Constitution of the Republic of Benin
77
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- Benin
- Provision
- 77
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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Official sourceARTICLE 77.
After this deadline, the President of the National Assembly shall submit this grave shortcoming to the Constitutional Court for constitutional action.
The Constitutional Court shall decide within three days. The President of the Republic shall be required to furnish the responses to the National Assembly within the shortest period of time, and in all cases before the end of the current session.
At the expiration of this period, if there has been no follow-up given by the President of the Republic to the decision of the Court, the President of the Republic shall be impeached before the High Court of Justice for insult to the National Assembly.
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Constitution of the Republic of Benin · wipo.int · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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