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The law defines the mandate of other local councils, their financial sources,
guarantees of its members, and their independence.
Article 181: Local council decisions
Local council decisions that are issued within the council’s mandate are final. They
are not subject to interference from the executive authority, except to prevent the
council from overstepping these limits, or causing damage to the public interest or
the interests of other local councils.
Any dispute over the jurisdiction of these local councils in villages, centers or towns
is settled by the governorate-level local council. Disputes over the jurisdiction of
governorate-level local councils are dealt with as a matter of urgency by the General
Assembly of the Legal Opinion and Legislation Departments of the State Council.
The foregoing is organized by law.
Article 182: Budgets and final accounts of local councils
Every local council is in charge of its own budget and final accounts, in the manner
organized by law.
Article 183: Dissolution of local councils
It is prohibited to dissolve local councils as part of a comprehensive administrative
procedure.
The manner to dissolve and reelect them is organized by law.
Section Three: The Judicial Authority
Subsection One: General Provisions
• Judicial independence
Article 184: The judiciary
The judiciary is independent. It is vested in the courts of justice of different types and
degrees, which issue their judgments in accordance with the law. Its powers are
defined by law. Interference in judicial affairs or in proceedings is a crime to which no
statute of limitations may be applied.
• Protection of judges' salaries
Article 185: Judicial bodies
All judicial bodies administer their own affairs. Each has an independent budget,
whose items are all discussed by the House of Representatives. After approving each
budget, it is incorporated in the state budget as a single figure, and their opinion is
consulted on the draft laws governing their affairs.
• Judicial independence
• Supreme court selection
• Mandatory retirement age for judges
• Ordinary court selection
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Article 186: Judicial independence
Judges are independent, cannot be dismissed, are subject to no other authority but
the law, and are equal in rights and duties. The conditions and procedures for their
appointment, secondment, delegation and retirement are regulated by the law. It
also regulates their disciplinary accountability.
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