CHAPTER ..vi.
THE JUDICIAL POWER.
ARTICAL 108.
The judicial power shall be vested in the courts established by law and shall be exercised by the courts in accordance with the law and in the name of the Emperor. Except in situations declared in conformity with the provisins of Artical 29 of the present Constitution, no persons, except those in active military service, may be subjected to trail by military courts.
ARTICAL 109.
There shall be a Supreme Imperial Court and such other courts as may be determined by law.
ARTICAL 110.
The judges shall be inderpendent in conducting trials and giving judgement in accordance with the law. In the administration of justice, they submit to no other authority than that of the law.
ARTICAL 111.
The judges shall be appointed by the Emperor. They shall be of the highest character and reputaion and shall be experienced and skilled in the law which they may be called upon to apply. Their nomination, appoinment, promotion, removal, transfer and retirement shall be determined by special law govrning the Judiciary.
ARTICAL 112.
Judges shall sit in public, except that in the cases which might endanger public order or effect morals, they may sit in camera.
