appointed for three years. Thereafter, all the members are appointed for a six-year office
renewable.
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effective within a maximum of three months in the official
Gazette of the Republic of Ivory Coast.
Article 75 : The members of the Regulatory Board swear an oath before the President of the Court of
Appeal, with
the exception of the Magistrates.
The Regulatory Board makes rules of the rules
Procedure. The draft Rules of Procedure is being adopted
Minister in charge of Information and Communication Technologies. The Rules of Procedure adopted is
published in the Gazette of the Republic of Ivory Coast.
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Article 76 : The function of member of the Regulatory Board is not compatible with any public or private
job, any elective office and any direct or indirect holding of interests in a company of
Telecommunications / ICT sector operating in Ivory Coast.
Article 77 : The members of the Regulatory Board
information that they have been able to get because of their functions.
The violations of the professional secrecy and self-dealing abuses committed by the members of the
Regulatory Board liable to one to ten-year imprisonment penalty and a fine of a minimum of fifty million
Francs CFA gold one of the two penalties.
Article 78 : For a period of two years, according to the termination of their appointment within the
Regulatory Board,
the members of the Regulatory Board can not, in any case, become employees or be given
in a telecommunications / ICT company, within the meaning of the
hereby ordinance, established in Ivory Coast.
The member of the Regulatory Board does not comply with this regulation
ten-year imprisonment and a fine of at least fifty million francs CFA gold one of the two