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Decision no. 2001-445 DC of June 19, 2001 | Conseil constitutionnel
Article 1
The following are declared unconstitutional:
in the third paragraph of section 33(I) of the Institutional Act concerning the
statute of the judiciary and the High Council of the Judiciary, the words “the name of a candidate of a
given sex, which must be followed on this list by the name of a candidate of the other sex within the
limits of the number of names appearing on it”;
in the fourth paragraph of section 33(II), words “both sexes must be represented”;
in the third paragraph of section 33(III), the words “among candidates of the same sex as the member
whose position has fallen vacant”.
Article 2
Subject to the foregoing reservations as to interpretation, the other provisions of the Institutional Act under review
are declared constitutional.
Article 3
This decision shall be published in the Journal officiel de la République française.
Deliberated by the Constitutional Council at its sitting of 19 June 2001, attended by Mr Yves GUÉNA, President,
and Mr Michel AMELLER, Mr Jean-Claude COLLIARD, Mr Olivier DUTHEILLET de LAMOTHE, Mr Pierre JOXE, Mr
Pierre MAZEAUD, Ms Monique PELLETIER, Ms Dominique SCHNAPPER and Ms Simone VEIL.
À voir aussi sur le site : Communiqué de presse, Commentaire, Dossier documentaire, Texte
adopté, Ordonnance 58-1270 consolidée, Ordonnance 94-100 consolidée, Dossier complet sur
le site de l'Assemblée Nationale, Dossier complet sur le site du Sénat, Références doctrinales.
https://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/en/decision/2001/2001445DC.htm
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