Constitution

Chad 1996 Constitution (reviewed 2015)

Table of Contents

Title XV. Of Revision

Article 222

The initiative of revision belongs concurrently to the President of the Republic, after decision taken in the Council of Ministers, and to the members of the National Assembly.

To be taken into consideration, the bill or the proposal of revision must be voted with the majority of three-fifths (3/5) of the members of the National Assembly.

The revision of the Constitution is approved by referendum or by the vote of the majority of two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the National Assembly.

Article 223

No procedure of revision may be engaged or pursued when it infringes:

  • the integrity of the territory, the independence, or the national unity;
    the republican form of the State, the principle of the separation of powers and secularity;

    the freedoms and fundamental rights of the citizen;

    the policy [of] pluralism.

Article 224

No procedure of revision may be engaged when the President of the Republic exercises the exceptional powers or when the Interim President exercises the functions of President of the Republic in accordance with the provisions of Articles 87 and 76 of this Constitution.