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Pt. 4: The Judiciary Authority
Chapter 2. Pt. 1 Social and Moral Constituents
Chapter 2 Pt. 2 Social + Economic Constituents
Chapter 3 Public Freedoms, Rights + Duties
Chapter Four: Sovereignty of the Law
Chapter 5 Pt1 The Head of State
Part Two: The People’s Assembly
Part Three: The Executive Authority
Part Four: The Judiciary Authority
Article 165:
The Judiciary Authority shall be independent. It shall be exercised by courts of justice of different sorts and competences. They shall issue their judgments in accordance with the law.
Article 166:
Judges shall be independent, subject to no other authority but the law. No authority may intervene in judiciary cases or in the affairs of justice.
Article 167:
The law shall determine the judiciary organization and their competences, and shall organize the way of their formation and prescribe the conditions and measures for the appointment and transfer of their members.
Article 168:
The status of judges shall be irrevocable. The law shall regulate the disciplinary actions with regard to them.
Article 169: The sessions of courts shall be public, unless a court decides to hold them in camera for considerations of public order or morality. In all cases, judgments shall be pronounced in public sessions.
Article 170: The people shall contribute to maintaining justice in accordance with the manner and within the limits prescribed by law.
Article 171: The law shall regulate the organization of the State Security Courts and shall prescribe their competences and the conditions to be fulfilled by those who occupy the office of judge in them.
Article 172: The State Council shall be an independent judiciary organization competent to take decisions in administrative disputes and disciplinary cases. The law shall determine its other competences.
Article 173: A Supreme Council, presided over by the President of the Republic shall supervise the affairs of the judiciary organizations. The law shall prescribe its formation, it competences and its rules of action. It shall be consulted with regard to the draft laws organizing the affairs of the judiciary organizations.
