CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
Article 224
Courts Martial
Courts martial with jurisdiction to try crimes of a strictly military nature shall be
established during times of war.
SECTION II
SUPREME COURT
Article 225
Definition
1. The Supreme Court shall be the highest body within the hierarchy of courts of
justice.
2. The Supreme Court shall ensure the uniform application of the law within its
sphere of jurisdiction, in the interests of the Mozambican people.
Article 226
Composition
1. The Supreme Court shall be composed of judges of appeal, whose number
shall be established by law.
2. The President of the Republic shall nominate the President and the Vice
President of the Supreme Court, after consultation with the Superior Council of
the Judiciary.
3. Judges of the Supreme Court shall be nominated by the President of the
Republic on the recommendation of the Superior Council of the Judiciary, on the
basis of their curricula, after a public tender open to judges and other national
citizens of reputed merit, all of whom shall hold degrees in law and be in full
possession of their civil and political rights.
4. At the time of their appointment, judges of the Supreme Court shall be of at
least thirty-five years of age and shall have at least ten years of experience at the
bar or in teaching law, and all other requirements shall be fixed by law.
Article 227
Functioning
The Supreme Court shall sit:
a) in divisions, as a court of first instance and as a court of appeal;
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