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Chapter IV. Disputes between Constitutional Organs
Article 65
(Petitions Concerning Disputes between Constitutional Organs)
When a highest state organ, in the exercise of its powers, has a dispute with other highest state organs in respect of their respective constitutional competences, it may lodge a petition with the Constitutional Court to settle such a dispute after the organs concerned fail to resolve through negotiations.
Petitions under the preceding Paragraph must be lodged within the six-month peremptory period starting from the date of the disputing organs having failed to resolve the dispute through negotiations.
The petitioning organ shall make a preliminary showing of the facts concerning the failure to resolve the dispute through negotiations.
Article 66
(Contents of Pleadings Concerning Disputes between Constitutional Organs)
Petition under this Section shall be submitted in writing and include the particulars below:
(1) the name of the petitioning organ, the location thereof and its representative;
(2) the name of the respondent organ, the location thereof and its representative;
(3) the name, the occupation, and the domicile or the residence of the advocate, where applicable;
(4) claims;
(5) the nature of the dispute, the negotiations between the disputing organs, and the relevant constitutional provisions or the competence vested in the petitioning organ by the Constitution;
(6) the grounds for the petition and the petitioning organ's submission;
(7) the evidence which proves the observance of the peremptory period; and
(8) the titles of the annexes and the number thereof.
Article 67
(Contents of the Holding of a Judgment Concerning Disputes between Constitutional Organs)
For cases arising under this Chapter, the Constitutional Court shall delineate the competences between the disputing organs in the holding of the judgment. Considering the circumstances of the case, the Constitutional Court may make further pronouncements as appropriate in the holding of the judgment.