TITLE XV. OF THE PUBLIC FORCE
Article 170
The public force is composed by the national police, by the national gendarmerie and by the Congolese armed forces.
Article 171
The public force is apolitical. It is submitted to the laws and regulations of the Republic. It is instituted in the general interest. No one shall utilize it for personal ends.
The public force is subordinated to the civil authority. It only acts within the framework of the laws and regulations. The conditions of its implementation are established by the law.
Article 172
The law establishes the missions, determines the organization and the functioning as well as the special statute of the personnel of the police, of the gendarmerie and the Congolese armed forces.
Article 173
The creation of militias is a crime punished by the law.
