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When do normative legal acts come into force?

According to Article 85.1 of the Constitutional Law “On Normative Legal Acts”, laws, decrees and decisions of the Cabinet of Ministers shall enter into force from the date of their official publication, unless a later date of entry into force is provided for in those acts. If a longer period is not specified in the interstate treaties to which the Republic of Azerbaijan is a party, the normative legal act regulating foreign trade activity shall indicate that it shall enter into force at least 30 days after the date of its publication. In exceptional cases, provided that international organizations are immediately informed, a normative legal act regulating foreign trade activity may enter into force within the period specified therein. Normative legal acts of central executive authorities shall enter into force from the date of their publication in the electronic version of the State Register of Legal Acts, unless a later date of entry into force is provided for in those acts.

How can one get acquainted with the text of the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan, decisions of the Cabinet of Ministers of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and other legal acts?

It is possible to get acquainted with the texts of the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan, decrees of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, decisions of the Cabinet of Ministers and other legal acts free of charge through the website "www.e-qanun.az", which is a unified electronic database of legal acts, as well as the "E-qanun" mobile application of that electronic database.

Can state bodies (institutions) apply legal acts that are not included in the State Register of Legal Acts?

According to paragraph 5.1 of the “Regulation on the Rules for Including Legal Acts in the State Register of Legal Acts of the Republic of Azerbaijan” approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 463 dated July 1, 2011, when information is received by the central executive authorities and bodies (institutions) adopting normative acts (except for decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan) regarding the application of legal acts not included in the State Register of Legal Acts, the Ministry of Justice shall apply to the bodies (institutions) that adopted them for submission of these acts for inclusion in the State Register of Legal Acts. If this application is not fulfilled within ten working days, information on the invalidity of legal acts applied without being included in the State Register of Legal Acts, as well as those not canceled within five days, shall be published by the Ministry of Justice in the Internet information resource of the State Register of Legal Acts

In what order are normative legal acts officially interpreted?

When ambiguities and differences in the content of a normative legal act, as well as contradictions in the practice of its application, are discovered, the normative body that adopted that act or, in accordance with Part IV of Article 130 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan officially interprets the relevant norms.

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