“I swear to well and faithfully fulfill my functions, to exercise them in all impartiality with
respect of the Constitution and to maintain [garder] the secrecy of the deliberations and of the
votes, the same after the cessation of my functions.”
The first Constitutional Council comprehends:
— three councillors of which two are designated by the President of the National Assembly,
appointed for three years by the President of the Republic;
— three councillors of which one is designated by the President of the National Assembly,
appointed for six years by the President of the Republic.
Article 92
The functions of members of the Constitutional Council are incompatible with the exercise of
any political function, of any public or elective office and of any professional activity. In case
of death, resignation or absolute incapacity for whatever cause that may be, the President and
the councillors are replaced within a time period of eight days for the term of the functions
remaining to be served [courrir].
Article 93
No member of the Constitutional Council can be, during the term of his mandate, prosecuted,
arrested, detained or judged in [a] criminal or correctional matter without the authorization of
the Council.
Article 94
The Constitutional Council controls the regularity of the operations of the referendum and
proclaims the results. The Council decides [statuer] on:
— the eligibility of the candidates to the presidential and legislative elections;
— the disputes concerning the election of the President of the Republic and of the Deputies.
The Constitutional Council proclaims the definitive results of the presidential elections.
Article 95
The international commitments specified in Article 84 before their ratification, the organic
laws before their promulgation, [and] the regulations of the National Assembly before their
entry into application, must be deferred by the President of the Republic or by the President of
the National Assembly to the Constitutional Council which pronounces on their conformity
with the Constitution. To the same ends, the laws, before their promulgation, can be deferred
to the Constitutional Council by the President of the Republic, the President of the National
Assembly, any parliamentary group or 1/10 of the members of the National Assembly. The
seizing of the Constitutional Council suspends the time period of promulgation.
Article 96