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Article 163
The bill of revision is, in every case, submitted preliminarily to the evaluation of the
Parliament.
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• Joint meetings of legislative chambers
• Referenda
• Standing committees
Article 164
The bill of the text is then submitted to referendum. It is considered to have been
adopted when it has obtained the majority of the suffrage expressed.
The President of Faso then proceeds with its promulgation in the conditions
established by Article 48 of this Constitution.
However, the bill of revision is adopted without recourse to referendum if it is
approved by a majority of three-quarters (3/4) of the members of the Parliament
convoked in Congress by the President of Faso. The Bureau of the Congress is that of
the National Assembly.
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• Unamendable provisions
Article 165
No bill or proposal of revision of the Constitution is receivable when it effects:
• the republican nature and form of the State;
• the multiparty system;
• the integrity of the national territory.
No procedure of revision may be initiated or pursued when it infringes upon the
integrity of the territory.
TITLE XVI: FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 166
Treason against the Fatherland and infringement the Constitution constitute the
most grave crimes committed against the people.
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Article 167
The source of all legitimacy follows from this Constitution.
All power which does not derive its source from this Constitution, notably that
resulting from a coup d'etat or from a putsch[,] is illegal. In this case, the right to civil
disobedience is recognized to all citizens.
Article 168
The Burkinabe people proscribe any idea of personal power.
They proscribe equally all oppression of a part of the people by another.
Article 168.1
A full [pleine] and entire amnesty is accorded to the Heads of State of Burkina Faso
for the period running from 1960 to the date of adoption of these provisions.
Burkina Faso 1991 (rev. 2012)
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