TITLE XIX. TRANSITORY AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 188
The laws, the ordinances and the regulations now in force, when they are not contrary to this Constitution, remain applicable as long as they are not expressively modified or abrogated.
Article 189
The political institutions of the period of transition function until the effective installation of the organs issuing from the general elections.
The effective installation of all the institutions specified in this Constitution takes place, at the maximum, twelve months after its approval by referendum.
Article 190
The end of the transition is declared by a decision of the Supreme Court, sitting in a constitutional matter referred to it by the President of the Republic.
This decision is announced by the President of the Republic in office, in a message to the Nation in the seventy-two hours that follow.
The President of the Republic, elected in the course of the electoral process, takes the oath of office after the announcement of the end of the period of transition.
Article 191
This Constitution, which abrogates the Fundamental Act of 24 October 1997, is submitted to the approval of the People by way of referendum. It will be published in the Journal Officiel [Official Gazette] after its adoption and it enters into force from the end of the period of transition, in conformity with Article 190.
