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 A decision declaring unconstitutional a legal precept or an administrative measure or resolution shall obligate the body, authority or officer who issued the annulled provision to repeal it immediately.

In every case the legislative or regulatory provision or administrative measure declared unconstitutional shall be considered null and without any value or effect from the date that the decision is made public in Court.

195. The Supreme Court and the Court of Constitutional and Social Guarantees are obligated to publish their decisions without delay in the corresponding official periodical.

The budget of the Judicial Branch shall annually contain an allotment for the payment of these requirements.

196. The regular courts shall take cognisance of all suits, causes or matters, whatever be the jurisdiction to which they pertain, with the sole exception of those resulting from military crimes or acts which occur in the armed service, which are subject to the military jurisdiction.

When these crimes are committed jointly by members of the armed forces and persons who are not members thereof, or when the victim of the crime is not a member thereof, they shal] pertain to the jurisdiction of the regular courts.

197. There cannot be created in any case courts, commissions or bodies of any kind to which special jurisdiction is granted to take cognisance of acts, suits, causes, proceedings, questions, or matters within the jurisdictions attributed to the regular courts.

198. Courts of the sea and land forces shall be governed by a special organic law, and shall take cognisance solely of strictly military crimes and misdemeanours committed by their members. In case of war, or serious disturbance of the public order, the military jurisdiction shall take cognisance of all crimes and misdemeanours committed by soldiers in the territory where the state of war really exists, in accordance with law.

199. The civil and criminal liability incurred by judges, justices and public prosecutors in the exercise of their functions, or by reason of them, shall be enforceable before the Supreme Court.