Second Section
THE JUDICIARY

Article 133

1. The Judicial Power is formed by the President and the Vice-President of the High Court of Justice, the members and the surrogate members of the High Court of Justice, the Attorney-general with the High Court of Justice, and the other members of the Pu blic Prosecutors Office, and of other judicial functionaries indicated by law.
2. The law may provide that persons not belonging to the Judicial Power shall also take part in the activities of the Judicial Power.
3. The President, the Vice-President, the members and the surrogate members of the High Court of Justice constitute the Judicial Power that is charged with the administration of justice.

1. The cognizance and adjudication of all lawsuits is exclusively entrusted to the Judicial Power, save when the law appoints another judge.
2. The pronouncement of punishment and of measures provided by law is also entrusted to the Judicial Power that is charged with the administration of justice, subject to exceptions made by law, which, when concerning imprisonment, may only relate to mili tary penal and disciplinary law.

1. The decision of lawsuits not arising from civil law relations may be referred by law to administrative judges. The law shall regulate the procedure of deciding and the consequences of such decision.
2. In the cases indicated in the previous paragraph the administrative appeal can also be made available. That appeal shall only exclude the competence of the Judicial Power insofar as this stems from the law.

1. All judgements shall state the grounds upon which they are decided, and in penal cases they shall also indicate the articles of the legal regulations upon which the condemnation is based.
2. The court sessions shall be public, subject to exceptions made by the law.
3. For punishable acts designated by law for which no imprisonment is provided as sanctioned, the provision in the first paragraph may be departed from.
4. The pronouncement of sentence shall take place in public.