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The law defines the fundamental principles:
• of the administrative organization of the territory;
• of the general organization of the National Defense;
• of the free administration of the collectivities, of their competence and of
their resources;
• of urban planning and management of the territory;
• of the Charter of the political parties, of the regimes of associations and of
the press;
• of education , [and] of scientific research;
• of public health, of social affairs and of the rights of the child;
• of the regime of social security;
• of the regime of ownership, of real rights and of civil and commercial
obligations;
• of the protection of the environment and of the conservation of natural
resources;
• of the regime of land tenure
• of the regime of the domain of the State;
• of insurance, of savings and of credit;
• of the right to work and the syndical right;
• of culture[,] of the arts[,] and of sports;
• of the regime of transportation and telecommunications;
• of agriculture, of livestock, of fisheries, of wildlife, of water and of forests.
The provisions of this Article shall be specified and complemented by an organic law.
Article 122
The matters other than those which are of the domain of the law have a regulatory
character.
The texts of legislative form intervening in these matters can be modified by decree
after [the] opinion of the Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court.
Those of these texts which have intervened after the entry into force of this
Constitution may only be modified by decree if the Constitutional Council has
declared that they have a regulatory character by virtue of the preceding paragraph.
• Power to declare/approve war
Article 123
The declaration of war is authorized by the National Assembly.
• Emergency provisions
Article 124
The state of siege and the state of urgency are decreed in the Council of Ministers.
The Government informs the Bureau of the National Assembly of it.
Their extension beyond twelve (12) days may only be authorized by the National
Assembly.
Article 125
The Government can, for the execution of its program, demand of the National
Assembly the authorization to take by ordinance, for a limited time period, the
Chad 1996 (rev. 2005)
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