# Article 72 — Categories of Laws

- Jurisdiction: Moldova (MD)
- Article: 72
- Chapter (as indexed): CHAPTER IV — PARLIAMENT
- Index row title: Categories of Laws
- Source document: Moldova Constitution
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## Verbatim text

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(1) Parliament is endowed to adopt constitu tional, organic and ordinary laws.
(2) Constitutional laws are aimed at revising the Constitution.
(3) The organic laws shall govern:
a) electoral system;
b) organisation and carrying out of referen dum;
c) organisation and functioning of Parlia ment;
d) organisation and functioning of the Government;
e) organisation and functioning of the Con stitutional Court, the Superior Council
of Magistracy, courts of general and administra tive ju risdiction;
f) organisation of local administration, of the territory, as well as the general
regulation of lo cal autonomy;
g) organisation and functioning of political parties;
h) procedure for establishing exclusive eco nomic zones;
i) general legal regulation of private property and inheritance;
j) general regulation of labour relationships, trade -unions and social protection;
k) general organisation of the education sys tem;
l) general regulation of religious cults;
m) regulation of the state o f national emer gency, martial law and war;
n) criminal offences, punishments and the procedure of their execution;
o) granting of amnesty and pardon;
p) other fields where the Constitution pro vides for the necessity of adopting
organic laws;
r) other fields where the Parliament recom mends the passing of organic laws.
(4) The ordinary laws shall intervene in any field of social relationships, except
for the spheres regulated by constitutional and organic laws.
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## What this means (mechanical reading aid, not legal advice)

- The index files this text under article 72 of the Constitution of Moldova.
- The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER IV — PARLIAMENT”.
- The row is titled “Categories of Laws”.
- The passage runs to about 221 words.
- Read plainly, it mentions property — it addresses property, possession, or taking property compulsorily (the words used: “property”); it mentions education — it concerns education, schooling or training (the words used: “education”).

> This is a mechanical reading aid generated from the text above by matching words in it. It is not legal advice, not a lawyer’s interpretation, and not a substitute for the provision itself.

## How to cite this

Constitution of Moldova, article 72 (“Categories of Laws”), Portable Lawyer, https://www.portablelawyer.app/provision/b20d66a7-9150-4411-aa3d-fc8aca49715d (accessed 25 October 2026).

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Portable Lawyer · Article 72 of the Constitution of Moldova (indexed as “Categories of Laws”). (1) Parliament is endowed to adopt constitu tional, organic and ordinary laws. (2) Constitutional laws are aimed at revising the Constitution. (3) The organic laws shall govern:…