⓘ
disputes concerning separation of powers ⓘ
canReview constitutionality of administrative acts ⓘ
constitutionality of legislation ⓘ
constitutionalRole guardian of the constitution ⓘ
country Cyprus ⓘ
decisionsAre binding on lower courts in constitutional matters ⓘ
establishedFor implementation of the 1960 Constitution of Cyprus ⓘ
historicalContext created in the early years following Cypriot independence from the United Kingdom ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
linked to: Cyprus
languageOfProceedings Greek ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus (1960) ⓘ
legalSystem post-independence Cypriot legal system ⓘ
locatedIn Cyprus ⓘ
Nicosia ⓘ
mainFunction interpretation of the Constitution of Cyprus ⓘ
resolution of constitutional disputes ⓘ
partOf judicial branch of the Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
positionInJudiciary court of last resort for constitutional matters ⓘ
reasonForChange constitutional and institutional crisis in Cyprus in the 1960s ⓘ
replacedBy Supreme Court of Cyprus ⓘ
role highest judicial body in Cyprus under the early post-independence legal framework ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
task adjudicate conflicts between state organs regarding constitutional competence ⓘ
ensure that laws comply with the constitution ⓘ
typeOfLawHandled constitutional law ⓘ
public law ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus → providesFor → Supreme Constitutional Court (originally) ⓘ