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370 The domicile is inviolable. The authorities cannot forcibly enter the domicile of any person whatever except in cases determined by the law.

No one can be forced to appear before any tribunal except the competent tribunal according to the law of procedure which shall be promulgated.

The confiscation of property, the corvee and the djerimi (exaction under the form of fining) are prohibited. Contributions legally levied in time of war and measures necessitated by the state of war are of course excepted from this disposition.

No sum of money can be levied as an impost or tax or under any other denomination except by virtue of the law.

Torture in all its forms is completely and absolutely prohibited.

His majesty the Sultan invests with the charge of Grand Vizier and that of Sheik-ul-Islam the persons whom his high confidence thinks proper to be called. The nomination of the other Ministers takes place by imperial Irade (order).

The Council of Ministers is assembled under the presidency of the Grand Vizier. The powers of the Council of Ministers comprise all important affairs of the State whether internal or external. Those of its deliberations which have to be submitted to the sanction of His Majesty the Sultan are rendered executory by an Imperial Irade.