Article 3- Composition
1. The court for serious crimes is composed of a chief judge, an assistant chief judge and judges, appointed for a 9-year term.
2. Candidacies for vacancies on courts for serious crimes and on courts of appeal for serious crimes are reviewed by the High Council of Justice and the decision to propose their appointment to the President of the Republic is made by a majority of the votes of all members of this Council.
3. Upon their request and with the proposal of the High Council of Justice, the judges of the courts for serious crimes and of the courts of appeal for serious crimes may be re-appointed to this position.
4. Regardless of the completion of the 9-year term, the judges of the courts for serious crimes and of the courts of appeal for serious crimes remain in their positions until the appointment of their successors.
5. Upon completion of the term, at their request, the judges of the courts for serious crimes and of the courts of appeal for serious crimes have the right to be appointed:
a) to their previous judicial office;
b) to vacancies on other courts in the judicial system, receiving priority over other candidates.
6. The judges of the courts for serious crimes and of the courts of appeal for serious crimes continue to receive their salary and other benefits even after the completion of the 9-year term of their mandate on these courts, when they continue to perform duties in the judicial system.
7. Salaries and other benefits according to section 6 of this article shall also be enjoyed by judges who, for reasonable motives, leave this office before the end of the 9-year term, on the condition that their departure not be the result of disciplinary proceedings against them. In any case, the High Council of Justice, according to concrete circumstances, may place some conditions or limitations on the further enjoyment of the salary and other benefits, respectively, of a judge of the court for serious crimes or of the court of appeal for serious crimes .
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