1. With exception to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 62 of Federal Law No. 23 of 1991 on Regulating the Legal Profession, the Authority shall be competent to represent itself before local and federal judicial powers, and before committees for settling tax disputes, as well as before arbitration panels in the State, or before any other authority or committee with a judicial competency, whether the Authority is a plaintiff or a defendant. In order to achieve this, the Authority may submit claims, petitions, appeals, raise a defence, and in general, anything that is required to initiate lawsuits and appeals before such entities.

2. It shall be permitted for the Authority to delegate the competent department in the Ministry of Justice, or the legal consultants and experts working therein, to act on its behalf on condition they are recorded in the schedule of non-practising lawyers. In addition, it shall be permitted for the Authority to entrust lawyers to initiate the courses of action mentioned in Clause 1 of this Article, provided that the lawyer has been accepted to act as a counsel before the judicial body where they have begun proceedings.