Constitution

Turkmenistan 2008 Constitution (reviewed 2016)

Table of Contents

SECTION VIII. FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 140

Laws, other legal acts of state authorities and officials shall be adopted on grounds of and in compliance with the Constitution.

In case of divergence between provisions of the Constitution and laws, the provisions of the Constitution shall be applied.

Article 141

The provisions of the Constitution on state government in the form of the presidential republic shall not be changed.

Article 142

The constitutional law on approval and revision of the Constitution shall be deemed adopted if no less than two third of the total number of deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan or more than a half of the citizens of Turkmenistan participating in national referendum voted for it.