2. At the request of ten Members or any Parliamentary Group the National
Assembly may declare any matter of national interest to be the object of
emergency proceedings.
3. When a request has been received to treat any matter as an emergency
proceeding, the President of the National Assembly shall be responsible for
ruling on the request, notwithstanding the right of appeal to the Plenary for a
decision on the said emergency measure.
CHAPTER IV 

THE JUDICIARY 

SECTION I 

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article 174 

(Jurisdiction) 

1. The courts shall be sovereign bodies with the power to administer justice in
the name of the people.
2. In the exercise of their jurisdictional functions, the courts shall be responsible
for ruling on conflicts of public or private interests, ensuring the defence of
rights and interests protected by law and repressing any violations of the
democratic rule of law.
3. It shall be the duty of all public and private entities to cooperate with the
courts in the exercise of their functions and they must undertake, within the
limits of their powers, any actions requested of them by the courts.
4. The law shall constitute and regulate extra-judicial	 means and forms of
settling conflicts and their constitution, organisation, responsibilities and
functioning.
5. The courts may not deny justice due to a lack of financial means.
Article 175 

(Independence of the courts)

In the exercise of their jurisdictional functions, the courts shall be independent and
impartial and subject only to the Constitution and the law.
Article 176 

(System of jurisdiction) 

1. The High Courts of the Republic of Angola shall be the Constitutional Court,
the Supreme Court, the Court of Auditors and the Supreme Military Court.

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