In the area of the process of improvement of the Cuban state institutions and, in particular, of the justice system, the Law of Organization of the Judicial System was promulgated on June 23 of that year that responded to the need to unify the different then existing jurisdictions in a single judicial system that will guarantee the uniform application of justice throughout the country.
The essential organizational bases instituted for the courts were their collegial nature and their integration by professional judges, and lay judges in the matter, all elective, responsible and revocable.