Constitution of Romania
126
CHAPTER VI Judicial authority
- Jurisdiction
- Romania
- Provision
- 126
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- in force
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Official sourceARTICLE 126 (1) Justice shall be administered by the High Court of Cassation and Justice, and the other courts of law set up by the law.
Publicity of debates
Use of mother tongue and interpreter in
court
Use of appeal
Police in the courts
(2) The jurisdiction of the courts of law and the judging procedure shall only be stipulated by law.
(3) The High Court of Cassation and Justice shall provide a unitary interpretation and implementation of the law by the other courts of law, according to its competence.
(4) The composition of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, and the regulation for its functioning shall be set up in an organic law.
(5) It is prohibited to establish extraordinary courts of law. By means of an organic law, courts of law specialized in certain matters may be set up, allowing the participation, as the case may be, of persons outside the magistracy.
(6) The judicial control of administrative acts of the public authorities, by way of the contentious business falling within the competence of administrative courts, is guaranteed, except for those regarding relations with the Parliament, as well as the military command acts. The administrative courts, judging contentious business have jurisdiction to solve the applications filed by persons aggrieved by statutory orders or, as the case may be, by provisions in statutory orders declared unconstitutional.
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Constitution of Romania · wipo.int · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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