Chapter
IV. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
(Parliament of Ukraine)
Article 75.
The sole body of legislative power in Ukraine
is the Parliament - the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Article 76.
(amended by the Law of 8 December 2004)
The constitutional membership of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine is 450 National Deputies of
Ukraine who are elected on the basis of universal,
equal and direct suffrage, by secret ballot.
Any citizen of Ukraine who has attained the
age of twenty-one on the day of elections, has
the right to vote, and has resided in Ukraine
for the past five years, shall be eligible to
be elected a National Deputy of Ukraine.
A citizen who has a criminal record for committing
an intentional crime shall not be eligible to
be elected to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
if the record has not been cancelled and erased
under the procedure established by law.
The powers of National Deputies of Ukraine are
determined by the Constitution and laws of Ukraine.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is elected for
a term of five years.
Article 77.
(Par. 1 amended by the Law of 8 December 2004)
Regular elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
take place on the last Sunday of the last month
of the fifth year of the duration of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine.
Special elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
are designated by the President of Ukraine and
are held within sixty days from the day of the
publication of the decision on the pre-term
termination of authority of the Verkhovna Rada
of Ukraine.
The procedure for conducting elections of National
Deputies of Ukraine is established by law.
Article 78.
(amended by the Law of 8 December 2004)
National Deputies of Ukraine exercise their
powers on a permanent basis.
A National Deputy of Ukraine shall not have
any other representative mandate, be in the
civil service, hold any other paid offices,
carry out gainful or business activity (with
the exception of teaching, scientific, and creative
activities), or to be a member of the administration/governing
body of a profit-seeking enterprise or organisation.
Requirements concerning the incompatibility
of the deputy’s mandate with other types of
activity are established by law.
Where there emerge circumstances preventing
the National Deputy of Ukraine from fulfilling
a requirement concerning incompatibility of
the deputy’s mandate with other types of activity,
the National Deputy of Ukraine shall within
twenty days from the date of the emergence of
such circumstances shall withdraw from the business
concerned or apply personally for divesting
himself or herself of National Deputy powers.
Article 79.
Before assuming office, National Deputies of
Ukraine take the following oath before the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine:
"I swear allegiance to Ukraine. I commit
myself with all my deeds to protect the sovereignty
and independence of Ukraine, to provide for
the good of the Motherland and for the welfare
of the Ukrainian people. I swear to abide by
the Constitution of Ukraine and the laws of
Ukraine, to carry out my duties in the interests
of all compatriots."
The oath is read by the eldest National Deputy
of Ukraine before the opening of the first session
of the newly-elected Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,
after which the deputies affirm the oath with
their signatures below its text.
The refusal to take the oath results in the
loss of the mandate of the deputy.
The authority of National Deputies of Ukraine
commences from the moment of the taking of the
oath.
Article 80.
National Deputies of Ukraine are guaranteed
parliamentary immunity.
National Deputies of Ukraine are not legally
liable for the results of voting or for statements
made in Parliament and in its bodies, with the
exception of liability for insult or defamation.
National Deputies of Ukraine shall not be held
criminally liable, detained or arrested without
the consent of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Article 81 (amended by the Law of 8 December
2004)
Powers of National Deputies of Ukraine shall
terminate simultaneously with the termination
of powers of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Powers of a National Deputy of Ukraine shall
terminate prior to the expiration of his or
her term in office in the event of:
(1) his or her resignation through a personal
application;
(2) a guilty verdict against him or her entering
into legal force;
(3) a court declaring him or her incapacitated
or missing;
(4) termination of his or her citizenship or
his or her departure from Ukraine for permanent
residence abroad;
(5) his or her failure, within twenty days from
the date of the emergence of circumstances preventing
him or her from fulfilling a requirement concerning
incompatibility of the deputy’s mandate with
other types of activity, to remove such circumstances;
(6) his or her failure, as having been elected
from a political party (an electoral bloc of
political parties), to join the parliamentary
faction representing the same political party
(the same electoral bloc of political parties)
or his or her withdrawal from such a faction;
(7) his or her death.
The pre-term termination of powers a National
Deputy of Ukraine shall also be caused by the
early termination, under the Constitution of
Ukraine, of powers of the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine, with such termination of the Deputy’s
powers taking effect on the date when the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine of a new convocation opens its
first meeting.
A decision on early termination of powers a
National Deputy of Ukraine on grounds referred
to in subparagraphs (1), (4) of the second paragraph
of this Article shall fall within the competence
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, while the ground
referred to in subparagraph (5) of the second
paragraph of this Article shall be a matter
to be decided by court.
Where a guilty verdict against a National Deputy
of Ukraine enters into legal force or where
a court declares a National Deputy of Ukraine
incapacitated or missing, his or her powers
terminate on the date when the court decision
becomes legally effective, while in the event
of the Deputy’s death on the date of his or
her death as certified by the relevant document.
Where a National Deputy of Ukraine, as having
been elected from a political party (an electoral
bloc of political parties), fails to join the
parliamentary faction representing the same
political party (the same electoral bloc of
political parties) or withdraws from such a
faction, the highest steering body of the respective
political party (electoral bloc of political
parties) shall decide to terminate early his
or her powers on the basis of a law, with the
termination taking effect on the date of such
a decision.
Article 82 (amended by the Law of 8 December
2004)
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine works in sessions.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is competent on
the condition that no less than two-thirds of
its constitutional membership has been elected.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine assembles for
its first session no later than on the thirtieth
day after the official announcement of the election
results.
The first meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
is opened by the eldest National Deputy of Ukraine.
Article 83 (amended by the Law of 8 December
2004)
Regular sessions of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
commence on the first Tuesday of February and
on the first Tuesday of September each year.
Special sessions of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,
with the stipulation of their agenda, are convoked
by the Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine, on the demand of the President of Ukraine
or on the demand of no fewer National Deputies
of Ukraine than one-third of the constitutional
membership of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
In the event that the President of Ukraine declares,
by proclaiming a decree, a state of martial
law or of emergency upon the whole territory
of Ukraine or in some areas of the State, the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall assemble within
two days without convocation.
In the event that the term of powers of the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine expires while a state
of martial law or of emergency is in effect,
its powers are extended until the day when the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine elected after the
cancellation of the state of martial law or
of emergency convenes its first meeting of the
first session.
Rules on the conduct of work of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine shall be laid down in the Constitution
of Ukraine and the Rules of Procedure of the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
According to election results and on the basis
of a common ground achieved between various
political positions, a coalition of parliamentary
factions shall be formed in the Verkhovna Rada
of Ukraine to include a majority of National
Deputies of Ukraine within the constitutional
membership of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
A coalition of parliamentary factions in the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall be formed within
a month from the date of the first meeting of
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to be held following
regular or special elections to the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine, or within a month from the
date when activities of a coalition of parliamentary
factions in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine terminated.
A coalition of parliamentary factions in the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine submits to the President
of Ukraine, in accordance with this Constitution,
proposals concerning a person’s candidature
for the office of the Prime Minister of Ukraine
and also, in accordance with this Constitution,
proposes candidatures for the membership of
the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
Frameworks for forming, organising, and terminating
activities of a coalition of parliamentary factions
in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall be established
by the Constitution of Ukraine and the Rules
of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
A parliamentary faction in the Verkhovna Rada
of Ukraine whose members make up a majority
of National Deputies of Ukraine within the constitutional
membership of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
shall enjoy the same rights under this Constitution
as a coalition of parliamentary factions in
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Article 84.
Meetings of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine are
conducted openly. A closed meeting is conducted
on the decision of the majority of the constitutional
composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Decisions of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine are
adopted exclusively at its plenary meetings
by voting.
Voting at the meetings of the Verkhovna Rada
of Ukraine is performed by a National Deputy
of Ukraine in person.
Article 85 (amended by the Law of 8 December
2004)
Powers of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall
include:
(1) introducing amendments to the Constitution
of Ukraine within the limits and under the procedure
specified in Chapter XIII of this Constitution;
(2) instituting an All-Ukrainian referendum
on issues referred to in Article 73 of this
Constitution;
(3) adopting laws;
(4) approving the State Budget of Ukraine and
introducing amendments thereto; exercising control
over the implementation of the State Budget
of Ukraine and adopting decision in regard to
the report on its implementation;
(5) determining the principles of domestic and
foreign policy;
(6) approving national programmes of economic,
scientific-technical, social, national-cultural
development, and of the protection of the environment;
(7) calling elections of the President of Ukraine
within the terms specified in this Constitution;
(8) hearing annual and special messages of the
President of Ukraine on the internal and external
situation of Ukraine;
(9) declaring war upon the submission by the
President of Ukraine and concluding peace; approving
a decision by the President of Ukraine on the
use of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other
military formations in the event of armed aggression
against Ukraine;
(10) removing the President of Ukraine from
office under a special procedure (impeachment)
as provided for in Article 111 of this Constitution;
(11) considering and adopting a decision in
regard to the approval of the Action Programme
of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine;
(12) appointing to office - upon the submission
by the President of Ukraine - the Prime Minister
of Ukraine, the Minister of Defence, the Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; appointing to
office - upon the submission by the Prime Minister
of Ukraine - other members of the Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine, the Chairperson of the
Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, the Chairperson
of the State Committee on Television and Radio
Broadcasting of Ukraine, and the Chairperson
of the State Property Fund of Ukraine; dismissing
from office the officials mentioned above; deciding
on the resignation of the Prime Minister of
Ukraine and of members of the Cabinet of Ministers
of Ukraine;
(121) appointing to office and dismissing from
office - upon the submission by the President
of Ukraine - the Head of the Security Service
of Ukraine;
(13) exercising control over activities of the
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, in accordance
with this Constitution and law;
(14) confirming decisions on loans and economic
aid to be granted by Ukraine to foreign states
and international organisations and also decisions
on the receipt by Ukraine of loans not envisaged
by the State Budget of Ukraine from foreign
states, banks and international financial organisations;
exercising control over the use of such funds;
(15) adopting the Rules of Procedure of the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;
(16) appointing to office and dismissing from
office the Chairperson and other members of
the Chamber of Accounting;
(17) appointing to office and dismissing from
office the Authorised Human Rights Representative
of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; hearing his
or her annual reports on the situation with
regard to the observance and protection of human
rights and freedoms in Ukraine;
(18) appointing to office and dismissing from
office the Chairperson of the National Bank
of Ukraine upon the submission by the President
of Ukraine;
(19) appointing and dismissing one-half of the
membership of the Council of the National Bank
of Ukraine;
(20) appointing and dismissing one-half of the
membership of the National Council of Ukraine
on Television and Radio Broadcasting;
(21) appointing to office and dismissing from
office, upon the submission of the President
of Ukraine, the members of the Central Electoral
Commission;
(22) confirming the general structure and numerical
strength of the Security Service of Ukraine,
the Armed Forces of Ukraine, other military
formations created in accordance with laws of
Ukraine, and of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
of Ukraine, as well as defining their functions;
(23) approving decisions on providing military
assistance to other states, on sending units
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to a foreign
state, or on admitting units of armed forces
of foreign states onto the territory of Ukraine;
(24) establishing national symbols of Ukraine;
(25) granting consent for the appointment to
office or dismissing from office by the President
of Ukraine of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine;
taking a vote of no confidence in the Prosecutor
General of Ukraine, the result of which shall
be his or her resignation from office;
(26) appointing and dismissing one-third of
the members of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine;
(27) electing judges for permanent terms;
(28) causing the early termination of powers
of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic
of Crimea where the Constitutional Court of
Ukraine finds that the Verkhovna Rada of the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea has violated the
Constitution of Ukraine or laws of Ukraine;
calling special elections to the Verkhovna Rada
of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea;
(29) establishing and abolishing districts,
establishing and altering the boundaries of
districts and towns/cities, assigning inhabited
localities to the category of towns/cities,
naming and renaming inhabited localities and
districts;
(30) calling regular and special elections to
bodies of local self-government;
(31) giving its approval to decrees by the President
of Ukraine - within two days from the moment
of his or her relevant address - on introducing
a state of martial law or of emergency in Ukraine
or in some areas of the State, on declaring
total or partial mobilisation, and on declaring
particular areas to be ecological emergency
zones;
(32) granting its consent - by adopting a relevant
legal act - to the binding character of international
treaties of Ukraine and denouncing international
treaties of Ukraine;
(33) exercising parliamentary control within
the scope provided for by this Constitution;
(34) adopting decisions on forwarding an inquiry
to the President of Ukraine at request by a
National Deputy of Ukraine, a group of National
Deputies or by a Committee of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine, provided that such a request
has been supported by no less than one-third
of the constitutional membership of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine;
(35) appointing to office and dismissing from
office the Head of Staff of the Verkhovna Rada
of Ukraine; approving the budget of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine and the structure of its staff;
(35) confirming the list of objects owned by
the State that are not subject to privatisation;
establishing legal principles to underlie the
expropriation of objects of private ownership;
(36) confirming - by adopting a relevant legal
act - the Constitution of the Autonomous Republic
of Crimea or amendments thereto.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall also exercise
any other powers falling within its competence
under the Constitution of Ukraine.
Article 86.
At a session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,
a National Deputy of Ukraine has the right to
present an inquiry to the bodies of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of
Ukraine, chief officers of other bodies of state
power and bodies of local self-government, and
also to the chief executives of enterprises,
institutions and organisations located on the
territory of Ukraine, irrespective of their
subordination and forms of ownership.
Chief officers of bodies of state power and
bodies of local self-government, chief executives
of enterprises, institutions and organisations
are obliged to notify a National Deputy of Ukraine
of the results of the consideration of his or
her inquiry.
Article 87 (amended by the Law of 8 December
2004)
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, on the proposal
by the President of Ukraine or by National Deputies
of Ukraine making up no less than one-third
of the constitutional membership of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine, may consider an issue of responsibility
of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and pass
- by a majority of votes of its constitutional
membership - a resolution of no confidence in
the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
The issue of responsibility of the Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine may not be considered by
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine more than once
during one regular session or within one year
after the approval of the Action Programme of
the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, or during
the final session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Article 88. (Par. 1, 3 and subpar. 2 of par.
2 amended by the law of 8 December 2004)
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine elects from among
its members the Chairperson of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine, the First Deputy Chairperson
and the Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine, and it is also empowered to
remove them from these offices.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine:
1) presides at meetings of the Verkhovna Rada
of Ukraine;
2) organises work of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
and co-ordinates activities of its bodies;
3) signs acts adopted by the Verkhovna Rada
of Ukraine;
4) represents the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
in relations with other bodies of state power
of Ukraine and with the bodies of power of other
states;
5) organises the work of the staff of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine.
The Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
exercises powers as specified in this Constitution,
in compliance with the procedure set out in
the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada
of Ukraine.
Article 89 (amended by the Law of 8 December
2004)
In order to carry out its legislative drafting
activities, prepare and conduct the preliminary
consideration of issues falling within its competence,
and performing its functions of control under
this Constitution of Ukraine, the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine shall set up Committees of the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine composed of National
Deputies of Ukraine and elect Chairpersons,
Deputy Chairpersons, and Secretaries to these
Committees.
Within the scope of its competence, the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine may set up temporary special
commissions for the preparation and preliminary
consideration of issues.
In order to investigate matters of public concern,
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall set up temporary
investigatory commissions, provided that the
measure has received votes of no less than one-third
of the constitutional membership of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine.
Findings and proposals made by temporary investigatory
commissions shall not be decisive for investigation
and court.
The organisation and procedure for activities
of Committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
and of its temporary special or temporary investigatory
commissions shall be established by law.
Article 90 (amended by the Law of 8 December
2004)
Powers of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall
terminate on the date when the Verkhovna Rada
of Ukraine of a new convocation opens its first
meeting.
The President of Ukraine may order the early
termination of powers of the Verkhovna Rada
of Ukraine where:
(1) there is a failure to form within one month
a coalition of parliamentary factions in the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine as provided for in
Article 83 of this Constitution;
(2) there is a failure, within sixty days following
the resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers
of Ukraine, to appoint members of the Cabinet
of Ministers of Ukraine;
(3) the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine fails, within
thirty days of a single regular session, to
commence its plenary meetings.
The early termination of powers of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine shall be decided by the President
of Ukraine following relevant consultations
with the Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons
of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and with Chairpersons
of Verkhovna Rada parliamentary factions.
Powers of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, which
convenes following special elections conducted
after the pre-term termination by the President
of Ukraine of powers of the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine of the previous convocation, shall not
terminate within one year from the day of its
election.
The pre-term termination of powers of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine may not be caused during the
last six months of its term or of the term of
the President of Ukraine.
Article 91.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopts laws, resolutions
and other acts by the majority of its constitutional
composition, except in cases envisaged by this
Constitution.
Article 92.
The following are determined exclusively by
the laws of Ukraine:
1) human and citizens' rights and freedoms,
the guarantees of these rights and freedoms;
the main duties of the citizen;
2) citizenship, the legal personality of citizens,
the status of foreigners and stateless persons;
3) the rights of indigenous peoples and national
minorities;
4) the procedure for the use of languages;
5) the principles of the use of natural resources,
the exclusive (maritime) economic zone and the
continental shelf, the exploration of outer
space, the organisation and operation of power
supply systems, transportation and communications;
6) the fundamentals of social protection, the
forms and types of pension provision; the principles
of the regulation of labour and employment,
marriage, family, the protection of childhood,
motherhood and fatherhood; upbringing, education,
culture and health care; ecological safety;
7) the legal regime of property;
8) the legal principles and guarantees of entrepreneurship;
the rules of competition and the norms of antimonopoly
regulation;
9) the principles of foreign relations, foreign
economic activity and customs;
10) the principles of the regulation of demographic
and migration processes;
11) the principles of the establishment and
activity of political parties, other associations
of citizens, and the mass media;
12) the organisation and activity of bodies
of executive power, the fundamentals of civil
service, the organisation of state statistics
and informatics;
13) the territorial structure of Ukraine;
14) the judicial system, judicial proceedings,
the status of judges, the principles of judicial
expertise, the organisation and operation of
the procuracy, the bodies of inquiry and investigation,
the notary, the bodies and institutions for
the execution of punishments; the fundamentals
of the organisation and activity of the advocacy;
15) the principles of local self-government;
16) the status of the capital of Ukraine; the
special status of other cities;
17) the fundamentals of national security, the
organisation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
and ensuring public order;
18) the legal regime of the state border;
19) the legal regime of martial law and a state
of emergency, zones of an ecological emergency
situation;
20) the organisation and procedure for conducting
elections and referendums;
21) the organisation and operational procedure
of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the status
of National Deputies of Ukraine;
22) the principles of civil legal liability;
acts that are crimes, administrative or disciplinary
offences, and liability for them.
The following are established exclusively by
the laws of Ukraine:
1) the State Budget of Ukraine and the budgetary
system of Ukraine; the system of taxation, taxes
and levies; the principles of the formation
and operation of financial, monetary, credit
and investment markets; the status of the national
currency and also the status of foreign currencies
on the territory of Ukraine; the procedure for
the formation and payment of state domestic
and foreign debt; the procedure for the issuance
and circulation of state securities, their types
and forms;
2) the procedure for deploying units of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine to other states; the
procedure for admitting and the terms for stationing
units of armed forces of other states on the
territory of Ukraine;
3) units of weight, measure and time; the procedure
for establishing state standards;
4) the procedure for the use and protection
of state symbols;
5) state awards;
6) military ranks, diplomatic and other special
ranks;
7) state holidays;
8) the procedure for the establishment and functioning
of free and other special zones that have an
economic and migration regime different from
the general regime.
Amnesty is declared by the law of Ukraine.
Article 93 (amended bythe Law of 8 December
2004)
The right of legislative initiative in the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine belongs to the President of
Ukraine, National Deputies of Ukraine, the Cabinet
of Ministers of Ukraine, and the National Bank
of Ukraine.
The draft laws defined by the President of Ukraine
as urgent shall be considered out of turn by
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Article 94. (Par. 4 amended by the Law of
8 December 2004)
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
signs a law and forwards it without delay to
the President of Ukraine.
Within fifteen days of the receipt of a law,
the President of Ukraine signs it, accepting
it for execution, and officially promulgates
it, or returns it to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
with substantiated and formulated proposals
for repeat consideration.
In the event that the President of Ukraine has
not returned a law for repeat consideration
within the established term, the law is deemed
to be approved by the President of Ukraine and
shall be signed and officially promulgated.
Where a law, during its repeat consideration,
again receives votes of no less than two-thirds
of the constitutional membership of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine, the President of Ukraine shall
be obliged to sign and to officially promulgate
it within ten days. In the event that the President
of Ukraine does not sign such a law, it shall
be without delay promulgated officially by the
Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
and published under his or her signature.
A law enters into force in ten days from the
day of its official promulgation, unless otherwise
envisaged by the law itself, but not prior to
the day of its publication.
Article 95.
The budgetary system of Ukraine is built on
the principles of just and impartial distribution
of social wealth among citizens and territorial
communities.
Any state expenditures for the needs of the
entire society, the extent and purposes of these
expenditures, are determined exclusively by
the law on the State Budget of Ukraine.
The State aspires to a balanced budget of Ukraine.
Regular reports on revenues and expenditures
of the State Budget of Ukraine shall be made
public.
Article 96.
The State Budget of Ukraine is annually approved
by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for the period
from 1 January to 31 December, and under special
circumstances for a different period.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine submits
the draft law on the State Budget of Ukraine
for the following year to the Verkhovna Rada
of Ukraine no later than on 15 September of
each year. The report on the course of the implementation
of the State Budget of Ukraine in the current
year is submitted together with the draft law.
Article 97.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine submits
the report on the implementation of the State
Budget of Ukraine to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
in accordance with the law.
The submitted report shall be made public.
Article 98.
(amended by the Law of 8 December 2004)
The Chamber of Accounting shall, on behalf of
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, exercise control
over State Budget revenues and the use of State
Budget funds.
Article 99.
The monetary unit of Ukraine is the hryvnia.
To ensure the stability of the monetary unit
is the major function of the central bank of
the State - the National Bank of Ukraine.
Article 100.
The Council of the National Bank of Ukraine
elaborates the basic principles of monetary
and credit policy and exercises control over
its execution.
The legal status of the Council of the National
Bank of Ukraine is determined by law.
Article 101.
The Authorised Human Rights Representative of
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine exercises parliamentary
control over the observance of constitutional
human and citizens' rights and freedoms.
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