A law of Ukraine[a] is primary legislation in Ukraine adopted by the Verkhovna Rada (the national parliament of Ukraine) and signed by the president. Laws of Ukraine support and supplement the fundamental law of country, Constitution of Ukraine. Some laws were codified into Civil Code, Criminal Code and so on.
For procedural reasons, Verkhovna Rada also issues resolutions that explain how legal documents should be presented to parliament. Bills are usually considered by the Verkhovna Rada following the procedure of three readings; the President of Ukraine must sign a law before it can be officially promulgated.[1] After laws are published in Holos Ukrayiny they come into force officially the next day.[2] The Verkhovna Rada can take the decision on final adoption of the bill after the first or second reading if the bill is considered as such that does not require refinement.[1] It can also apply the rare procedure of the second first reading, which opens the possibility for a radical revision of the bill, its structure, and key provisions.[3]
Codified Laws
editThere are over 20 codices of law that are active in Ukraine.
- Air[space] Code (2011, 1993)
- Tax Code (2010)
- Budget Code (2010, 2001)
- Code of Administrative Proceedings (2005)
- Civil Procedural Code (2004, 1963)
- Criminal Executive Code (2003)
- Civil Code (2003, 1963)
- Economic Code (2003)
- Customs Code (2002, 1991)
- Family Code (2002)
- Land Code (2001, 1990, 1970)
- Criminal Code (2001, 1960)
- Water Code (1995, 1972)
- Maritime Code (1995)
- Code on Subsoil (bowels of the Earth) (1994)
- Forest Code (1994)
- Economic Procedural Code (1991)
- Code on Administrative Offenses (1984)
- Residential Code (1983)
- Labor Code (1971)
- Criminal Procedural Code (1960)
Inactive Codes
edit- Correctional Labor Code (1970)
- Code on Marriage and Family (1969)
Important State Laws
editSecondary legislation
editAll bodies of executive power issue their own secondary legislation.
- President - decree (ukase)
- Cabinet - resolution (rarely decree)
- other - orders
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b The interns of the Program of Internship at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Central Executive Bodies for 2012-2013 learned the procedure of submission and passage of bills in the Verkhovna Rada, Verkhovna Rada (14 December 2012)
Ukraine: Energy Policy Review 2006, International Energy Agency, 24 October 2006, ISBN 9264109919 (page 130) - ^ (in Ukrainian) Laws discommunization and status OUN and UPA published in "Holos Ukrayiny", Ukrayinska Pravda (20 May 2015)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) The International Advisory Group called on the Rada to amend the SBU reform law, Ukrayinska Pravda (26 June 2020)