Constitution

Côte d’Ivoire 2016 Constitution

Table of Contents

TITLE XIII. TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES

CHAPTER I. COMPOSITION

Article 170

The territorial communities are the regions and municipalities.

Article 171

Other territorial communities are created and abolished by law.

CHAPTER II. ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING

Article 172

The law determines the fundamental principles of the free administration of territorial communities, of their competences and their resources.

In territorial communities, the Prefect is the representative of the State. He is responsible for the national interests, compliance with laws and for the supervision of guardianship.

No territorial collectivity may exercise guardianship over another.

Article 173

Territorial communities benefit from resources that they may freely dispose of under the conditions set forth in the law. They may receive all or part of the revenues from taxes of any kind.

Taxes and other resources owned by territorial communities represent a crucial part of their total resources.

Article 174

Any transfer of powers between the State and the territorial communities is accompanied by the allocation of resources equivalent to those that were given over to the exercise of those powers.

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