Constitution

Mauritania 1991 Constitution (reviewed 2012)

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Title XII. Of the Final Provisions

Article 102

The legislation and the regulations in force in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania continue to be applicable as long as they have not been modified, in the forms specified in the Constitution.

The laws prior to the Constitution must be modified, if it applies, to render them in conformity with the constitutional rights and freedoms in a time not exceeding three years from the date of promulgation of this constitutional law.

In case that the modifications specified in the preceding paragraph are not adopted in the prescribed times, any individual can bring these laws before the Constitutional Council for examination of their constitutionality. The provisions declared unconstitutional may not be applied.