Poland - 1992 Constitution

Title Article 4
Chapter I - Foundations of the Political and Economic System
Article

4

(1) Political parties shall be formed voluntarily and shall be based upon the equality of all citizens of the Republic of Poland. Their purpose shall be to influence the formulation of the policy of the State by democratic means.
(2) The Constitutional Tribunal shall adjudicate upon the inconsistency of the aims or activities of a political party with the Constitution.

(Note: article repealed in 1997)

 
Categories - Activity and behaviour (Rule of law)
- External oversight (Type of authority)
- Programme and identity (Rule of law)
- Rights and freedoms (Freedom of association)
- Rights and freedoms (Freedom of speech)
Source The International Constitutional Law Project; (http://www.servat.unibe.ch/law/icl/info.html)
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