Constitución en Inglés

163 Corte Constitucional de Colombia Chapter III Contentious Administrative Jurisdiction T he Council of State shall be composed of an uneven number of judges determined by statute. The Council shall be broken down into houses and sections to separate its jurisdictional functions from the other functions assigned to it by the Constitution and law. A law shall stipulate the functions of each of the houses and sections, the number of judges that constitute them, and their internal organization. The powers of the Council of State are as follows: 1. To exercise the functions of a supreme contentious administrative court in accordance with rules specified by law. 2. To take cognizance of invalid decrees issued by the national government and held unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court. 3. To act as the supreme consultative body of the Government in matters of administration, whose opinion must mandatorily be heard in all cases determined by the Constitution and laws. ARTICLE 236 ARTICLE 237