TITLE X. THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
CHAPTER I. RESPONSIBILITIES
Article 156
The High Court of Justice is a court of exceptional jurisdiction.
It judges the President of the Republic, the Vice-President of the Republic and members of the Government.
Article 157
The President of the Republic is not held responsible for acts performed in the exercise of his official duties and appears before the High Court of Justice only in case of high treason.
Article 158
The High Court of Justice is competent to judge the Vice-President of the Republic and members of the Government, on account of acts qualified as crimes or offenses committed in the exercise of their official duties.
Article 159
The High Court of Justice is bound by the definition of crimes and offenses as well as by the determination of sentences according to the penal law in force at the time the acts were committed.
CHAPTER II. COMPOSITION
Article 160
The High Court of Justice is composed of members elected among themselves in even numbers by the National Assembly and by the Senate, from the first session of the legislature. It is presided over by the President of the Supreme Court.
CHAPTER III. ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING
Article 161
Indictment of the President of the Republic, the Vice-President of the Republic and members of the Government is voted on by secret ballot by Parliament, by a two-thirds majority for the President of the Republic and by an absolute majority for the Vice-President of the Republic and members of the Government.
Article 162
An organic law determines the number of members of the High Court of Justice, its responsibilities and rules of its functioning as well as the procedure followed before this Court.
