The Superior Council of the Magistrature comprehends:
— The President of the Court of Cassation, Vice President of right;
— The President of the Council of State;
— The President of the Court of Accounts;
— The Procurator General before the Court of Cassation;
— Six persons from outside of the Magistrature of which three principals [titulaires] and
three substitutes are appointed in equal number by the President of the Republic and the
President of the National Assembly;
— Three magistrates of the Bench of which two principals and one substitute[,] and three
magistrates of the Office of the Public Prosecutor [Parquet] of which two principals and one
substitute, are designated by their peers. These magistrates cannot sit [if] they are affected
[concerner] by the deliberations of the Council.
Article 106
The Superior Council of the Magistrature meets on [the] convocation and under the
presidency of the Presidency of the Republic to examine any issues concerning the
independence of the Magistrature. Under the presidency of its Vice President, the Superior
Council of the Magistrature:
— Makes proposals for the appointment of the magistrates of the Supreme Jurisdictions, of
the first presidents of the Courts of Appeal and of the presidents of the tribunals of first
instance;
— gives its advice concerning the appointment and promotion of the magistrates of the
Bench;
— decides as [a] council of discipline of the magistrates of the Bench and of the Office of the
Public Prosecutor.
Article 107
An organic law determines the conditions of application of the provisions concerning the
Superior Council of the Magistrature.
TITLE IX
OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
Article 108
The High Court is composed of Deputies that the National Assembly elects from within, at
the first session of the legislature. It is presided over the by the President of the Court of
Cassation. An organic law establishes the number of its members, its attributions and the rules
of its functioning as well as the procedure to be followed before it.