Article 90 of the Constitution of Italy
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Article 90 of the Constitution of Italy is the constitutional provision that defines the President of Italy’s responsibility, including the conditions and procedures for presidential impeachment.
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | constitutional provision → |
| allocatesPowerTo | Parliament in joint session → |
| appliesToOffice | President of the Republic → |
| bindingOn | state institutions of the Italian Republic → |
| cameIntoForceWith |
Constitution of Italy
→
surface form:
Constitution of Italy of 1948
|
| concerns |
criminal responsibility of the President of the Republic in specific cases
→
political responsibility of the President of the Republic → |
| constitutionalRank | supreme law → |
| country | Italy → |
| defines |
conditions for presidential impeachment
→
procedures for presidential impeachment → |
| enshrinesPrinciple |
exceptional nature of presidential impeachment
→
limited presidential irresponsibility → |
| governs |
limits of presidential immunity
→
procedure for charging the President of the Republic → |
| interpretedBy |
Italian Constitutional Court
→
Italian legal scholarship → |
| jurisdiction | Italian Republic → |
| language | Italian → |
| legalSystem | Italian constitutional law → |
| partOf | Constitution of Italy → |
| providesThat |
Parliament decides on impeachment in joint session
→
the President of the Republic can be impeached only for high treason or for an attempt to overthrow the Constitution → the President of the Republic is not responsible for acts performed in the exercise of presidential duties except in specific cases established by the Constitution → the decision to impeach the President of the Republic requires a majority vote of Parliament in joint session → the initiative to impeach the President of the Republic belongs to Parliament → |
| regulates |
impeachment of the President of the Republic
→
responsibility of the President of the Republic → |
| relatedTo |
Article 134 of the Constitution of Italy
→
Article 83 of the Constitution of Italy → |
| subjectMatter |
attempt to overthrow the Constitution
→
constitutional responsibility of the head of state → high treason → liability of the President of the Republic → |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.