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380 ART. 79.

No deputy can during the duration of the session be arrested or sued save in case of flagrante delicto except upon a decision taken by a majority of the chamber which shall authorize the suit.

ART. 80. The Chamber of Deputies shall discuss the drafts of law which shall be submitted to it. It shall adopt, amend or reject the dispositions concerning finances or the Constitution. It shall examine in detail the general expenses of the State comprised in the Budget and may in conjunction with the Ministers fix the total thereof. It shall determine equally by agreement with the Ministers, the nature, the total and the method of the assessment and realization of the receipts destined to cover the expenses.

The Power of the Judiciary.

ART. 81.

The Judges appointed conformably to the special law on this subject and furnished with their brevet of investiture (berat) are irremovable but they may resign. The advancement of Judges in the hierarchal order, their change, their being placed on the retired list, or their dismissal in case of judicial condemnation shall be submitted to the dispositions of the same law. This law shall determine the conditions and qualities requisite for exercising the functions of a judge or the other functions of a judicial nature.

ART. 82. The audience of all the tribunals shall be public. The publication of the judgments is authorized. However in cases specified by the law the tribunal can hold a secret session.

ART. 83. Every individual in the interest of his defence may make use before the tribunal of the means permitted by the law.