Article 104

The Judiciary is autonomous and independent of all other powers. The High Council of the Judiciary shall be presided over by the President of the Republic. The First President and the Prosecutor General of the Court of Cassation shall be de jure members of the High Council. Two thirds of the other members shall be elected by all the ordinary members of the Judiciary from among their various categories, and one third of the members by Parliament in joint session from among full professors of law and lawyers having fifteen years of professional practice. The Council shall elect a vice-president from among the members designated by Parliament. Elected members of the Council shall remain in office for four years and may not be immediately re-elected. Whilst in office, they may not belong to a professional register, nor serve in Parliament or on a Regional Council.