Constitution

Côte d’Ivoire 2000 Constitution

Table of Contents

TITLE XIV. OF REVISION

Article 124

The initiative of the revision of the Constitution belongs concurrently to the President of the Republic and to the members of the National Assembly.

Article 125

To be taken into consideration, the bill or the proposal of revision must be voted by the National Assembly with the majority of 2/3 of its members effectively in their functions.

Article 126

The revision of the Constitution is only definitive after having been approved by referendum with the absolute majority of the suffrage expressed. It is obligatory to submit to referendum the bill or the proposal of revision having for its object the election of the President of the Republic, the exercise of the presidential mandate, the vacancy of the Presidency of the Republic and the procedure of revision of this Constitution. The bill or the proposal of revision is not presented to the referendum in all the other matters when the President of the Republic decides to submit it to the National Assembly. In this case, the bill or proposal of revision is only adopted if a majority of 4/5 of the members of the National Assembly effectively in their functions, meet. The text concerning constitutional revision, which has been approved, by referendum or by parliamentary vote, is promulgated by the President of the Republic.

Article 127

No procedure of revision can be undertaken or pursued if it carries affects to the integrity of the territory. The republican form and the secular form of the State cannot be made the object of a revision.

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