PRESIDENTIAL DECREE OF UKRAINE

of June 10, 1997 No. 503/97

About procedure for official promulgation of regulatory legal acts and their introductions in force

For the purpose of ordering of official promulgation of the regulatory legal acts adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the President of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for ensuring regulation of public legal relations based on the existing acts, prevention with twisting of their content, determination of procedure to their introduction in force, according to Article 57, of part two and the fifth Article 94, parts two of article 102 of the Constitution of Ukraine I decide:

1. Determine that the laws of Ukraine, other acts of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, acts of the President of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine not later as in fifteen-day time after their acceptance in accordance with the established procedure and signings are subject to promulgation by state language in official printing publications.

Official printing publications are:

"The Ofitsiyny messenger Ukra§ni";

Uryadovy Kur¾r newspaper.

Official printing publications in which official promulgation of the laws and other acts of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is performed are also the newspaper "Golos Ukrainy", "Vedomosti Verkhovnoy Rady Ukrainy".

The official printing publication in which official promulgation of the laws, acts of the President of Ukraine is performed is also the newsletter "Ofitsiyny visnik Prezidenta Ukra§ni" (further - "Ofitsiyny visnik Prezidenta Ukra§ni").

Acts of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the President of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine can be officially promulgated in some cases through television and radio.

2. Regulatory legal acts can be published in other printing editions only after their official promulgation according to article 1 of this Decree.

The regulatory legal acts published in other printing editions have information nature and cannot be used for official application.

3. Citizens, state bodies, the companies, organizations, the organizations during implementation of the rights and obligations shall apply the laws of Ukraine, other acts of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, acts of the President of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine published in official printing publications or received in accordance with the established procedure from body which issued them.

4. Regulatory legal acts of the Supreme Council of Ukraine and the President of Ukraine become effective in ten days from day of their official promulgation if another is not provided by acts, but not earlier than day of their publication in the official printing publication.

5. Regulatory legal acts of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine become effective from the moment of their acceptance if later term their introduction in force not provided in these acts. Acts of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine which determine the rights and obligations of citizens become effective not earlier than day of their publication in official printing publications.

6. If the law of Ukraine, other act of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is published in any of the newspapers specified in parts two and third article 1 of this Decree or in "Ofitsiynomu visniku Prezidenta Ukra§ni", before its publication in "The Official Bulletin of Ukraine", "Sheets of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine", it becomes effective after publication in that from the specified newspapers, or in "Ofitsiynomu visniku Prezidenta Ukra§ni" where it is published earlier.

If other regulatory legal act is published in "Ofitsiynomu visniku Prezidenta Ukra§ni" or in the newspaper "Uryadovy of hens' ¾r" before its publication in "Ofitsiynomu visniku Ukra§ni", it becomes effective after publication in that from the specified official printing publications where it is published earlier.

7. Acts of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the President of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine which have no general meaning of normative nature can not be published according to the decision of relevant organ. These acts and acts with restrictive signature stamps it is officially made public by posylaniye to the relevant state bodies and local government bodies and finishing them to data of the companies, organizations, organizations and persons to whom their action extends.

Unpublished acts of the Supreme Council of Ukraine and the President of Ukraine become effective from the moment of obtaining by it by state bodies or local government bodies if the body that issued them, does not establish other term of their introduction in force.

Acts of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the President of Ukraine of appointment according to the legislation on position and release from positions become effective from the moment of their acceptance.

8. Recognize invalid, Article 2 of the Presidential decree of Ukraine of October 13, 1993 as No. 454 454/93 "About modification of the Regulations on procedure for preparation and introduction of drafts of decrees and orders of the President of Ukraine and about procedure for entry into force by these acts".

9. To the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to bring the decisions into accord with this Decree.

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