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Article 113
The Deputy represents the nation in [its] entirety.
Any imperative mandate is null and of no effect.
Article 114
The right to vote of the Deputy is personal.
However, an organic law may authorize exceptionally the delegation to vote.
In this case, no one may receive delegation of more than one mandate.
Article 115
The Internal Regulations of the National Assembly determine:
• the composition, [and] the rules of functioning of the Bureau as well as the
prerogatives of its President;
• the number, the mode of designation, the composition, the role and the
competence of its permanent commissions, its commissions of delegation
as well as its temporary commissions;
• the organization of the administrative services;
• the disciplinary regime of the Deputies;
• the different modes of the ballot, with the exclusion of those provided for
by the Constitution;
• all the rules relative to the functioning of the National Assembly.
• Quorum for legislative sessions
Article 116
If, at the opening of a session, the quorum of two-thirds [2/3] of the Deputies is not
attained, the sitting is postponed to the third working day which follows. In this case,
the deliberations are only valid if half at least of the Deputies are present.
Article 117
The sittings of the National Assembly are valid only if they occur in the ordinary
place of their sessions, except in case of force majeure.
• Public or private sessions
The sittings of the National Assembly are public.
However, the Assembly may sit in closed [sitting] at the demand of the Prime
Minister or of one-third (1/3) of its members.
• Publication of deliberations
• Length of legislative sessions
The complete record of the debates of the National Assembly is published in the
Journal Offciel de la République [Official Gazette of the Republic].
Article 118
The National Assembly meets of plain right in two (2) ordinary sessions per year.
The first session opens on the fifth (5) of March.
The second session opens on the fifth (5) of October.
If the fifth [5] of March or fifth [5] of October is a holiday, the opening of the session
takes place on the first working day which follows.
The duration of each session may not exceed ninety (90) days.
Chad 1996 (rev. 2005)
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