Date of the judgment: 21.12.2001.
Official publication: 22.12.2001.
On Compliance of Section 19 of the Official Language Law and the Cabinet of Ministers RegultionAugust 22, 2000 Regulations No.295 "Regulations on Spelling and Identification of Names and Surnames" with Articles 96 and 116 of the Satversme
Constitutional Court decided:
1. To declare that Article 19 of the State Language Law complies with the Articles 96 and 116 of the Republic of Latvia Satversme (Constitution).
2. To declare that the Cabinet of Ministers August 22, 2000 Regulations No. 295 in the section on approximation of the reproduced and entered into the Republic of Latvia passports personal names, if the person does not require it as unconformable with Article 96 and 116 of the Republic of Latvia Satversme (Constitution).
3. To declare Item 6 of the Cabinet of Ministers October 24, 1995 Regulations No.310 and Item 3.8 of the November 10, 1994 ”Instruction on the Republic of Latvia Citizen Passports” confirmed in the Ruling by the Director of the Citizenship and Immigration Department of the Ministry of the Interior as unconformable with Articles 96 and 116 of the Republic of Latvia Satversme (Constitution) and null and void from July 1, 2002.