Constitución en Inglés

125 Corte Constitucional de Colombia Offenses committed by members of Congress will be tried exclusively by the Supreme Court of Justice, the only authority that can order their detention. In case of in flagrante delicto, they shall be apprehended and placed immediately at the disposal of the Supreme Court. The Special Chamber for Criminal Investigation and Prosecution of the Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice shall have the faculty to investigate and accuse members of Congress before the Special Chamber of First Instance, of the same Penal Chamber, for offenses that they have committed. Sentences issued by the Special Chamber of First Instance of the Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court are subject to the recourse of appeal. Such appeals shall be heard by the Chamber of Criminal Cassation of the Supreme Court of Justice. Sentences issued by the Special Chamber of First Instance of the Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice may be appealed. The Criminal Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Justice will have the faculty to hear these appeals. Objectionsmaybemade to thefirst conviction. The remuneration of members of Congress shall be readjusted each year in proportion equal to theweighted average of adjustments made in the remuneration of the civil servants of the central administration on the basis of a certification that the Comptroller General of the Republic shall issue for that purpose. ARTICLE 186 ARTICLE 187