Article 57 public authorities. It shall: (1) The organs of the Region shall be the Regional - examine appeals on regional and council election Council disputes;and the President of the Regional Council. The Council and the against President of the - giveRegional final rulings on appeals final Regional Council shall function within the judgements passed by lower courts in cases of framework of powers transferred to the Region by the administrative State. disputes; (2) The Regional Council shallexpressly be the deliberative - examine, any other disputes devolving organ Region. Regional Councillors whose upon itofbythe law. term of office shall be 5 (five) years shall comprise : -Article divisional 41 delegates elected by indirect universal suffrage; The audit bench shall be competent to control and -rule representatives of traditional bypublic their on public accounts, as wellrulers as onelected those of peers. and semi-public enterprises. The Regional Council shall reflect the various It shall: sociological components ofjudgements the Region.passed lower - give final rulings on final The system of election, number, proportion by audit courts; category, governing ineligibility, - examinerules any other matters expressly devolving incompatibilities upon it by law. and emoluments of Regional Councillors shall be laid down Articleby 42law. (3) Council shall be headed by anand (1) The Regional organization, functioning, composition indigene RegionCourt elected duties of of thethe Supreme andfrom the among benchesitsit members life of thefor Council. comprises,for thethe conditions referring matters to The theprocedure Regional applicable Council shall be the themPresident as well asofthe before them executive organ of by thelaw. Region. In this capacity, he shall be laid down shall be organization, the interlocutor of the Statecomposition representative. (2) The functioning, and He shall a Regional duties of be theassisted Courts by of Appeal and Bureau judicial,elected at 44 44