Article (174)
In case of resignation of the Prime Minister, the letter of resignation shall be submitted to the
President of the Republic. If a minister offers resignation, it shall be submitted to the Prime
Minister.
Branch III
The Local Administration
Article (175)
The State shall be divided into administrative units that enjoy legal personality. Such units shall
include governorates, cities and villages. Other administrative units that have the legal
personality may be established, if public interest so requires.
When establishing or abolishing local units or amending their boundaries, the economic and
social conditions shall be taken into account. All the foregoing shall be regulated by Law.
Article (176)
The state shall ensure administrative, financial, and economic decentralization. The law shall
regulate the methods of empowering administrative units to provide, improve, and well manage
public facilities, and shall define the timeline for transferring powers and budgets to the local
administration units.
Article (177)
The State shall ensure the fulfillment of the needs of local units in terms of scientific, technical,
administrative and financial assistance, and the equitable distribution of facilities, services and
resources, and shall bring development levels in these units to a common standard and achieve
social justice between these units, as regulated by Law.
Article (178)
Local units shall have independent financial budgets.
The resources of local units shall include, in addition to the resources allocated to them by the
State, taxes and duties of a local nature, whether primary or auxiliary. The same rules and
procedures for the collection of public funds by the State shall apply to collection of such taxes
and duties.
The foregoing shall be regulated by law.
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