Charter Court

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CHARTER COURT (28 Tchaikovskogo Street), the organ of judicial power, upholding the Charter of St. Petersburg and ensuring supremity of law. The Court took office on September 20, 2000 pursuant to the Law of St. Petersburg dated June 5, 2000. The Charter Court consists of 7 courts appointed by the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg for a period of 5 years. The Dean of the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg State University N. M. Kropachev was elected the first head of the Charter Court. The Charter Court checks for correspondence of laws or other standard legal acts to the Charter of St. Petersburg, and provides official commentary on the Charter. Decisions of the Charter Court accepted within the scope of its authority are definitive and cannot be revised by another court. The Charter Court may revise its earlier decision on condition that it was based on the norms of the Charter of St. Petersburg later declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. All the decisions of the Court are announced publicly.

N. Y. Cherepenina. Kropachev N.M.
Tchaikovskogo St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 28
Legislative Assembly
2000