4. Citizens and corporate bodies may present the Ombudsman with complaints
concerning acts or omissions by public authorities which they shall consider,
with no powers of decision, submitting the necessary recommendations for
the prevention and remedying of injustices to the appropriate bodies.
5. The activity of the Ombudsman shall be independent of the means for ruling
on appeals or disputes provided for in the Constitution and the law.
6. It shall be the duty of public administration bodies and agents, citizens and
other public collective bodies to cooperate with the work of the Ombudsman.
7. A report on the main complaints received and the recommendations made
shall be drawn up each year, submitted to the Assembly and forwarded to the
other bodies that exercise sovereign power.
8. The law shall establish the remaining functions and statutes of the
Ombudsman and Deputy Ombudsman, in addition to the entire support
structure known as the Ombudsman’s Office.
Article 193
(Legal practice)
1. Legal practice is an essential institution in the administration of justice.
2. Lawyers serve justice and the rule of law, and shall be responsible for
practicing legal consultancy and representation throughout national territory,
as well as providing legal counsel, under the terms of the law.
3. The Bar Association shall be responsible for regulating access to the legal
profession and for regulating the profession and legal representation, under
the terms of the law and its statutes.
Article 194
(Guarantees for lawyers)
1. Lawyers shall enjoy immunity in their actions and in the legal representation
procedures required in the exercise of their profession, within the limits
enshrined in law.
2. The inviolability of documents required in the exercise of their profession
shall be guaranteed, within the limits prescribed by law, and only searches,
seizures, inventories of property and similar forms of investigation
undertaken on the basis of a judicial ruling effected in the presence of the
appropriate judge, lawyer and representative of the Bar Association shall be
admissible, when they involve an illegal act punishable by a prison sentence
of more than two years and a lawyer is implicated.
3. Lawyers shall have the right to communicate personally and confidentially
with their clients even when the latter are imprisoned or detained in civil or
military establishments.
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