REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE – WORK – FATHERLAND
LAW No. 2008/001 OF 14 AVR 2008
TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT SOME PROVISIONS OF LAW No. 96/6 OF 18 JANUARY 1996 TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF 2 JUNE 1972
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The National Assembly deliberated and adopted, the President of the Republic hereby enacts the law set out below:
SECTION 1 - The provisions of Articles 6 (2) and (4), 14 (3) (a), 15 (1), 53 and 67 (6) of Law No. 96/6 of 18 January 1996 to amend the Constitution of 2 June 1972 are amended and supplemented as follows :
"ARTICLE 6
(2) (new) The President of the Republic shall be elected for a term of office of 7(seven) years. He shall be eligible for re-election.
(4) (new) Where the office of President of the Republic becomes vacant as a result of death, resignation or permanent incapacity duly ascertained by the Constitutional Council, the polls for the election of the new President of the Republic must be held not less than 20 (twenty) days and not more than 120 (one hundred and twenty) days after the office becomes vacant.
(a) The President of the Senate shall as of right act as interim President of the Republic until the new President of the Republic is elected. Where the President of the Senate is unable to exercise these powers, they shall be exercised by his Vice, following the order of precedence.
(b) The interim President of the Republic - the President of the Senate or his Vice - may neither amend the Constitution nor the composition of the Government. He may not organize a referendum or run for the office of President of the Republic.
(c) However, where the organization of the presidential election so requires, the interim President of the Republic may, after consultation with the Constitutional Council, amend the composition of the Government.
ARTICLE 14
(3) Both houses of Parliament shall meet on the same dates :
(a) (new) in ordinary session during the months of March, June and November each year, when convened by the Bureaux of the National Assembly and the Senate, after consultation with the President of the Republic;
ARTICLE 15
(4) (new) : In case of serious crisis or where circumstances so warrant, the President of the Republic may, after consultation with the President of the Constitutional Council and Bureaux of the National Assembly and the Senate, request the National Assembly to decide, by law, to extend or abridge its term of office. In this case, the election of a new Assembly shall take place not less than 40 (forty) days and not more than 120 (one hundred and twenty) days following the expiry of the extension or abridgement period.
ARTICLE 51
(1) (new) : The Constitutional Council shall comprise 11 (eleven) members designated for an eventually renewable term of office of 6 (six) years.
PRESIDENCE DE LA REPUBLIQUE PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC SECRETARIAT GENERAL SERVICE DU FICHIER LEGISLATIF ET REGLEMENTAIRE