constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:14 Article 85: Approval of the list of candidates by the Supreme Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Article 86: Replacement of a Senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Article 88: Powers of the Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Section 2: Initiation and adoption of Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Article 92: Examination of draft laws by Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Article 93: Mode of adoption of Laws and their hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 CHAPTER III: THE EXECUTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Section 1: The President of the Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Article 98: Responsibilities of the President of the Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Article 100: Election of the President of the Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Article 102: Period for holding presidential elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Article 103: Procedure for holding elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Article 104: Oath of office of the President of the Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Article 108: Promulgation of laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Article 110: Powers of the President of the Republic in matters concerning war . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Article 112: Signing Presidential Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Article 113: Orders signed by the President of the Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Article 115: Benefits entitled to the President of the Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Section 2: The Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Article 116: Composition of Cabinet and appointment of its members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Article 117: Appointment and responsibilities of the Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Article 118: Responsibilities of the Prime Minister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Article 121: Items deliberated upon by the Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Article 122: Benefits for members of the Cabinet and incompatibilities with their office . . . . . 37 Section 3: Public Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 CHAPTER IV: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LEGISLATURE AND EXECUTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Article 133: Dissolution of Parliament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Article 134: Informing the Parliament of Government activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 CHAPTER V: THE JUDICIARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Section 1: General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Article 141: Functioning of Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Article 142: Term of office of the heads of Courts and judicial functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Section 2: Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Article 143: Court classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Sub-section 1: Ordinary Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 A. Supreme Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Article 145: Jurisdiction and responsibilities of the Supreme Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Article 147: Appointment of judges of the Supreme Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Article 148: List of candidates as judges of the Supreme Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Rwanda 2003 (rev. 2010) Page 3