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Rh ART. 84. No tribunal can refuse under any pretence whatever to judge an affair within its competence. It can neither arrest nor adjourn the judgment after it has begun the examination or investigation unless the plaintiff withdraws his suit. However, in criminal cases the public action continues to go on conformably to the law even in the case where the complainant withdraws.

ART. 85. Every affair shall be judged by the tribunal to which this affair shall belong. Suits between private persons of the State are within the competence of the ordinary tribunals.

ART. 86. No interference can be exercised with the tribunals.

ART. 87. Affairs concerning the Sheri shall be judged by the tribunals of the Sheri. The judgment of civil affairs belongs to the civil tribunals.

ART. 88. The different categories of the tribunals, their competency, their powers, and the emoluments of the judges shall be fixed by the laws.

ART. 89. Besides the ordinary tribunals there cannot be instituted under any denomination whatever extraordinary tribunals or commissions for judging certain special affairs. However arbitration (takkin) and the nomination of muvella (deputy judge) shall be permitted within the forms permitted by the law.

ART. 90. No judge can hold at the same time any other office paid by the state.

ART. 91. There shall be instituted Imperial procurers charged with carrying on public suits. Their powers and their hierarchy shall be fixed by law.