Constitution

Côte d’Ivoire 2000 Constitution

Table of Contents

TITLE IX. OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

Article 108

The High Court is composed of Deputies that the National Assembly elects from within, at the first session of the legislature. It is presided over the by the President of the Court of Cassation. An organic law establishes the number of its members, its attributions and the rules of its functioning as well as the procedure to be followed before it.

Article 109

The President of the Republic is not responsible for acts accomplished in the exercise of his functions and can only be brought before the High Court of Justice in the case of high treason.

Article 110

The High Court is competent to judge the members of the Government by reason of acts classified as crimes or misdemeanors committed in the exercise of their functions.

Article 111

The impeachment of the President of the Republic and of the members of the Government is voted in secret ballot, by the National Assembly with a majority of 2/3 for the President of the Republic, and with an absolute majority for the members of the Government.

Article 112

The High Court of Justice is bound by the definition of the crimes and misdemeanors and by the determination of the resultant penalties of the penal laws in force at the time of the acts accounted for in the prosecution.