CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
2. Deputy Attorneys General shall be nominated by the President of the Republic
on the recommendation of the Superior Council of the Public Prosecution
Service, on the basis of their curricula, after a public tender open to national
citizens of reputed merit, who shall hold degrees in law and be in full possession
of their civil and political rights and who, at the time of the tender, shall be of at
least thirty-five years of age and shall have at least ten years of experience in the
legal profession or in teaching law.
TITLE XI
CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL
Article 241
Definition
1. The Constitutional Council is a sovereign public office with special jurisdiction
to administer justice in matters of a legal-constitutional nature.
2. The law shall determine the organisation, the functioning, the procedures for
scrutiny and control of constitutionality and of the legality of normative acts, and
all other powers of the Constitutional Council.
Article 242
Composition
1. The Constitutional Council shall consist of seven judges of appeal, appointed
in the following manner:
a) one judge of appeal, who shall be the President of the Constitutional
Council, appointed by the President of the Republic;
b) five judges of appeal appointed by the Assembly of the Republic
according to principles of proportional representation;
c) one judge of appeal appointed by the Superior Council of the Judiciary.
2. Judges of the Constitutional Council shall be appointed for renewable terms of
five years and they shall enjoy a guarantee of independence, security of tenure,
impartiality and unaccountability.
3. At the time of their appointment, Judges of the Constitutional Council shall be
of at least thirty-five years of age and shall have at least ten years of professional
experience in the judiciary or in practice at the bar or in teaching law.
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