Title XI. Of National Defense and of Security
Article 187
The National Defense and Security are assured by the Armed Forces and [Forces] of Security.
Article 188
The Armed Forces and [Forces] of Security are composed of:
- the National Army;
the National Gendarmerie; the National Police; the National and Nomadic Guard.
Article 189
The Armed Forces and the [Forces] of Security are at the service of the Nation.
They are submitted to the republican legality.
They are subordinated to the civil power.
Article 190
The Armed Forces and the [Forces] of Security are apolitical.
No one may use them to individual ends.
Article 191
The National Defense is assured by the National Army and the National Gendarmerie.
The maintenance of the public order and of security is assured by the National Police, the National and Nomadic Guard and the National Gendarmerie.
Chapter I. Of the National Army of Chad
Article 192
The National Army of Chad has for its mission to defend the territorial integrity, the national unity, to guarantee the national independence and the security of the country against any external aggression or threat.
Article 193
The National Army of Chad participates in tasks of economic and social development as well as in humanitarian operations.
Article 194
Missions not provided for by this Constitution are defined by the law.
Chapter II. Of the National Gendarmerie
Article 195
The National Gendarmerie has for its mission:
- to assure the protection of persons and of assets;
to assure the maintenance and the reestablishment of the public order; to assure respect for the laws and regulations.
Article 196
The National Gendarmerie executes the tasks of Judicial Police and of Administrative Police. Its action is exercised on the whole of the national territory within respect for the freedoms and of the rights of Man.
Chapter III. Of the National Police
Article 197
The National Police has for its missions:
- to see to the security of the State;
to assure the maintenance and the reestablishment of the public order; to see to the security and to the protection of persons and of assets; to see to the [public] tranquility and to the public health; to assure respect for the laws and regulations.
Article 198
The action of the National Police action is exercised on the whole of the national territory within respect for the freedoms and of the rights of Man.
Chapter IV. Of the National and Nomadic Guard
Article 199
The National and Nomadic Guard has for its missions:
- the protection of the political and administrative authorities;
the protection of public edifices; the maintenance of order in the rural and nomadic milieu; the guarding and the surveillance of jails [maisons d’arrÍt].
Article 200
The action of the National and Nomadic Guard is exercised on the whole of the national territory within respect for the freedoms and of the rights of Man.
Article 201
The organization, the functioning, [and] the other missions and attributions of the National Army, of the National Gendarmerie, of the National Police and of the National and Nomadic Guard[,] are established by the Law.
