'Immunity - national proceedings' in document 'Timor Leste - Constitution'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART III
ORGANISATION OF POLITICAL POWER

TITLE II
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC

CHAPTER I
STATUS, ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT

Section 79 (Criminal liability and Constitutional Obligations)

1. The President of the Republic shall enjoy immunity in the exercise of his or her functions.

2. The President of the Republic shall be answerable before the Supreme Court of Justice for crimes committed in the exercise of his or her functions and for clear and serious violation of his or her constitutional obligations.