The paragraph 1 of the article 64 of the
Constitution of Mongolia says that “The Constitutional Tsets is the
body which has full powers to exercise supreme supervision over
implementing of the Constitution, to make decisions on the breaches of
its provisions, to settle disputes”.
On
the basis of this article the Constitutional Court named as The
Constitutional Tsets was formed in 1992 for first time in the history
of Mongolia.
The Constitutional Tsets
consists of 9 members. A member of the Tsets shall be a citizen of
Mongolia who has high legal and political professional standing , is
without a criminal record against him and has reached 40 years of age.
In
conformity with the law the members of the Constitutional Court shall
be appointed by the State Great Hural for a term of 6 years , with
three of them to be nominated by the State Great Hural, three by the
President and three by the Supreme Court.
The
term of office of the newly appointed or filled in vacancy, member of
the Tsets shall commence on the day of appointment and shall continue
until the expiration of their term of office as provided for in the
Constitution.
The Chairman of the
Constitutional Court shall co-ordinate its activities. 9 members of the
Tsets shall propose from among themselves the name of a person who is
to be elected Chairman and elect the person who receives the majority
of votes as the Chairman.. The Chairman of the Tsets shall be elected
by a term of 3 years and may be re-elected only once.
The
State Great Hural shall determine and adopt the funds for the budget of
the Tsets , the salary fund for the Tsets , and the amount of salaries
of members of Tsets upon the proposal of the Chairman of the Tsets.
The
Constitutional Court shall have its own symbol and its members shall
have suits in line with international standards and Mongolian statehood
traditions. |