“I swear to well and faithfully fulfill my functions, to exercise them in all impartiality with respect of the Constitution and to maintain [garder] the secrecy of the deliberations and of the votes, the same after the cessation of my functions.” The first Constitutional Council comprehends: — three councillors of which two are designated by the President of the National Assembly, appointed for three years by the President of the Republic; — three councillors of which one is designated by the President of the National Assembly, appointed for six years by the President of the Republic. Article 92 The functions of members of the Constitutional Council are incompatible with the exercise of any political function, of any public or elective office and of any professional activity. In case of death, resignation or absolute incapacity for whatever cause that may be, the President and the councillors are replaced within a time period of eight days for the term of the functions remaining to be served [courrir]. Article 93 No member of the Constitutional Council can be, during the term of his mandate, prosecuted, arrested, detained or judged in [a] criminal or correctional matter without the authorization of the Council. Article 94 The Constitutional Council controls the regularity of the operations of the referendum and proclaims the results. The Council decides [statuer] on: — the eligibility of the candidates to the presidential and legislative elections; — the disputes concerning the election of the President of the Republic and of the Deputies. The Constitutional Council proclaims the definitive results of the presidential elections. Article 95 The international commitments specified in Article 84 before their ratification, the organic laws before their promulgation, [and] the regulations of the National Assembly before their entry into application, must be deferred by the President of the Republic or by the President of the National Assembly to the Constitutional Council which pronounces on their conformity with the Constitution. To the same ends, the laws, before their promulgation, can be deferred to the Constitutional Council by the President of the Republic, the President of the National Assembly, any parliamentary group or 1/10 of the members of the National Assembly. The seizing of the Constitutional Council suspends the time period of promulgation. Article 96

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