The Executive Council shall hold session on the second Monday of
each second month, and at such other times as the President may desire.
44. The Executive Council shall be bound to make a yearly report of its
transactions to the Volksraad.
45. A majority of the Executive Council shall have the right to summon
an extraordinary meeting of the Volksraad.
46. The President and the Executive Council shall have the power of
declaring martial law.
_Chapter VII.--The Judicial Power._
47. The Landrost holds the power of civil commissioner and resident
magistrate.
48. The judicial power is exclusively exercised by the courts of law,
which are established by the law.
49. Legislation also regulates the administration of criminal justice,
as also that in police cases, always understanding, however, that
criminal cases brought in the first instance before the higher Courts
are judged by a jury.
_Chapter VIII.--The Military System._
50. The Field-Cornets shall be chosen by and out of the burghers of
their wards.
51. A Field-Commandant shall be chosen for each district, by and out of
the burghers of the same.
52. The assembled Field-Commandants and Field-Cornets who are united on
a commando shall choose from amongst themselves, in case of war, their
own Commandant-General, which General must then receive his instructions
from the President.
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