TITLE VI. OF THE REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION
Article 161
No revision of the Constitution may be initiated, except in the case of necessity judged imperious.
Article 162
The initiative of the revision, in the case of necessity judged imperious, belongs either to the President of the Republic who decides in the Council of Ministers, or to the Parliamentary Assemblies deciding by a separate vote by a majority of two-thirds of the members.
The bill or proposal of revision must be approved by three-fourths of the members of the National Assembly and of the Senate.
The bill or proposal of revision so approved is submitted to referendum.
Article 163
The republican form of the State, the principle of the integrity of the national territory, the principle of the separation of the powers, the principle of autonomy of the Decentralized Territorial Collectivities, the duration and the number of the mandate of the President of the Republic, may not be made the object of revision.
The exceptional powers held by the President of the Republic in the exceptional circumstances or circumstances of political trouble do not confer on him the right of recourse to a constitutional revision.
