PART 5. CONSTITUTIONALITY AND LEGALITY
Article 145. Conformity of legal regulations
The law shall be in conformity with the Constitution and confirmed international agreements, and other regulations shall be in conformity with the Constitution and the law.
Article 146. Publication and coming into effect of the regulations
The law and other regulation shall be published prior to coming into effect, and shall come into effect no sooner than the eighth day from the day of publication thereof.
Exceptionally, when the reasons for such action exist and have been established in the adoption procedure, law and other regulation may come into effect no sooner than the date of publication thereof.
Article 147. Prohibition of ex posto facto effect (retroactive effect)
Law and other regulation shall not have retroactive effect.
Exceptionally, if required so by the public interest established in the process of law adoption, individual provisions of the law may have retroactive effect.
Provision of the Criminal code may have retroactive effect only if it is more lenient for the perpetrator of a criminal offense.
Article 148. Legality of individual acts
Individual legal act shall be in conformity with the law.
Final individual legal acts shall enjoy court protection.
