Nicaragua · Legislation
Legislation and primary sources
Where to find the authoritative text of the law in Nicaragua, and how to confirm it is still in force.
Sources of law, ranked
- Constitution
- Incorporates a list of human-rights instruments with constitutional rank (Article 46).
- Statutes of the National Assembly
- Single chamber of 91 deputies.
- Codes
- Civil Code 1904, Labour Code (Law 185), Family Code (Law 870), Criminal Code (Law 641).
- Autonomy statutes
- Law 28 and Law 445 on Caribbean coast self-government and communal title.
The legislative process
Bills are approved in general and then article by article by the National Assembly. The President may veto in whole or part within 15 days; the Assembly overrides with an absolute majority of all deputies — a lower threshold than most of the region.
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