Chapter Seven
Experts
Article (199)
Judicial experts, forensic medicine experts, and notary public’s technical staff undertake their
duties independently, and shall have the guarantees and protection required for them to perform
their tasks, as regulated by the Law.
Chapter Eight
The Armed Forces & The Police
Branch I
The Armed Forces
Article (200)
The Armed Forces belong to the People, and their duty is to protect the country, and preserve its
security and the integrity of its territories. Only the State shall be entitled to establish the Armed
Forces. No individual, organization, entity, or group shall be allowed to create military or quasimilitary squadrons, groups or organizations.
The Armed Forces shall have a supreme council, as regulated by Law.
Article (201)
The Minister of Defense is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, and shall be appointed
from among its officers.
Article (202)
The Law regulates the military mass mobilization, and determines the conditions of the military
service, promotion and retirement in the Armed Forces.
The judicial committees for officers and personnel of the Armed Forces shall be solely
competent to adjudicate on all administrative disputes pertaining to decisions affecting them. The
Law regulates the rules and procedures for challenging the decisions made by these committees.
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