Legal proceedings shall be conducted based on equality and adversarial nature of the parties. Article 104. The proceedings shall be conducted in the state language. Persons participating in the case who do not speak the language of the proceedings shall be provided with the right to familiarize themselves with the case materials, participate in judicial actions with the help of an interpreter, as well as the right to speak at a court session in their native language. Article 105. The parties shall have the right to appeal against decisions, sentences and other decisions of the courts of Turkmenistan. Article 106. Decisions, sentences and other court decisions shall be binding on the territory of Turkmenistan. Article 107. The right to receive legal assistance shall be guaranteed at any stage of legal proceedings. Lawyers and other physical persons and legal entities who have the right to provide such assistance shall carry out the provision of legal assistance. Article 108. Law shall determine the competence, procedure for the formation and operation of courts. CHAPTER VI. LOCAL STATE AUTHORITIES Article 109. In welayats, etraps and cities and towns, in accordance with the procedure established by law, local representative bodies - halk maslahaty - shall be formed, whose members shall be elected by citizens of Turkmenistan residing in the relevant administrativeterritorial units. Article 110. Welayat, etrap and city halk maslahaty on the relevant territory shall: 1) participate in the organization of the implementation of economic, social and cultural development programmes; 2) approve the local budget and the report on its execution; 3) assist in the observance of the rule of law and the protection of public order, the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of citizens; 4) hear information from the heads of local executive authorities on activities carried out in the field of economic, social and cultural development of the territory;