{"id":"constitution-my:myths-law-vs-constitution:en","type":"webpage","title":"Myth: 'If the Law Says So, the Constitution Doesn't Matter'","abstract":"Myth: 'The law is the law – the Constitution has nothing to do with it.' Fact: the Constitution stands above any law. If a law contradicts the Constitution, it has no legal force. The Constitutional Court strikes down unconstitutional provisions on any citizen's application – free of charge via eGov.","author":[{"literal":"Constitution.my editorial team"}],"publisher":"Constitution.my","URL":"https://constitution.my/p/myths-law-vs-constitution?lang=en","language":"en","issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,16]]},"accessed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,28]]},"version":"2026-06-16","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":"2026-06-16","article_references":[{"number":5,"title":"Applicable Law and Constitutional Supremacy","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-5"},{"number":60,"title":"Subjects of Legislative Regulation","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-60"},{"number":61,"title":"Laws and Constitutional Laws","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-61"},{"number":90,"title":"Local Normative Acts","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-90"}],"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-law","title":"Constitutional Law on the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan","publisher":"Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan","url":"https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/ksrk/documents/details/395513?lang=ru","checked_at":"2026-07-16"}]}}