Constitution of the Republic of Benin
3
- Jurisdiction
- Benin
- Provision
- 3
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- in force
Provision text
Official sourceARTICLE 3.
National sovereignty shall belong to the People. No portion of the People, no community, no corporation, no party or political association, no trade union organization nor any individual shall be able to abrogate the exercise of it.
Sovereignty shall be exercised in accordance with the present Constitution which is the Supreme Law of the State.
Any law, any statutory text and any administrative act contrary to these provisions shall be null
and void. Consequently, any citizen shall have the right to appeal to the Constitutional Court against the laws, texts, and acts presumed unconstitutional.
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Constitution of the Republic of Benin · wipo.int · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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