TITLE XVI. OF THE LOCAL COLLECTIVITIES
Article 174
The local collectivities of the Republic of the Congo are the department and the commune.
The other local collectivities are created by the law.
Article 175
The local collectivities administer themselves freely through elected councils and within the conditions specified by the law, notably in that which concerns their competences and their resources.
Article 176
Any imputation of the expenses of sovereignty of the State on the budgets of the decentralized collectivities is prohibited.
Article 177
An organic law establishes the conditions in which the State exercises its protection concerning the decentralized collectivities.
