Le Moniteur, 151st year No. 24, 4 April 1996: law organizing the territorial collectivity of the communal section
Summary: Le Moniteur No. 24 of Thursday 4 April 1996, carrying the law of 28 March 1996 organizing the communal section as a territorial collectivity, promulgated by President René Préval. The law sets the section's assembly (ASEC) and administrative council (CASEC), their powers, meetings and elections. The issue also carries an arrêté moving the national clock forward 60 minutes from 6 April to 26 October 1996, a nationality recovery arrêté, trademark extracts and a foundation's registration.
Key Findings
- Law voted by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate on 28 March 1996 and promulgated at the National Palace the same day under President René Préval.
- Article 2 makes the communal section a territorial collectivity; Article 3 reserves its creation, extent and limits to law.
- The section's deliberative body is the Assembly of the Communal Section (ASEC) and its executive the Administrative Council (CASEC).
- Article 21 requires the CASEC to meet every eight days; Article 23 puts CASEC members on the section's budget.
- Article 24 gives the CASEC administration of the State's private domain within the section.
- The preamble cites the 1962 Rural Code, the 1978 territorial delimitation law, the 1982 decree on communes and the 1986 decree on the rural section.
How to cite
Legislative Body of Haiti; Presidency of the Republic of Haiti (PRH), Le Moniteur, 151st year No. 24, 4 April 1996: law organizing the territorial collectivity of the communal section, https://budget.gouv.ht/storage/app/uploads/public/5f5/a8a/d38/5f5a8ad385746801097332.pdf
- Rights holder
- Government of Haiti