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 200. Judicial and public prosecution officers, government attorneys, and their assistants and subordinates, are non-removable. By virtue thereof, they cannot be suspended or removed except for crime or other serious cause duly evidenced and always after hearing the accused. These officers can be suspended at any stage of the proceedings.

When a judge, justice, public prosecutor or government attorney is indicted in a criminal cause, he shall immediately be suspended.

The transfer of judges, justices, public prosecutors or government attorneys cannot be ordered, except after corrective disciplinary proceedings or for the reasons of public convenience established by law. Nevertheless, officers of the public prosecution service can be transferred. in case of vacancies, if they request it.

201. Positions of court clerks and assistants of the administration of justice shall be filled alternately by transfers and promotions based on length of service and merits, the last-named being determined by examination in the manner specified by Jaw and in accordance with the seniority list which shall be prepared and published by the Government Section of the Supreme Court.

202. The grounds for correction, transfer and removal, as well as the handling of the respective proceedings, shall be established by law.

203. Compliance with judicial resolutions is compulsory. The guarantees necessary to make these resolutions effective, if resisted by authorities, officers or employees of the Nation, Provinces or Municipalities, or members of the armed forces. shall be established by law.

204. Sentence pronounced by correctional judges, in cases of crime, shall be appealable to the court determined by law, which shall regulate the procedure.

205. The Government has no power to declare harmful a final resolution of the courts. In case it cannot comply therewith, it shall indemnify the injured party in the corresponding manner, provided this is proper, requesting from Congress the necessary appropriation if it has none.

206. The compensation of officers and employees of the administration of justice and of the public prosecution service