of November 26, 2003 No. 248-Z
About procedure for realization of power to initiate legislation and the right to introduction of offers to Vsebelorussky people's assembly citizens of the Republic of Belarus
Accepted by the House of Representatives on October 23, 2003
Approved by Council of the Republic on November 12, 2003
This Law determines the principles, forms, guarantees, procedure and sales terms of power to initiate legislation and the right to introduction of offers to Vsebelorussky people's assembly citizens of the Republic of Belarus.
1. According to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus the power to initiate legislation belongs to the citizens of the Republic of Belarus having the voting rights (further – citizens), in number of at least 50 thousand people.
2. Power to initiate legislation about modification and amendments in the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, and also the right to introduction of offers to Vsebelorussky people's assembly belong to at least than 150 thousand citizens.
The power to initiate legislation of citizens means the right guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus to bring in the House of Representatives of National assembly of the Republic of Belarus (further – the House of Representatives) the drafts of the laws which are subject to obligatory consideration by the House of Representatives according to the procedure, established by the legislation.
The right of citizens to introduction of offers to Vsebelorussky people's assembly means the right guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus to make to Vsebelorussky people's assembly offers on accusation promotion to the President of the Republic of Belarus and shift it from position, about convocation of emergency meeting of Vsebelorussky people's assembly (further – the right of citizens to introduction of offers).
The legal basis of realization of power to initiate legislation of citizens and the right of citizens to introduction of offers is constituted by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, this Law and other acts of the legislation, the resolution of Central Election Commission (further - the Central commission).
The power to initiate legislation and the right of citizens to introduction of offers are implemented by citizens freely. The citizen personally solves, whether to participate to him in realization of power to initiate legislation and right of citizens to introduction of offers. Nobody has the right to interfere with legal implementation by citizens of the specified rights, to limit them or to force to realization of these rights.
The power to initiate legislation is exercised by citizens by means of entering into the House of Representatives of drafts of the laws:
about modification and amendments in the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus;
about change of the laws, about recognition voided the laws;
about interpretation of the laws;
other drafts of the laws.
The right of citizens to introduction of the offers specified in part two of article 2 of this Law is implemented by means of introduction to their Vsebelorussky people's assembly.
The bill offered by citizens according to the procedure of realization of power to initiate legislation (further – the bill) for the subsequent entering into the House of Representatives, shall correspond to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, requirements established by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of July 17, 2018 No. 130-Z "About regulatory legal acts" and also other legal acts.
The offer made to Vsebelorussky people's assembly according to the procedure of realization of the right of citizens to introduction of offers shall correspond to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, this Law, and also other legal acts.
1. Will be formed by the citizens proposing entering of the bill into the House of Representatives, and the citizens making the offer to Vsebelorussky people's assembly respectively initiative group of citizens on realization of power to initiate legislation and initiative group of citizens on realization of the right of citizens to introduction of offers (further if other is not established, - initiative group) in number of at least 100 people.
2. The initiative group of citizens on realization of power to initiate legislation is created for the purpose of petition for the proposal on entering of the bill into the House of Representatives, representations of interests of citizens by preparation, entering of the bill into the House of Representatives, its consideration in the House of Representatives, and also in case of withdrawal of the bill from the House of Representatives.
3. The initiative group of citizens on realization of the right of citizens to introduction of offers is created for the purpose of petition for introduction of the offer to Vsebelorussky people's assembly, representation of interests of citizens in case of introduction of the offer to Vsebelorussky people's assembly, its consideration by Vsebelorussky people's assembly.
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