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The National Police of Burundi is a corps designed, organized and trained for the
maintenance and the restoration of security and order in the interior of the country.
The National Intelligence Service [Service National de Renseignement] is a corps
designed, organized and trained to look for, centralize and exploit all information of a
nature that contributes to the security of the State, of its institutions and of its
international relations, as well as to the prosperity of its economy.
Article 246
The Corps of Defense and of Security are subordinated to the civilian authority
within the respect for the Constitution, for the law and for the regulations.
Article 247
The Corps of Defense and of Security develop within them a nondiscriminatory,
non-ethnicist and non-sexist culture.
Article 248
The organic laws determine the establishment, the missions, the organization, the
instruction, the conditions of service and the functioning of the Force of National
Defense, of the National Police and of the National Intelligence Service.
Article 249
Within the limits determined by the Constitution and the laws, only the President of
the Republic may authorize the use of the Armed Forces:
a. In the defense of the State;
b. In the restoration of order and of the public security;
c. In the fulfillment of the international obligations and engagements.
Article 250
When the Force of National Defense is used in one of the cases cited in the
paragraph above, the President consults officially the competent instances [so]
enabled and informs the Parliament promptly and in a detailed manner concerning:
a. The reason or reasons for the use of the Force of National Defense;
b. All places where this force is deployed;
c. The period for which this force is deployed.
Article 251
If the Parliament is not in session, the President convokes it in an extraordinary
session within the seven days following the use of the Force of National Defense.
Burundi 2005
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