APPENDIX. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO
Article 1
Constitution of Montenegro (hereinafter: Constitution) shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation by the Constitutional Parliament of the Republic of Montenegro, unless this Law provides differently with regard to the implementation of certain regulations in the Constitution.
Article 2
Authorities in Montenegro and other state bodies, organizations and departments and bodies of the local self-government shall continue to work until the end of the period for which they have been elected, within the rights and duties stipulated by the Constitution, unless this Law provides differently.
Article 3
The State Prosecutor shall continue to work as the State Prosecution until the Law that shall stipulate the position, organisation and work of the State Prosecution, is adopted.
Article 4
The Defence and Security Council shall be constituted within 10 days as of the day when this Law enters into force.
Article 5
Provisions of international agreements on human rights and freedoms, to which Montenegro acceded before 3 June 2006, shall be applied to legal relations that have arisen after the signature.
Article 6
Laws and other regulations shall remain into force until they have been harmonised with the Constitution within the periods of time stipulated by this Law.
Article 7
The following laws shall be adopted within two months as of the day when this Law entered into force:
- Law on Montenegrin citizenship;
- Law on travel documents of Montenegrin citizens;
- Law on residence and abiding place of the citizens;
- Law on identification card;
- Law on Social Council.
The following laws shall be adopted within six months as of the day when this Law entered into force:
- Law on Judicial Council and
- Law on Territorial Organization of Montenegro.
Article 8
The following shall be harmonised with the Constitution within three months as of the day when this Law entered into force:
- Law on Election of MPs and deputies;
- Law on the Election of the President of Montenegro;
- Law on Electoral Rolls;
- Law on Courts;
- Law on State Prosecutor;
- Law on State Administration;
- Law on Property of the Republic of Montenegro;
- Law on Expropriation;
- Law on Minorities Rights and Freedoms.
Article 9
Other laws and regulations shall be harmonised with the Constitution within two years as of the day when this Law entered into force, and regulations for the implementation of these laws within time periods stipulated in these laws.
Article 10
Assemblies of local self-government units shall harmonise their regulations with the Constitution within one year as of the day when this Law entered into force at the latest.
Article 11
Regulations of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro shall be applied accordingly, providing they are not contrary to legal order and interests of Montenegro, until adequate regulations of Montenegro are adopted.
Article 12
Every citizen of Montenegro who had a citizenship of some other State apart from the Montenegrin citizenship, on the day of 3 June 2006, shall have the right to keep the Montenegrin citizenship.
Citizen of Montenegro who obtained some other citizenship after 3 June 2006, shall have the right to keep the Montenegrin citizenship until a bilateral agreement is made with the State whose citizenship he obtained, but not longer than one year as of the day when the Constitution of Montenegro was adopted.
Article 13
As of the day of the promulgation of the Constitution and this Law, the Constitutional Parliament of Montenegro shall continue to work as the Parliament of Montenegro, and the Constitutional Committee shall cease to work.
Article 14
Elections for the Members of the Parliament of Montenegro shall be held at the latest by the end of 2009.
Article 15
As of the day when this Law enters into force the name of the official gazette of the Republic of Montenegro shall change into “the Official Gazette of Montenegro”.
Article 16
This Law shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation.
