Article 16. The trial shall be initiated before the Jury for the Impeachment of Magistrates upon a charge being brought by the litigant or the professional concerned; this may be file personally or through a proxy with special power of attorney; upon a charge brought by the Supreme Court of Justice, the Ministry of Justice and Labor, the Office of the Public Prosecutor, the Chamber of Senators, the Chamber of Representatives, and the Council of Magistrates; and by the Jury itself acting of its own accord. The aforementioned individuals and entities may limit themselves to lodging a formal complaint with the Office of the Prosecutor General of the State, which, if it sees fit to do so, shall bring the appropriate charge. Article 18. The complaint having been presented before him, the Prosecutor General of the State, after studying the merits of the accusations against the accused, shall, if warranted, bring the charge before the Jury. He may also order a preliminary discovery period related to the facts being alleged, to verify their seriousness. If these procedural steps do not produce clear evidence that grounds for removal exist, the charge shall not be brought and the case shall be closed, with the complainant notified. Article 19. The brief brought before “the Jury” to advance the impeachment shall include: a) The subject matter of the impeachment; b) The name and actual and legal residence of the accuser; c) The name and legal residence of the defendant; d) A well-documented statement of the facts on which the case is based; e) The legal provisions that have been infringed; f) A clear and precise prayer for relief; and, g) Verification of the particulars required under Article 17 for the individual complainant, whether a litigant or professional. With the same brief, the complainant shall; a) Attach all documents that are in the person’s power and related to the charge, or indicate where such documents may be found; b) Offer evidence that supports the claim and request any measures necessary to produce the evidence; and. c) Attach a copy for notification to the other party. Article 21. Proceedings to determine liability shall be governed by the provisions of this law and, subsidiarily, by the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure and supplementary laws, where applicable. During substantiation of the proceedings, however, the following provisions must be observed: a) No issue introduced in the proceedings to determine liability has been the subject of a previous ruling, with the exception of reasoned recusals; b) All means of evidence provided for in the Civil Procedure Law shall be admitted; c) All time periods are final for the parties; d) in the case of hearings and notifications for which no time period has been determined, the time period shall be three business days; e) Under no circumstances will the court records be removed by the parties; f) Any final judgments, resolutions, and orders that the Jury may issue cannot be appealed to any other body, save for that established in Article 33. Petitions for clarification and reversal may be admitted, and the Jury shall rule on them by the fifth day, by means of a reasoned decision; g) Any charges and appeals brought in the public hearing of the proceeding shall be resolved during that hearing; h) The Jury shall have the authority to move the proceeding forward and determine at any stage of the case the procedural steps that may be necessary to shed light on the facts; i) The substantiation hearing shall be oral and recorded on tape; 9