Article 76: Statute of the Seimas

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Constitution Text

“The structure and procedure of activities of the Seimas shall be established by the Statute of the Seimas. The Statute of the Seimas shall have the force of a law.”

Summary

The structure and working procedure of the Seimas are established by the Statute of the Seimas. The Statute of the Seimas has the force of a law.

Key Points

•The structure and working procedure of the Seimas are established by the Statute of the Seimas.
•The Statute of the Seimas has the force of a law.
•The Statute is signed by the Speaker of the Seimas (Article 70), and it also sets the impeachment procedure (Article 74).

Practical Example

How Seimas committees and factions are formed and how sittings and votes are held is set not by the Constitution but by the Statute of the Seimas, which the Seimas adopts itself.

Exam Tips

A simple but frequent question: which legal act establishes the structure and working procedure of the Seimas? The answer is the Statute of the Seimas, which has the force of a law.

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