Judicial Organization Act (LOJV) - Composition (LOJV)

1. The Judicial Order, within the meaning of the Constitution [A], consists of the judicial authorities and offices.

2. This law governs the organization and responsibilities of the authorities mentioned in Article 2.

3. Provisions of special laws granting judicial powers to other authorities are reserved.

1. The judicial authorities are

1. For the canton

a. the Cantonal Court;

b. the Neutral Court;

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d. the Juvenile Court;

e. the Rental Tribunal;

f. the Labour Court of the Cantonal Administration;

g. the execution judge;

h. the Compulsory Measures Court;

hbis. the Cantonal Patrimonial Chamber.

2. Per arrondissement or district

i. the District Courts;

j. the Justices of the Peace;

k. the Expropriation Tribunals;

l. the Labour Courts.

1. The Juvenile Court, the Expropriation Courts, the Lease Court, the Labor Courts, the Office of the Sentence Enforcement Judge, and the Compulsory Measures Court are organized by special laws.

1. The judicial offices are

a. the registries of the judicial authorities;

b. the debt collection and bankruptcy offices;

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d. the commercial register office.

2. The debt collection and bankruptcy offices and the commercial register office are organised by special laws [B].

1. Judicial magistrates are individuals who make up the judicial authorities and their deputies.

2. This law governs their status.

1. Judicial collaborators are

a. the Secretary General of the Judiciary and their collaborators;

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c. the collaborators of the registries of the judicial authorities;

d. the officials for debt collection and bankruptcy and the collaborators of their offices;

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h. the official for the commercial register and the collaborators of their office.

2. Upon proposal of the Cantonal Court, the State Council may create other judicial functions.

3. The Cantonal Court may authorize a judicial magistrate to hire one or more ad hoc clerks.

1. The Cantonal Court directs the judicial order with the assistance of the Secretary-General.

2. It appoints the magistrates and is the hiring authority for the employees of the judicial order.

3. It determines the organization of the judicial authorities and offices, subject to the powers of the Council of State.

4. It issues the tariffs for judicial fees [C], which are published in the same manner as ordinances.

5. It adopts the budget proposal.

1. Upon proposal of the Cantonal Court, the State Council

a. determines, by category, the number of magistrates and judicial collaborators and, subject to the powers of the Grand Council, their remuneration. Article 108b is reserved;

b. adopts the budget and accounts of the judiciary, for submission to the Grand Council;

c. provides the premises for the judiciary, subject to the obligations of the communes;

d. ensures the stewardship of the judiciary.

1. The Cantonal Court is placed under the high supervision of the Grand Council.

2. This is regulated by a special law [D].

1. The Judicial Council exercises oversight over judicial magistrates as well as over the organization and functioning of judicial authorities, excluding jurisdictional activities and financial management.

1. Judicial authorities generally sit at the chief town of the jurisdiction over which their authority is exercised.

2. The appointing authority establishes the seat of each judicial authority, which is generally at the chief town of the jurisdiction over which their authority is exercised.

3. The appointing authority also establishes the seat of judicial offices, which is generally the same as that of the authority to which they report. The Cantonal Court establishes the seat of offices serving multiple districts.

1. The opening hours of the public service counters are established and published by the Cantonal Court.

1. The Cantonal Court may consolidate several registries into one, even if they are different offices.

1. The Cantonal Court shall establish by regulation the organization and management of judicial offices.

1. Revenues of the judicial order belong to the State.

2. Expenses of the judicial order fall upon the State, taking into account the obligations of the municipalities.

3. The accounting of judicial offices is monitored by the Cantonal Court, subject to the competencies of the Cantonal Financial Control.

1. Swiss citizens of legal age, who have the exercise of civil rights and have not been convicted of acts contrary to integrity or honor, may be judicial magistrates.

2. A magistrate who is not domiciled in the canton at the time of appointment must take up domicile within the period set by the appointing authority. Substitute cantonal judges are not required to be domiciled in the canton.

3. Subject to exceptional cases, professional magistrates and substitute judges at the Cantonal Court must have legal training.

1. Cantonal judges, presidents of district courts, presidents of the Juvenile Court, presidents of the Lease Court, justices of the peace, sentence enforcement judges, and judges of the Coercive Measures Court are professional judicial magistrates.

2. The Cantonal Court appoints among the other magistrates those who are also professionals.

1. The following persons may not serve as magistrates in the same judicial authority or as magistrates of the Cantonal Court and the College of Public Prosecutors

a. spouses, registered partners, persons cohabiting in a de facto partnership;

b. a person and the brother or sister of their spouse, registered partner, or the person with whom they are cohabiting in a de facto partnership;

c. relatives by blood and affinity in the direct line, and in the collateral line, relatives by blood and affinity up to and including the third degree.

2. The following persons may not serve at the same time, one on the Council of State or the College of Public Prosecutors, and the other on the Cantonal Court

a. spouses, registered partners, persons cohabiting in a de facto partnership;

b. a person and the brother or sister of their spouse, registered partner, or the person with whom they are cohabiting in a de facto partnership;

c. relatives by blood and affinity in the direct line, and in the collateral line, relatives by blood and affinity up to and including the third degree.

3. Any person who creates a prohibited degree of relationship by affinity shall be deemed to have resigned.

1. State collaborators cannot be judicial magistrates, subject to exceptions provided by law.

2. Clerks, deputy clerks, and ad hoc clerks may be judicial magistrates.

3. Members of the teaching staff of the University of Lausanne may be judicial magistrates.

4. Collaborators of the State of Vaud may be appointed as assessors of the justice of the peace, associate judges in the labor courts, and the Lease Tribunal, as well as judges in the Juvenile Court.

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5. Article 15 paragraph 2 of the law of November 12, 2001, on the personnel of the State of Vaud [E] is reserved.

1. Judicial officers cannot participate in any activity or engage in any profession that may impair the performance of their duties, compromise their official status, or hinder their independence. The Cantonal Court ensures the application of this provision, and it limits and controls the number of private mandates entrusted to them.

2. Even when holding a part-time position, cantonal judges, presidents of district courts, presidents of the Juvenile Court, presidents of the Tenancy Court, justices of the peace, judges for the execution of sentences, and judges of the Coercive Measures Court cannot practice as lawyers, legal advisors, notaries, or licensed business agents. Concerning other positions of judicial officers, lawyers and licensed business agents cannot plead before the jurisdiction to which they are affiliated.

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1. Professional judicial magistrates cannot assume any political office. Other judicial magistrates cannot sit in the Grand Council or the Council of States, with the exception of jurors.

1. Any judge is required to recuse themselves when they have previously been involved in the same dispute due to another role or function.

1. The Cantonal Court may assign multiple duties to a judicial magistrate, when such duties are compatible with each other.

1. Judges, substitute judges of the Cantonal Court, assessors of the Court of Administrative and Public Law, and assessors of the Court of Social Insurance are elected for a term of five years by the Grand Council, starting from January 1st of the third year following the renewal of the Grand Council; they are eligible for re-election.

2. If a vacancy occurs during the legislative term, the new judge is elected for the remainder of the term at the next session of the Grand Council.

3. Assessors may exercise their functions until the age of 75, even if they reach this age before the end of the legislative term for which they were elected.

1. The maximum number of assessors for the Administrative and Public Law Court is forty.

2. The maximum number of assessors for the Social Insurance Court is twenty.

1. Judicial magistrates are appointed for five years by the Cantonal Court, in the month of January of the third year following the renewal of the Grand Council; generally, they take office on the following February 1st; they are eligible for re-election.

2. If a vacancy occurs during a five-year period, the new magistrate is appointed for the remainder of that period.

1. Except for the positions that the Cantonal Court designates by regulation, every appointment must be preceded by a public announcement indicating the vacant position, the conditions required for the candidates, the registration deadline, and, if applicable, the salary class.

2. If this announcement does not yield satisfactory results, the Cantonal Court may renew it or proceed by way of appeal.

3. The Cantonal Court cannot, without a new public announcement, appoint a candidate who does not meet the required conditions.

1. Eligibility conditions are verified by the Judicial Council for judges and substitute judges of the Cantonal Court, and by the Cantonal Court for other magistrates.

2. Immediately after their election, the newly elected magistrate must submit a signed declaration confirming that they have no prohibited familial or marital ties.

3. The provisions of this article do not apply to jurors or to assessors of expropriation courts.

1. Upon assuming office and after each re-election, every judicial magistrate makes the solemn promise, in a public session, according to the following formula: "You promise to be faithful to the Federal Constitution [F] and to the Constitution of the Canton of Vaud [A], to uphold and defend, on all occasions and to the best of your ability, the rights, freedom, independence, and honor of your country, to abide by the laws, to not disclose facts of which you have knowledge in the exercise of your functions and which must remain confidential, to fulfill the duties of your office with probity, diligence, and dignity."

2. Upon completing this reading, the magistrate raises their hand and utters these words: "I promise."

1. The judges and substitute judges of the Cantonal Court, as well as the judges of the Neutral Court, take the oath before the Grand Council.

2. The other professional magistrates listed in Article 17 take the oath before the Cantonal Court or its delegation.

3. The other magistrates take the oath before the body to which they belong.

1. The salary and pension arrangements for cantonal judges are governed by a special law [G].

2. The Grand Council determines by decree the salary of professional first instance judicial magistrates.

3. The Council of State decides among the other magistrates who will receive salaries according to the scales provided by the law on State of Vaud personnel [E] and who will be compensated by allowances.

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1. Articles 23, 24 and 25, 28, 30 to 33, 42 and 62 of the State Personnel Act of Vaud [E] apply by analogy to magistrates other than cantonal judges.

1. The Cantonal Court supervises the other judicial authorities. It may also delegate its powers to staff members insofar as administrative controls are concerned.

2. It provides the judicial magistrates with the necessary instructions. It may call them to order.

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1. The civil liability of judicial magistrates for damage caused to a third party in the exercise of their duties is governed by a specific law [H].

2. Article 40 of the State Personnel Law of Vaud [E] applies by analogy to judicial magistrates insofar as their liability is engaged under federal law.

1. The mandatory retirement age, resignation, non-re-election, dismissal, and discharge for just cause, as applicable, are the only circumstances that can terminate the position of a judicial magistrate.

1. Judicial magistrates are insured with the Pension Fund of the State of Vaud, provided they meet the conditions for membership.

2. Judicial magistrates not affiliated with the Pension Fund of the State of Vaud may serve in their capacity until they reach a maximum age of 75 years, even if they reach this age before the end of the legislative term for which they were elected.

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4. Article 59, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Law on the Personnel of the State of Vaud [E], shall apply analogously in the event of resignation.

1. Judicial Collaborators are governed by the Law on State Personnel of Vaud [E], by the supplementary provisions contained in the present law, and, where applicable, by the special laws concerning their offices.

1. The Cantonal Court supervises the offices and judicial staff.

2. It provides them with the necessary directives.

1. Judicial collaborators who devote only part of their time to their duties are compensated with partial salaries or with allowances paid by the State.

2. The case of judicial collaborators compensated by fees is reserved.

1. The Cantonal Court shall take the necessary measures for the training and further education of judges and collaborators of the judiciary, notably through courses and seminars. It may render attendance at these courses and seminars mandatory.

1. The Cantonal Court may hire paid trainees within the limits of the available credits. It organizes their internship in a way that allows them to become familiar with the functioning of the various judicial authorities and, if applicable, other administrative services; it oversees the progress of their internship.

2. Trainees do not have the status of magistrates or state employees. They are bound by professional secrecy. They may be authorized to attend court deliberations without participating in them.

1. The Cantonal Court may require a magistrate to undergo training after their appointment or an employee after their hiring, to complete their training before assuming their duties.

1. The Cantonal Court may grant extended leave to magistrates and employees who wish to suspend their activities, either to accept a mission in the general interest of the country, to complete and improve their professional training, or for other serious reasons, if the operation of the office allows it.

2. It decides in each case, after seeking the opinion of the Department of Finance, whether and to what extent the salary will continue to be paid during the leave and whether it will count as service time.

1. Judicial magistrates exercise the policing of their hearings. To ensure the safety of the participants and to maintain order, they may, if necessary, utilize public force.

1. Whoever, during the hearing of a judicial authority, disrupts the order or seriously breaches decorum, shall be liable to a fine of up to five thousand francs.

2. The authority shall rule forthwith; its reasoned decision is recorded in the minutes of the hearing.

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4. The convicted person has the right to appeal according to Article 64, paragraph 2 of the Swiss Criminal Procedure Code (hereinafter: CPC) [I].

1. If an act appearing to constitute a criminal offense is committed in court, a report is drawn up as well as any possible complaints, and a copy of this is sent without delay to the Public Prosecutor's Office.

2. The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) [J] and the Criminal Procedure Code (CPP) [I] relating to perjury are reserved.

1. Judges holding the same office rank, after the president and the vice-president, in the order of their election, alternatively in order of age.

1. When a magistrate and his deputy or substitute are unable to perform their duties, the Cantonal Court appoints an extraordinary deputy, whose function ceases at the end of the impediment.

2. Similarly, the president of a court may, in case of urgency, replace a judge with an extraordinary deputy, who cannot be either the clerk or the bailiff. This is recorded in the minutes.

3. The incompatibilities stipulated in Articles 19 and 20 do not apply to extraordinary deputies.

1. When the circumstances justify it, the Cantonal Court may appoint an ad hoc magistrate to carry out a mission for which it determines the purpose or duration.

1. The Cantonal Court establishes by regulation the procedures for the transfer of archives, files, registers, and other documents, assets, furniture, and objects when a magistrate or state employee is replaced [K].

2. It regulates the preservation of judicial archives.

3. These are stored at the expense of the State.

1. The Cantonal Court comprises, in addition to the Plenary Court, courts sitting with three or five judges, namely

a. an administrative court;

b. a civil court;

c. a civil appeals chamber;

d. a debt enforcement and bankruptcy court;

e. a guardianship chamber;

f. a constitutional court;

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h. a criminal appeals court;

i. a criminal appeals chamber;

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k. a court of administrative and public law;

l. a civil court of appeal;

m. a social insurance court.

2. A court may be subdivided into sections.

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4. Articles 13, paragraph 2 and 14, paragraph 3 of the Law Introducing the Swiss Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter: LVCPP) [L], as well as Article 84 of the present law, are reserved.

1. On the proposal of the Judicial Council, after consultation with the Council of State, the Grand Council shall determine by decree at the beginning of each legislative session the maximum allocation of the Cantonal Court in cantonal judges and the maximum number of cantonal judge positions for the duration of the legislature. Following the same procedure, it may increase, or in case of vacancy, decrease by decree the number of judges during the legislative session. The total workforce of judges is at least 25.5 full-time equivalent positions.

1bis. Cantonal judges may exercise their function on a full-time or part-time basis.

1ter. The plenary Court of the Cantonal Court may authorize a judge to modify their occupancy rate during their term of office, provided that the staffing and position ceilings set in accordance with paragraph 1 are respected. It may use all or part of a position that has become vacant for this purpose. In such case, it informs the Presentation Commission.

2. On the proposal of the Cantonal Court and after consultation with the Council of State, the Grand Council shall determine in the same decree the maximum number of substitute cantonal judges.

2bis. Substitute cantonal judges do not sit in the plenary Court nor in the Administrative Court.

3. The Administrative and Public Law Court includes assessors who are a maximum of forty in number.

4. The Social Insurance Court includes assessors who are a maximum of twenty in number.

1. The assessors of the Court of Administrative and Public Law and those of the Social Insurance Court do not sit in the plenary court or the administrative court.

1. The Plenary Court

a. elects the president and vice-president of the Cantonal Court;

b. distributes the judges among the chambers of the Court;

c. enacts the regulations of the Cantonal Court;

d. appoints the professional magistrates;

e. appoints the other judicial magistrates. A regulation of the Cantonal Court may delegate this power to the Administrative Court.

1. The election of the president and vice-president of the Cantonal Court takes place each year.

2. The president and vice-president are eligible for re-election, but cannot remain in office for more than five consecutive years.

1. The Cantonal Court establishes by way of regulations [M], within the limits of the present law, the rules concerning the duties of the courts and sections, the president, the secretary-general of the judicial order, and the clerk.

1. The Administrative Court adjudicates administrative matters which, according to the law or the regulations of the Cantonal Tribunal, do not fall within the jurisdiction of the Plenary Court and go beyond the routine administration entrusted to the Secretary General.

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1. The Civil Appeals Chamber has jurisdiction over all appeals against decisions of judicial authorities that are not assigned by law or regulation to another section of the Cantonal Court or to another judicial authority.

2. It also has jurisdiction over appeals that may be lodged, pursuant to the law on the legal profession [N], the law on the profession of certified business agents [O], and the law on notaries [P] against decisions regarding the moderation of attorneys', certified business agents', and notaries' fees and disbursements.

1. The Civil Court adjudicates all cases within its jurisdiction as designated by law.

2. It hears direct actions as provided in Article 8 of the Swiss Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) [J].

3. It adjudicates cases for which federal law requires a single cantonal instance (Art. 5 CPC).

1. The Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Court is the supreme supervisory authority, within the meaning of the federal law, concerning debt collection and bankruptcy [Q]; it also rules on appeals filed against decisions made in summary procedures of debt collection and bankruptcy as well as in sequestration procedures.

2. It also adjudicates appeals and motions concerning the enforcement and exequatur of monetary claims or the establishment of securities.

1. The Guardianship Chamber is the supervisory authority in matters of adult and child protection.

2. It hears all appeals or challenges against the decisions and judgments of the justices of the peace.

1. The Constitutional Court hears cases assigned to it by the law on constitutional jurisdiction [R].

1. The Court of Criminal Appeal shall rule on

a. appeals lodged against judgments delivered by courts of first instance, against subsequent independent judicial decisions, and against independent confiscation decisions.

b. applications for revision.

2. Members of the appellate authority may not rule in the same case as members of the appellate court.

3. Members of the appellate court may not rule in revision in the same case.

1. The Criminal Appeals Chamber rules on appeals against procedural acts and against decisions not subject to appeal rendered by

a. the courts of first instance;

b. the police, the public prosecutor's office and the competent criminal authorities for contraventions;

c. the Compulsory Measures Court in cases provided for by the CPP [L];

d. the sentence enforcement judge according to the law on sentence enforcement.

2. In principle, the members of the appeals jurisdiction cannot rule in revision in the same case.

1. The jurisdiction of the Administrative and Public Law Court is defined by Article 92 of the Administrative Procedure Act [S].

1. When adjudicating, the Administrative and Public Law Court is composed of three magistrates, including at least one judge from the Cantonal Court.

2. The composition of the court is determined by regulation.

1. The jurisdiction of the Social Security Court is defined by Article 93 of the Administrative Procedure Act.

1. When ruling, the Social Insurance Court is composed of three magistrates, including at least one judge from the Cantonal Court.

2. Article 94 of the Administrative Procedure Act [S] is reserved.

3. The manner of composition of the court is determined by a regulation [T].

1. The Civil Court of Appeal has jurisdiction over all appeals filed pursuant to Article 308 CPC [J].

2. A member of the Civil Court of Appeal acts as a single judge to rule on appeals against decisions concerning provisional measures and protective measures of the marital union.

1. The Cantonal Court is the supervisory authority regarding the commercial register to the extent provided by the special law on the matter [U].

2. It is also the cantonal supervisory authority concerning the register for livestock commitments [V].

1. The Grand Council elects the five members of the Neutral Tribunal and the two substitutes for a term of five years starting from January 1st of the third year following the renewal of the Grand Council. They are eligible for re-election. The election procedure for cantonal judges and their substitutes applies, except for the evaluation and pre-advice by the Judicial Council.

2. Judges, substitute judges, assessors, and court clerks of the Cantonal Tribunal, as well as members of the Judicial Council, cannot sit on the Neutral Tribunal.

3. Judges of the Neutral Tribunal are not required to have their domicile in the canton; they may serve until they reach the age of 75.

4. The Neutral Tribunal sits with five judges. Otherwise, it organizes itself freely.

5. When ruling on a request for disqualification, the Neutral Tribunal may levy a fee. It sets the amount of this fee in a tariff.

6. Members of the Neutral Tribunal are compensated with fees equivalent to those of court-appointed attorneys.

1. The canton is divided into four districts.

2. Upon the proposal of the Cantonal Court, the State Council demarcates the districts [W].

1. There is a court with a registry for each district.

2. Upon the proposal of the Cantonal Court, the Council of State determines the seat of the district courts [W].

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1. The presidents of district courts exercise their office within a district.

2. The Cantonal Court determines the number of presidents exercising their office in each district.

1. The Cantonal Court may appoint itinerant presidents, authorized to perform their duties in multiple districts without holding a permanent position in any of them.

1. The Cantonal Court appoints a chief judge and his deputy.

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1. The First President assumes the general management of the district court and is responsible for its functioning.

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1. After consulting the presidents of the district, the Cantonal Tribunal may appoint one or more vice-presidents.

2. The vice-president replaces the president in the investigation and adjudication of cases.

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1. In addition to the president, the district court is composed of

a. the civil judges of the district for patrimonial matters;

b. the district judges for other civil matters and criminal matters;

c. the district judges for conflicts falling within the jurisdiction of the labour court.

2. Upon the proposal of the presidents of the district court, the Cantonal Court appoints the judges and determines their number per district.

3. Civil judges for patrimonial matters may be called upon to sit occasionally in another district.

1. The Chief Judge is assisted in the management of the court by the Clerk, to whom he may delegate certain powers.

2. The Clerk ensures the proper functioning of the registry. He reports his activities to the Chief Judge.

3. The Clerk and Deputy Clerks also perform the duties that the procedure assigns to the Clerk.

1. District courts are divided into divisions, including a civil division, a criminal division, an enforcement and bankruptcy division, and a labor tribunal.

2. The presiding judges of the same district perform their duties in one or more divisions.

3. At the end of each year, the presiding judges of the district establish the court's divisions for the following year.

1. For criminal cases, the district court is composed, as a correctional tribunal, of the president and two judges, and, as a criminal tribunal, of the president and four judges (Art. 9 and 10 LVCPP [L]).

1. For civil cases, the district court is composed of the president and two judges.

2. The district court rules on any case that the law places within its jurisdiction.

3. The district court hears all property-related cases where the disputed value is greater than 30,000 francs and less than or equal to 100,000 francs and which are not assigned by law to another authority.

1. The president of the district court, sitting as a sole judge, constitutes the police court (Art. 8 [L] of the Code of Criminal Procedure).

2. He also exercises the powers conferred upon him by special laws.

1. The president of the district court rules on any case that the law places within his jurisdiction.

2. The president of the district court has jurisdiction over all property-related cases with a disputed value between 10,000 and 30,000 francs that are not assigned by law to another authority.

1. The president of the district court has jurisdiction to rule on any civil, criminal, or administrative action that, according to the law, can be brought before a judicial authority, when no other authority is designated to hear it.

1. The Cantonal Heritage Chamber is affiliated with the District Court of Lausanne.

2. It is composed of three presidents of the district court.

3. The Cantonal Court appoints, from among all the presidents of the district courts, the magistrates who make up this chamber.

1. The Cantonal Property Chamber has jurisdiction, for the entire canton, over all property cases with a disputed value exceeding 100,000 francs, as well as all cases assigned to it by law.

1. The justice of the peace is composed of justices of the peace, deputy justices of the peace, and assessors.

1. There is a justice of the peace for each district.

2. The Cantonal Court may, with the agreement of the Council of State, divide the district into several offices or combine several districts into a jurisdiction.

3. The justice of the peace sits in its district.

1. The justice of the peace presides over the magistrate's court.

2. He exercises his duties within a jurisdiction, composed of one or several districts.

3. The cantonal court determines and organizes the substitutes.

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1. After consulting with the justices of the peace in the district, the Cantonal Court may appoint one or more deputy justices of the peace.

2. The deputy justice of the peace replaces the justice of the peace in the investigation and judgment of cases.

1. The Cantonal Court appoints 4 to 50 assessors per district.

1. The Cantonal Court appoints a chief justice of the peace and a deputy for each jurisdiction.

2. The chief justice of the peace oversees the general management of the justice of the peace and is responsible for its operation.

1. The first justice of the peace is assisted in the management of the justice of the peace by the clerk to whom certain powers may be delegated. For the remainder, Article 95 applies by analogy.

1. The justice of the peace court is the adult and child protection authority within the meaning of the Swiss Civil Code [X]. It also functions as the competent authority, subject to appeal to the Cantonal Court

1. for ordering a general curatorship or for appointing a curator, by virtue of Articles 393 et seq. CC, and for ordering the lifting of such measures;

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3. for ruling on voluntary requests for protective measures, as well as on requests for the lifting of such measures;

4. for ordering placements for assistance purposes and for ordering their lifting (Art. 426 CC).

2. For these cases, the justice of the peace court is composed of the justice of the peace or the deputy justice of the peace, who presides over it, and two assessors.

3. The possibility of sitting with four assessors is reserved.

1. The Justice of the Peace adjudicates on any case placed within his jurisdiction by law.

1bis. The Justice of the Peace has jurisdiction over all patrimonial cases with a disputed value of less than 10,000 francs, which are not assigned by law to another authority. This rule is mandatory.

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4. In matters not subject to federal procedures, the cantonal authorities shall provide assistance in response to requests from authorities of other cantons, under the conditions of federal law, which applies subsidiarily.

1. The Cantonal Court regulates the procedures for the implementation of this law, subject to the powers of the Council of State.

1. The cases pending at the time of entry into force of the law of December 5, 2001, amending the law of December 12, 1979, on judicial organization [Y], shall remain under the jurisdiction of the competent authority pursuant to the provisions amended or repealed.

1. Cases pending at the time of the entry into force of the law of May 17, 1999, amending that of December 12, 1979 [Z] on judicial organization, remain under the jurisdiction of the competent authority pursuant to the provisions that were amended or repealed.

2. Judicial Magistrates not affiliated with the Pension Fund of the State of Vaud, who are at least 58 years old at the time of the entry into force of this law, shall remain subject to the provisions that previously governed the duration of their duties.

1. Until the revision of the provisions of the federal law on judicial organization [AA] governing civil monetary disputes, the presidents of district courts [AB] may be called upon to sit on the Civil Court of the Cantonal Tribunal, notwithstanding Articles 88 and 89 of this law.

2. When this option is exercised, the Civil Court must in all cases remain composed of a majority of cantonal judges.

1. During this same period, and notwithstanding Article 89 of this law, the Cantonal Court may appoint two additional itinerant presidents.

1. The provisions concerning incompatibilities introduced by the law of December 19, 2006, amending that of December 12, 1979, on judicial organization, shall only apply from the first complete or partial renewal of the judicial authorities mentioned in Article 2, following the entry into force of the law.

1. The entry into force of this law is subject to the amendment of Article 74, paragraph 1, of the Constitution of the Canton of Vaud, dated March 1, 1885 [AC].

1. Article 23, paragraph 3 of this law applies to assessors of the Administrative and Public Law Court and the Social Insurance Court who have reached the age of 65 within the six months preceding the entry into force of this law.

1. The members of the Neutral Tribunal and their alternates elected for the period from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2017, shall remain in office until December 31, 2017.

1. The term of office of other judicial magistrates as referred to in Article 24 is extended until January 31, 2025.

1. Subject to Articles 123 and 124 above, the Law on Judicial Organization of December 16, 1947, is repealed.

1. The Council of State is entrusted with the execution of the present law. It shall publish the text in accordance with Article 27, number 2, of the Cantonal Constitution and shall set the date of its entry into force by decree.