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§ 89.

The lower offices of state administration shall be defined in principle by Law, the detail execution of which may be regulated by decrees in Council.

§ 90.

State offices charged with financial functions but without executive power shall be established and organised by government decrees.

§ 91.

The constitution and competence of local autonomous governing-bodies shall be determined by special Laws.

§ 92.

Special laws shall provide for the guarantee by the State against damages caused by unlawful execution of public offices.

§ 93.

State officials in their official functions shall abide by the Constitution and other Laws. The same shall apply to non-official members of administrative bodies.

SECTION IV.

JUDICIAL POWERS.

§ 94.

1. The Law shall be administered by Public Law Courts whose organisation, jurisdiction and procedure shall be regulated by Law.

2. No one shall be tried other than before his legal judge.

3. Only in cases of criminal procedure, may Courts be established for a limited period in cases specified in advance by Law.

§ 95.

1. Jurisdiction in civil matters shall be reserved to civil courts, either ordinary or extraordinary, and courts of arbitration; jurisdiction in criminal matters shall be reserved to public criminal courts, so far as it shall be not reserved by special law for courts martial or so far as these matters cannot be dealt with according to general regulations in police or financial prosecutions.

2. A single Supreme Court of Justice shall be established for the whole Czechoslovak Republic.

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