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A program-law establishes the modalities of installation of the new Provinces cited
in Article 2 of this Constitution. Until [that time], the Democratic Republic of Congo
is composed of the city of
Kinshasa and of the following ten Provinces [which are] endowed with juridical
personality: Bandundu, Bas-Congo, Equateur, Kasai-Occidental, Kasai-Oriental,
Katanga, Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Province Orientale, Sud-Kivu.
Article 227
The Provinces which are enumerated by Article 2 of this Constitution constitute the
electoral circumscriptions of the Senators of the first legislature. The electoral law
determines the conditions of attribution for an additional quota to the city of
Kinshasa for the election of the Senators.
Article 228
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 222, paragraph 1, the Transitional
Constitution of the Transition of 4 April 2003 is abrogated.
Article 229
This Constitution, adopted by referendum, enters into force on its promulgation by
the President of the Republic.
Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005 (rev. 2011)
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