Le Moniteur, 161st year No. 16, 13 February 2006: decree amending the Law of 18 September 1978 on the territorial delimitation of the Republic
Summary: Five pages from Le Moniteur No. 16 of 13 February 2006. The issue's main instrument is a decree of provisional president Boniface Alexandre amending the 1978 territorial delimitation law: it reattaches communal sections between neighboring communes in the Sud, Nippes, Grand'Anse, Sud-Est and Ouest departments ahead of local elections. The file carries Articles 1 to 21 and then jumps to company statutes printed later in the issue.
Key Findings
- Decree of provisional president Boniface Alexandre amending the Law of 18 September 1978 on territorial delimitation, taken while the legislature was not sitting.
- The preamble says communes such as Maniche, Arniquet, Cavaillon, Beaumont, La Vallée, Cabaret, Chansolme and Thomonde had been raised to commune status without being properly delimited.
- It sets the correction before the next local elections for municipal councils, CASEC, ASEC and town delegates.
- Article 2 attaches the 10th section Dory and the 11th section Melon, formerly of Les Cayes, to Maniche; Article 4 attaches Lazarre and Anse-à-Drick, formerly of Port-Salut, to Arniquet.
- Article 10 detaches the Cayemittes islands from the 3rd section Jean Bellune of Pestel to form a 6th communal section.
- The issue also carries the authorization of General Trading Associates, S.A., trademark register extracts and an NGO recognition notice.
How to cite
Presidency of the Republic of Haiti (PRH); Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MICT), Le Moniteur, 161st year No. 16, 13 February 2006: decree amending the Law of 18 September 1978 on the territorial delimitation of the Republic, https://budget.gouv.ht/storage/app/uploads/public/5f5/a89/4c9/5f5a894c9565c305287996.pdf
- Rights holder
- Government of Haiti