Article 82. The sanction of the King shall not be required for those
resolutions of the Storthing whereby:
(_a_) It declares itself convened as Storthing pursuant to the
Constitution;
(_b_) It determines its own rules of procedure;
(_c_) It approves or rejects the credentials of the members present;
(_d_) It affirms or reverses decisions in election controversies;
(_e_) It naturalizes foreigners;
(_f_) And finally, not for the resolution whereby the Odelsthing shall
impeach members of the Ministry, or others.
Article 83. The Storthing shall have the right to procure the opinion
of the Supreme Court upon judicial subjects.
Article 84. The Storthing shall sit in open session and its proceedings
shall be printed and published, except in cases where otherwise
determined by a majority vote.
Article 85. Whoever shall obey a command, the purpose of which is to
interfere with the freedom and safety of the Storthing, is guilty of
treason against the Fatherland.
D. THE JUDICIAL POWER:
Article 86. The members of the Lagthing, together with the Supreme
Court, shall constitute the Court of Impeachment, which shall try,
without appeal, cases instituted by the Odelsthing, against members
of the Ministry and members of the Supreme Court for malfeasance in
office, and against members of the Storthing for offences committed by
them in their official capacity. The President of the Lagthing shall
preside in the Court of Impeachment.
Article 87. The accused may, without cause, challenge as many as
one-third of the members of the Court of Impeachment, but not so many,
however, as to leave the Court with less than fifteen members.
Article 88. The Supreme Court shall be the tribunal of last resort.
It shall consist of not less than one Chief-Justice and six associate
judges. This article shall not prohibit the final disposal of criminal
cases, pursuant to law, without appeal to the Supreme Court.
Article 89. In times of peace, the Supreme Court, together with two
high military officers to be appointed by the King, shall constitute
a court of appeal and of final resort in all court-martial cases,
involving life, honor, or loss of liberty for a longer period than
three months.
Article 90. The decisions of the Supreme Court shall in no case be
appealed or reviewed.
Article 91. No one shall be appointed a member of the Supreme Court
before he is thirty years of age.
E. GENERAL PROVISIONS:
Article 92. Public offices shall be filled only by Norwegian citizens
who speak the language of the country and:
(_a_) Who are born within the realm of parents who are citizens of the
country; or
(_b_) Who are born in foreign countries of Norwegian parents, not
citizens of another nation; or
(_c_) Who shall hereafter reside ten years within the realm; or
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