ART. 79. The secretaries of state shall be impeachable before the Senate
by the House of Representatives in the cases mentioned in the second
paragraph of article 47.

ART. 80. The secretaries of state shall receive from the State a salary,
which may be changed at any time, but the change shall not go into
effect until the next following presidential term.

TITLE X

THE JUDICIAL POWER

SECTION FIRST

THE EXERCISE OF THE JUDICIAL POWER

ART. 81. The judicial power is vested in a Supreme Court of Justice and
in all the other tribunals which may be established by law. The law
shall regulate the respective organization and powers of these
tribunals, the manner of exercising their powers, and the qualifications
required of the judicial functionaries.

SECTION SECOND

THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE

ART. 82. To be Chief Justice or Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
the following qualifications shall be required:

1. To be a Cuban by birth.

2. To be over thirty-five years of age.

3. To be in the full enjoyment of civil and political rights and not to
have been condemned to any corporal punishment for common offenses.

4. To have in addition to the foregoing qualifications any one of the
following:

To have practiced in Cuba, during ten years at least, the profession of
lawyer; or have discharged for the same length of time judicial
functions, or have taught law for the same number of years in an
official establishment.

The following persons are also eligible for the positions of Chief
Justice or Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, even if not having
the qualifications set forth in clauses 1, 2, and 3 of this article:

(a) Those who have served in the judiciary of the time determined by law
in a position of equal or immediately inferior category.

(b) Those who, previous to the promulgation of this constitution, served
as justices of the supreme court of the island of Cuba.

The time of service in the judiciary shall be computed as time of
practice of law for the purpose of qualifying the lawyers to be
appointed justices of the supreme court.

ART. 83. The Supreme Court shall have the following powers, in addition
to those already vested or hereafter to be vested in it:

1. To take cognizance of cases on a writ of error.

2. To decide conflicts of jurisdiction between courts immediately
inferior to it, or not having a common superior.

3. To take cognizance of the cases to which the State