{"id":"constitution-my:constitution-direct-effect:en","type":"webpage","title":"What Does the 'Direct Effect' of the Constitution Mean","abstract":"Direct effect allows a person to invoke a constitutional provision, but it does not dispense with evidence, time limits, procedure or requirements of special legislation. In a concrete dispute, read the constitutional text with the applicable procedure.","author":[{"literal":"Constitution.my editorial team"}],"publisher":"Constitution.my","URL":"https://constitution.my/p/constitution-direct-effect?lang=en","language":"en","issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,25]]},"accessed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,28]]},"version":"2026-07-25","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","custom":{"schema_version":"1.0","is_official_legal_source":false,"publisher_url":"https://constitution.my","date_modified":"2026-07-25","article_references":[{"number":5,"title":"Direct Effect of the Constitution","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-5"},{"number":12,"title":"Judicial Protection of Rights","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-12"},{"number":72,"title":"Constitutional Court","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-72"},{"number":79,"title":"Judicial Referral to the Constitutional Court","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-79"}],"official_sources":[{"id":"constitution-2026-official","title":"Official publication of the 2026 Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan","publisher":"Adilet Legal Information System","url":"https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K2600000000","checked_at":"2026-07-16"}]}}