The Plea of Illegality

2014

The people have right to defending their interests in judicial proceedings. The legal means available to the parties in the lawsuit include the exceptions of illegality. These are means of defence and not exceptions to the procedure law or substantive law; as a result has a special legal regime. In administrative judicial procedure the exception of illegality may be invoked at any time, to any court. The court of justice competent to decide on exception is that which is invested with initial substantive dispute. It eliminates one of the causes of delays in judicial process.