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TITLE X: THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
• Head of state removal
• Courts for judging public officials
Article 95
• Head of government removal
The High Court of Justice shall be competent to judge the President of the Republic
and the Ministers accused before it by the National Assembly for high treason or for
actions qualified as crimes or misdemeanors committed in the exercise of their
functions as well as their accomplices in the case of conspiracy against the security of
the State.
The act of accusation shall be determined by vote open to public scrutiny by a two
thirds majority of the Deputies composing the National Assembly.
The High Court of Justice shall be constrained by the definition of crimes and
misdemeanors and by the determination of penalties resulting from the penal law in
force at the time of the acts comprised in the juridical action.
Article 96
The High Court of Justice shall be composed of members designated by the National
Assembly upon each general renewal (of the National Assembly). It shall select its
President from among its members.
The law shall determine the number of its members, the rules of its operation as well
as the procedure followed before it.
TITLE XI: THE TERRITORIAL UNITS
• Subsidiary unit government
Article 97
The territorial units shall be created and administered under conditions defined by
law.
Article 98
The units shall freely administer themselves by the Councilors elected and within
conditions determined by law.
TITLE XII: HIGH COUNCIL OF TERRITORIAL
UNITS
Article 99
The High Council of Territorial Units shall have as its mission to study and to give its
considered advise concerning all policies of local and regional development.
It may make propositions to the Government for all questions concerning the
protection of the environment and the improvement of the quality of life of citizens
Mali 1992
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