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On 7 July 2017 in the exercise of obligatory preliminary review the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus considered the constitutionality of the laws of the Republic of Belarus “On Approval of the Report on Execution of the Republican Budget for 2016”, “On Making Alterations and Addenda to the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes of the Republic of Belarus” and others.

By virtue of Article 116.1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, Article 22.3.2 of the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Judicial System and Status of Judges, Article 98 and Article 101.1 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On the Constitutional Proceedings» in the exercise of obligatory preliminary review the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus considered the constitutionality of the following laws of the Republic of Belarus adopted by the House of Representatives and approved by the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus:

“On Making Alterations and Addenda to the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes of the Republic of Belarus” (reporting judge – Tadeush Voronovich);

“On Approval of the Report on Execution of the Republican Budget for 2016” (reporting judge – Tatyana Boiko);

“On Approval of the Report on Execution of the Budget of the State Non-Budgetary Fund of Civil Aviation for 2016” (reporting judge – Viktor Ryabtsev);

“On Approval of the Report on Execution of the Budget of the State Non-Budgetary Social Protection Fund of the Republic of Belarus for 2016” (reporting judge – Tatyana Boiko);

“On Approval of the Report on Execution of the Budget of the State Non-Budgetary Fund of the Department of Corrections of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for 2016” (reporting judge – Sergei Chigrinov).

Based on the results of consideration the said laws were recognised to be conforming to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus. At the same time the Constitutional Court stated its legal positions aimed to clarify the constitutional and legal meaning of certain provisions of the laws.