Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997

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constitution supreme law

The Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 is the supreme law defining Poland’s political system, fundamental rights, and the organization and powers of its state authorities.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Constitution of Poland 8
Constitution of the Republic of Poland 3
1997 Constitution of Poland 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
supreme law ⓘ
adoptedBy National Assembly of Poland ⓘ
surface form: National Assembly of the Republic of Poland
adoptionMethod constitutional act ⓘ
amendmentThreshold qualified majority in the Sejm and Senate ⓘ
approvedBy national referendum ⓘ
contains articles ⓘ
chapters ⓘ
preamble ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
defines fundamental rights and freedoms in Poland ⓘ
organization of state authorities in Poland ⓘ
political system of Poland ⓘ
powers of state authorities in Poland ⓘ
effectiveDate 1997-10-17 ⓘ
establishes Republic of Poland as a democratic state ruled by law ⓘ
Republic of Poland as a unitary state ⓘ
principle of local self-government ⓘ
principle of political pluralism ⓘ
principle of separation of powers ⓘ
guarantees equality before the law ⓘ
freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
prohibition of discrimination ⓘ
protection of property ⓘ
right to fair trial ⓘ
right to privacy ⓘ
language Polish ⓘ
legalHierarchy highest legal act in Poland ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
mayRequire confirmatory referendum for certain amendments ⓘ
officialName Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Konstytucja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
promulgatedBy President of Poland ⓘ
promulgationDate 1997-07-16 ⓘ
referendumDate 1997-05-25 ⓘ
regulates Constitutional Tribunal of Poland ⓘ
Council of Ministers of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Council of Ministers of the Republic of Poland

National Council of the Judiciary of Poland ⓘ
President of Poland ⓘ
surface form: President of the Republic of Poland

Sejm ⓘ
surface form: Sejm of the Republic of Poland

Senate of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Senate of the Republic of Poland

Supreme Court of Poland ⓘ
local government in Poland ⓘ
replaced Constitution of the Polish People's Republic of 1952 ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the Polish People’s Republic

Small Constitution of 1992 ⓘ
shortName Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Polish Constitution of 1997
subjectTo constitutional amendment procedure ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Polish parliament (Sejm and Senate) → canAmend → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 ⓘ
subject surface form: Polish parliament
this entity surface form: Constitution of Poland
President of Poland → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Poland
Third Polish Republic → constitutionAdopted → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1997 Constitution of Poland
Council of Ministers of Poland → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 146 of the Constitution of Poland
Polish parliament (Sejm and Senate) → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 ⓘ
subject surface form: Polish parliament
Sejm → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 ⓘ
Vice Prime Minister of Poland → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Poland
Senate of Poland → constitutionalDocument → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Poland
State Treasury of Poland → governedBy → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Poland
Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Poland
Council of Ministers of Poland → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Poland
Flag of Poland → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Poland
Marshal of the Sejm → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Poland
Supreme Court of Poland → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Poland
Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 → officialName → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Konstytucja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 → shortName → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish Constitution of 1997
Supreme Court of Poland → subordinateTo → Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Poland