§ Article 175(untitled)

Powers of the Supreme Judicial Council

1. The Supreme Judicial Council shall:

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 (1) draw up and approve the lists of candidates for judges, including candidates

 subject to promotion;

 (2) propose to the President of the Republic the candidates for judges subject to

 appointment, including those subject to appointment by way of promotion;

 (3) propose to the President of the Republic the candidates for chairpersons of

 courts and the candidates for chairpersons of chambers of the Court of Cassation,

 subject to appointment;

 (4) propose to the National Assembly the candidates for judges and for

 Chairperson of the Court of Cassation;

 (5) decide on the issue of secondment of judges to another court;

 (6) decide on giving consent for initiating criminal prosecution against a judge or

 depriving him or her of liberty with respect to the exercise of his or her powers;

 (7) decide on the issue of subjecting a judge to disciplinary liability;

 (8) decide on the issue of terminating the powers of judges;

 (9) approve its estimate of expenditures as well as those of the courts, and submit

 them to the Government, in order to include them in the Draft State Budget as

 prescribed by law;

 (10) form its staff in accordance with law.

2. In case of discussing the issue of subjecting a judge to disciplinary liability, as well

as in other cases prescribed by the Judicial Code, the Supreme Judicial Council shall

act as a court.

3. The Supreme Judicial Council shall, in the cases and under the procedure

prescribed by law, adopt secondary regulatory legal acts.

4. Other powers and rules of operation of the Supreme Judicial Council shall be

prescribed by the Judicial Code.

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