Constitution

Central African Republic 2016 Constitution

Table of Contents

TITLE XV. OF REVISION

Article 151

The initiative of revision of the Constitution belongs concurrently to the President of the Republic and to the Parliament deciding with the majority of two-thirds (2/3) of the members who compose each Chamber.

Article 152

The revision intervenes when the bill presented in complete form [a l’état] has been voted by the Parliament meeting in Congress with a majority of three-quarters (3/4) of the members who compose it or has been adopted by referendum.

No procedure of revision can be initiated or followed in the case of the vacancy of the Presidency of the Republic or when it infringes the unity and the integrity of the territory.

Article 153

Expressly excluded from revision are:

  • the republican and secular form of the State;
    the number and duration of the presidential mandates;

    the conditions of eligibility;

    the incompatibilities to the functions of President of the Republic;

    the fundamental rights of the citizen;

    the provisions of this Article.

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