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4. The cooditiom for ihe Application of the prcted-•ng pwnioos may be determined by bw.

PAXT IV. TH£ ADMSORY COUNCŁ OF EW7RIA

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AduilOry Counot of EńtreJ

1. An Adńsory Counal of Eritrea U hereby est ab-

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(a)    Draw up plan* for the doclopcncM of ihe country'* resourccs and for the imp.rovemeni of pubtc Health and hygicne;

(b)    Put forward propoiab coneerning fiiuncc and (be budget and the organizacion of the a dminutra non and chc pobite serrices;

W Give adńce on draft bws submirted to the AstembK.

\i&) Ofl the rcquesc of the Chief Exccurive or of the Asscmbly, preparc draft* of law*. regułations or order*.

3. IhecomposióoaandorganizjuonofthcCoun-dl shall be futed by law.

Part y. the judiczary

SOUCHATTIR

Article ZS •

Judicid power

Judirial power shall be ejtereiscd by a Supremę Coun and by other court* whieh wiU appły che various system* of law in forte in Eritrea. The organizatioo of these couru shall be established by law.

Anicie 96

* Qualific4tiotu reqmrtd of fudges

1. Judges shall bcchosenfrom penoosof the high-esi morał reputabon and known to be wcSl verscd in the cistom* and legislacioa peculur co che v*rious system* of bw which they are rcquircd co apply.

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Indcpendencc of che judiaan*

3.    The judiciary shall be independent and imnt U frcc from al! polirical influence. The Assembly and de Executi%e shall noc givc order* or iniuncrions to the ^ fudges, nor shall they bring any pressu rc to bear on ifcettt Jj

Status of judge*

4.    The status of iudges shall be established by bw. •

Anicie Z7

Appoiniment of judgti

1. Judges shall bcappointed by the Chief Excaim* . on the tecommendation of the President of the AisemUy who shall be supplied with a list of candidaies by a * Committee composed of the President of the Supremę • Coun and two iudges chosen by the members of tke Supreme Coun and of the coun or courts immcdśatdy inferior thereto.    .

2.    The President of the Assembly shall recommcai

to the Chief Executive two candidacet for each appor:-m«M. •    / .

3.    The list of candidates drawn up by the tomie* tee prodded foc in paragraph 1 must include at leaw th«t rumes for ćach appoinuncnc.

Anicie II

• Rcsporuibility ofjudgti

The Supreme Coun prodded for in Article ZS shall havc juiisdiction in rcspcct of oiminai or disópUmrj respoastbility of judges for ans in COMOOOn with tbc discharge of their dutics.

Anicie 19

Ccmpoution of the Supreme Court

1.    The Supreme Coun shall coosist of noc less chan three and not raore than sevcn judges. On the propoul of the Court, the number of iudges may be dccreased or inoeased by bw.

2.    judgrs shall bc appoinced for a period of scen years, which period may be renewrd.

Article 90

Jurudiction of the Supreme Court

2. Rcfore ukang up offce, judges shall, according to their faith and their customary pracuce, uke the foliowing oach:

•I swtar bcfo/c Almighty Cod* (or an invocaoan confortning to che faith and the customary pracóce of ihe judge concemed) *to bc a fakhful guardun of the law and to admimuer it impartially and indc-pcndently in order to ensurc that jutnee shall reign supmne in Eritrea.*

The Supreme Coun shall bart jurisdicuoc* in tke foCowing matters;

(1)    As a coun of last resort with rcspcct to appeah from finał judgmems on point* of law, and also to thr went prondcd by bw with rcspcct to appeals both on ęucsnoM of bw and fao.

(2)    Conflicts of juiisdiction betwetn coum.

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(3)    Drtputcs concemmg the constiiuuonality ot ind order*.

U the ccnstitutioflaliry o f a law or orda U chalłcnged 'bdore a Coun, procctdinps shafl be suspended and the shall be prcsenttd to the Supreme Coun, which shall dcode whether loch aa ii consricutiónal.

(4)    Aciiom baied on admifustracrvc acu bcoughc 'jgainsr tbe Govemmcnt of Eritrea or pther public bodics. unłcss coum kitę becn established by law to try mch

(SI Crimmal and diiciplinary rtsponstbiliry of ts pcovided in Aniele 88.

(6) Respontibility of chc Chief Exccuri\e as pro-rided in Anicjt 7J.

; Part vl amendment of the constttution

SOUCHAfTlR . ArticU 91

Cowłplunce with thł Ffdcrjl Act and tb€ ptinóplti of dcinocratic goiemment

1. The Asscmbly may not, by means of an amend' :.^©rnt, introducc into the Cormiturion any :proviiśon which would not be in conformiry wkh the Fedeial Aa. -2. Anicie ld of the Constitudon, by ihe temu of -y* which the Constitution of Eritrea b based oo the princi-JJf pies of ómoctióc $overamcm, ihaU not be amended.

ArticU 92

AtnindnttnU tó iht Conititulion

1.    Any smendment to the Coasntution musi be lubmincd in writing either by the Chief Ejcccume or by a number of members of the Asscmbly etpul to one q«uncr of the anual nuraber of memben.

2.    A period oftwcncydays must eiapseberwwn the submission of an amen dra cm and the opening of the Asscmbly"* discussion thercon.

ArticU 93

Conditions goirming the adoplion of amendments

1.    If an amendment is approvcd by a nujority of three quaners of the memben of the Aasembly in Office, the amcndmeni shall be dcchrcd adopted.

2.    If an amendment is approved by two succe*sivc IcghUturcs by a majority of two thirds of the memben penem and voong or by a nujority of the memben in officc, chc amendmenc shall be dedared adopted.

Enuy into effca of amendments

3.    Any amendments co the Consticution adopted by tbe Asscmbly Kcording to the provisions of the foce-gok>g piragraphs triU cnrer imo efka ańer ratincanoo by the Emperor. Sovereign of the Fedcration.

. PART VII. TRANSfTlONAL PRCATSIONS

ArticU 94

Entry into fotce of the Gonstituuon

• I. Thh Consritution shaB cnicr into effea follow-ing rariheatłon of the Fedeial Aa by the Emperor of Ethiopia, and following approval by che United Naciom Comnussiootr, adopcion by the Eritrean Asscmbly and racificatton by the Emperor of Ethiopia of the Eriircan Comtituuoa.

2. The Administcring Authoncy shall condnuc to condua the a/faies of Eritrea umil the transfer of powtr co che Govemmmc of Eritrea has ukcn place.

Article 95

Laws gńńng effect to the Constitution

1.    Any laws gmng effea to the present Constitu-tion adopted by the Eriticari Asscmbly curwłncd by the . Administcring Authoriry, shall enter into effea simulu-ncously wich the Conscitutioa.

2.    Such Uws shall conform scrialy to the principlcs and provisions of the Constitudon.

• Artide 96

Legislation remaining m fotce when the •

• Constitution comes into effect

1.    Laws and regularioas which wert in force on 1 April 1941, and havc not sińce becn repealed by the Administcring Auihoriry and the laws ind reguiatioos enacted by tłuc Auihoriry, shall rcmain in force so locg as they havt not been repealed and to the octem chat they have not betn amended.

2.    In the event of cocfiia berween soch bws and regubtioru and this Constitudon, the Consrimoon shall prevad in accordance with Article 90 (3).

Artide 97

Resptcl for obligations eon u aa td on bthalf of Eritrea

1.    Obligations of any kind coouacted by the authorioes administcring Eritrea up to che datę on which the Consticution cnrers into force shall rcmain valid for the Gorenwnmr of Erirrra and must be respcacd pro-vidcd chat such obligations rclatc to manta within the jurisdiction of Eritcea.

2.    As from the datę of the entry inco force of che Constitudon any undenaking reguhrly condudcd by the Eaccudve Comminee csublished by che Administcring Authoricy before the dace of the entry inco force of the Consticution shall rcmain rabd and must be respcacd.

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