Constitution

Republic of the Congo 2001 Constitution

Table of Contents

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.

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