PART VIII. THE COURT OF IMPEACHMENT
Article 53
- The Court of Impeachment shall have jurisdiction, in respect of acts committed in the exercise of their functions, to try;
- the President of the Republic for high treason;
the Prime Minister, members of Government and persons ranking as such and senior government officials to whom powers have been delegated in pursuance of Articles 10 and 12 above, for conspiracy against the security of the State.
- the President of the Republic for high treason;
- The President of the Republic shall be indicted only by the National Assembly and the Senate deciding through an identical vote by open ballot and by a four-fifths majority of their members.
- Acts committed by the President of the Republic in pursuance of Articles 5, 8, 9 and 10 above shall be covered by immunity and he shall not be accountable for them after the exercise of his functions.
- The organization, composition and conditions under which matters shall be referred to as well as the procedure applicable before the Court of Impeachment shall be laid down by law.
