{"id":"constitution-my:constitutional-court-term-counting-july-2026:en","type":"webpage","title":"How are office terms counted after the new Constitution entered into force?","abstract":"On July 7, 2026, the Constitutional Court explained that holding the relevant office under the 1995 Constitution does not itself prevent a new election or appointment. For limits in the new Constitution, an election or appointment after July 1, 2026 is treated as the first.","author":[{"literal":"Constitution.my editorial team"}],"publisher":"Constitution.my","URL":"https://constitution.my/p/constitutional-court-term-counting-july-2026?lang=en","language":"en","issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,16]]},"accessed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,28]]},"version":"2026-07-16","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":"2026-07-16","article_references":[{"number":43,"title":"President","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-43"},{"number":72,"title":"Constitutional Court","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-72"},{"number":83,"title":"Supreme Court","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-83"},{"number":84,"title":"Prosecutor's Office","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-84"}],"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"},{"id":"constitutional-court-interpretation-89","title":"Constitutional Court ruling No. 89-NP of July 7, 2026","publisher":"Constitutional Court of Kazakhstan","url":"https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/ksrk/documents/details/1038621?lang=ru","checked_at":"2026-07-16"}]}}