trol all disbursements and shall audit all accounts of moneys
administered by or under the authority of the Parliament/Oireachtas and
shall report to the Chamber/Dail at stated periods to be determined by
law.

ARTICLE 62.

The Comptroller and Auditor-General shall not be removed except for stated
misbehaviour or incapacity on resolutions passed by the Chamber/Dail
Eireann and the Senate/Seanad Eireann. Subject to this provision the terms
and conditions of his tenure of office shall be fixed by law. He shall not
be a member of the Parliament/Oireachtas nor shall he hold any other
office or position of emolument.

SECTION IV.--THE JUDICIARY.

ARTICLE 63.

The judicial power of the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann shall be
exercised and justice administered in the public Courts established by
Parliament/Oireachtas by judges appointed in manner hereinafter provided.
These Courts shall comprise Courts of First Instance and a Court of Final
Appeal to be called the Supreme Court (Cuirt Uachtarach). The Courts of
First Instance shall include a High Court (Ard Chuirt), invested with full
original jurisdiction in and power to determine all matters and questions
whether of law or fact, civil or criminal, and also Courts of local and
limited jurisdiction with a right of appeal as determined by law.

ARTICLE 64.

The judicial power of the High Court shall extend to the question of the
validity of any law having regard to the provisions of the Constitution.
In all cases in which such matters shall come into question, the High
Court alone shall exercise original jurisdiction.

ARTICLE 65.

The Supreme Court of the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann shall, with
such exceptions (not including cases which involve questions as to the
validity of any law) and subject to such regulations as may be prescribed
by law, have appellate jurisdiction from all decisions of the High Court.
The decision of the Supreme Court shall in all cases be final and
conclusive, and shall not be reviewed or capable of being reviewed by any
other Court, Tribunal or Authority whatsoever.

Provided that nothing in this Constitution shall impair the right of any
person to petition His Majesty for special leave to appeal from the
Supreme Court to His Majesty in Council or the right of His Majesty to
grant such leave.

ARTICLE 66.

The number of judges, the constitution and organisation of, and
distribution of business and jurisdiction among, the sa