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Birth of a law
What is a law?
A law is a general legal act of the state adopted by the National Assembly through the previously determined legislative procedure. With the exception of the Constitution, a law is the highest level legal act in the legal system of the Republic of Serbia. Within the structure of legal acts, it is an act based on the Constitution that serves as a basis for the adoption of all other legal acts of lesser legal importance (by-laws).
Choose a quetsion from the Birth of a law
- What is a law?
- Why are laws adopted?
- Which acts regulate the birth of a law?
- Who can propose a law?
- What is a draft law?
- What does a bill look like?
- What are the mandatory elements of the rationale of a bill?
- What are the optional elements of the rationale of a bill?
- To whom is a bill submitted?
- What happens if a bill is not prepared in accordance with the Rules of Procedure?
- When is a bill included in the agenda of National Assmbly session?
- Which National Assembly committees review a bill?
- What is a public hearing?
- What is an amendment?
- Why is an amendment submitted?
- What is a discussion in principle?
- What is a discussion in detail?
- Does the proposer have the right to withdraw a bill from procedure?
- What is the Voting Day?
- How many does the National Assembly make decisions?
- What is urgent procedure?
- What are the specifics of the urgent procedure?
- How is a law promulgated?
- Can the President of the Republic refuse to promulgate a law?
- Who promulgates the law if the President of the Republic neither issues a decree on promulgation nor demands a second vote on the law?
- Is the adopted law published?
- When does a law come into effect?
- Can a law be implemented retroactively?
- Who executes the laws?
- What happens if it is suspected that a law does not comply with the Constitution?
- What happens if the Constitutional Court finds that a law does not comply with the Constitution?
- When does the effect of a law cease?
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10.00 - roundtable on Advancing Gender Equality in the National Assembly (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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10.00 - Advancing Gender Equality in the National Assembly – presentation of the ODIHR Participatory Gender Audit Report (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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13.00 - press conference of MP Marinika Tepic (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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14.00 - press conference of National Assembly Speaker Ana Brnabic (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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Thursday, 20 November 2025
28th Sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues
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