Date of the judgment: 25.09.2020.
Official publication: 29.09.2020.
On Compliance of Section 61 (8) and Section 63 (7) of Immigration Law with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia
Case short name: Appeal against the Entry ban adopted by the Minister of InteriorThe Constitutional Court held:
1. To recognise Section 61 (8) of the Immigration Law as being incompatible with the first sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and void as of 1 March 2021.
2. To terminate legal proceedings in the part of the case with respect to the compliance of Section 63 (7) of the Immigration Law with the first sentence of Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.
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