Constitución en Inglés

81 Corte Constitucional de Colombia ARTICLE 116 No act of the President, except the appointment and dismissal of ministers and directors of administrative departments and those decreed in his/her capacity as Head of State and supreme administrative authority, shall have any value or force whatsoever if it is not countersigned and communicated by the minister of the respective office or by the director of the appropriate administrative department, who, by virtue of this countersignature and communication, become responsible for the act. Governorates and mayoralties as well as the super-intendencies, public establishments, and industrial or commercial enterprises of the State are part of the executive branch. The Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Justice, Council of State, National Judicial Discipline Commission, Office of Attorney General of the Nation tribunals, and judges administer justice. So does the Military Criminal Justice System. Congress shall exercise specific judicial functions. On an exceptional basis, the law may assign jurisdictional functions in specific subject areas to certain administrative authorities. However, they are not allowed to investigate, prosecute or judge criminal offenses. Individuals may be invested temporarily with the function of administering justice as jurors in criminal proceedings, mediators, or arbitrators authorized by the parties in a dispute to issue verdicts in law or equity according to the terms defined by law. The Public Ministry and the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic are control organs. ARTICLE 117