CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
Article 238
Superior Council of the Public Prosecution Service
1. The Office of the Attorney General of the Republic shall include the Superior
Council of the Public Prosecution Service, which shall include members elected
by the Assembly of the Republic, and members elected by the judicial officers of
the Public Prosecution Service from among their number.
2. The Superior Council of the Public Prosecution Service shall be the body
responsible for the management and discipline of the Public Prosecution Service.
3. The law shall regulate the organisation, composition and functioning of the
Superior Council of the Public Prosecution Service.
Article 239
Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General of the Republic
1. The Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General of the Republic shall
be appointed by the President of the Republic for a period of five years, from
among persons who shall hold degrees in law and shall have at least ten years of
professional experience in the judiciary or practice at the bar or in teaching law,
and their terms of office may not be terminated otherwise than by:
a) resignation;
b) exoneration;
c) dismissal;
d) compulsory retirement consequent to disciplinary or criminal proceedings;
e) acceptance of a position or office which is incompatible with the exercise
of his functions.
2. The Attorney General of the Republic shall be accountable to the Head of
State.
3. The Attorney General of the Republic shall report annually to the Assembly of
the Republic.
Article 240
Deputy Attorneys General
1. The Deputy Attorneys General shall represent the Public Prosecution Service
before the divisions of the Supreme Court and the Administrative Court, and their
office shall be the highest office in the magistracy of the Public Prosecution
Service.
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