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Article 194
Missions not provided for by this Constitution are defined by the law.

Chapter II: Of the National Gendarmerie
Article 195
The National Gendarmerie has for its mission:
• to assure the protection of persons and of assets;
• to assure the maintenance and the reestablishment of the public order;
• to assure respect for the laws and regulations.

Article 196
The National Gendarmerie executes the tasks of Judicial Police and of
Administrative Police. Its action is exercised on the whole of the national territory
within respect for the freedoms and of the rights of Man.

Chapter III: Of the National Police
Article 197
The National Police has for its missions:
• to see to the security of the State;
• to assure the maintenance and the reestablishment of the public order;
• to see to the security and to the protection of persons and of assets;
• to see to the [public] tranquility and to the public health ;
• to assure respect for the laws and regulations.

Article 198
The action of the National Police action is exercised on the whole of the national
territory within respect for the freedoms and of the rights of Man.

Chapter IV: Of the National and Nomadic Guard
Article 199
The National and Nomadic Guard has for its missions:
• the protection of the political and administrative authorities;
• the protection of public edifices;
• the maintenance of order in the rural and nomadic milieu;
• the guarding and the surveillance of jails [maisons d'arrÍt].

Article 200
The action of the National and Nomadic Guard is exercised on the whole of the
national territory within respect for the freedoms and of the rights of Man.

Chad 1996 (rev. 2005)

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