The aforesaid rules may be applied in legalizing, adjusting and altering
the illegal activities of the Governor and the Secretaries of Administration.
4) The administrative acts of the Governor and the Secretaries of Administration
are subject to queries by the people concerned only if the Governor and the
Secretaries of Administration are found to be incompetent, exceeding and abaŝing
their authority, distorting the laws and acting in contravention of the
ordinances, regulations and contracts of administration.
5)
Appeals against the judgements and decisions of the Governor and the
Secretaries of Administration are to be heard at the High Court of Appeal, and
such appeals have to be lodged within 40 days of the announcement of such
judgements and decisions.
Article 19
1) The Covernor is responsible to the President of the Republic on matters
relating to politics.
2) The Governor and the Secretaries of Administration are liable to be indicted
at the law courts for civil and criminal offences.
3) Should the Governor or the Secretaries of Administration be the accused in
civil and criminal cases during their tenures of office, such cases can only be
dealt with in the law courts of Lisbon, except that the case comes within the
jurisdiction of a court of law other than the court of Macau.
Article 20
1) Under the Governor there shall be formed a Higher Security Committee responsible for making and co-ordinating policies in connection with the
maintenance of peace and security within the territory of Macau.
2) The Higher Security Committee is presided over by the Governor and its
members are composed of the various Secretaries of Administration, the Commander,
the Deputy Commander and the Chief of Staff of Public Security Forces and three
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members co-opted by the Legislative Council.
3) Meetings of the Committee may be summoned by the Governor if he so wishes
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