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• First chamber selection
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Article 107
The Deputies are elected by direct universal suffrage.
• Eligibility for first chamber
Article 108
Chadians of the two sexes fulfilling the conditions established by the law[,] may be
candidates to the National Assembly.
• Term length for first chamber
Article 109
The mandate of Deputy is of four (4) years renewable.
• Second chamber selection
• Organic laws
Article 110
An organic law establishes the number of the Deputies, their indemnities, [and] the
regime of the ineligibilities and of the incompatibilities.
It establishes equally the conditions under which the persons named to assure, in
case of vacancy of the seat, the replacement of Deputies[,] are elected[,] until the
general renewal of the National Assembly.
• Immunity of legislators
Article 111
The members of the National Assembly benefit from parliamentary immunity.
No Deputy may be prosecuted, investigated, arrested, detained or tried for the
opinions or votes emitted by him in the exercise of his functions.
A Deputy, during the duration of the session, may only be prosecuted or arrested in a
criminal or correctional matter with the permission of the National Assembly, except
in cases of flagrante delicto.
A Deputy, out of session, may only be arrested with the authorization of the Bureau
of the National Assembly, except in case of flagrante delicto, of authorized
prosecutions or definitive condemnation.
In the case of an established crime or offense, the immunity can be lifted by the
National Assembly during the sessions or by the Bureau of said Assembly out of
session.
In cases of flagrante delicto, the Bureau of the National Assembly is immediately
informed of the arrest.
• Leader of first chamber
• Standing committees
Article 112
The members of the Bureau of the National Assembly are elected by secret ballot at
the debut of the first session of the legislature.
The President of the National Assembly is elected for the duration of the legislature.
The other members of the Bureau are elected for one year renewable, except during
the year preceding the renewal of the National Assembly.
However, in case of [a] substantiated breach, the members of the Bureau can be
replaced as a result of a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the National Assembly.
In case of vacancy in [a] post in the Bureau for whatever cause that may be, it
proceeds within the twenty-one (21) days which follow to new elections to fill the
post.
Chad 1996 (rev. 2005)
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