Any territorial councillor absent from four consecutive meetings of the territorial council within a period of less than four months without a legitimate excuse accepted by the council shall be declared to have resigned automatically by the council at the next meeting.
When the functioning of the Territorial Council proves impossible, the Government may pronounce its dissolution, ex officio or at the request of its President, by a reasoned decree issued in the Council of Ministers. The dissolution decree sets the date for new elections. The Government shall inform Parliament of this as soon as possible. If there is an emergency, the Territorial Council may be temporarily suspended by reasoned decree of…
In the event of the dissolution or suspension of the Territorial Council, the resignation of all its serving members or the annulment that has become final of the election of all its members, the President is responsible for the dispatch of current business. His decisions are enforceable only with the agreement of the representative of the State. The Territorial Council is re-elected within two months. The assembly shall meet as…
The provisions of chapitre IV du titre II du livre Ier de la deuxième partie relatives à la période de mobilisation générale et au temps de guerre sont applicables, par analogie, au conseil territorial de Saint-Martin.
The territorial council has its seat at the local authority’s headquarters.
The territorial council shall draw up its rules of procedure within one month of its renewal. The rules of procedure may be referred to the administrative court.
The Territorial Council meets at the initiative of its President, at least once every three months, at the local authority’s headquarters. In years when the Territorial Council is renewed, the first meeting is held as of right on the second Sunday following the first round of voting.
The Territorial Council is also convened at the request of: a) The Executive Council; b) A quarter of the members of the Territorial Council on a set agenda, for a period that may not exceed two days. The same Territorial Councillor may not submit more than one request for a meeting per quarter; c) The representative of the State. In exceptional circumstances, the Territorial Council may be convened by decree.
Meetings of the Territorial Council are public. However, at the request of five members or the President, the Territorial Council may decide without debate, by an absolute majority of the members present or represented, that it shall meet in camera, except when Articles LO 6313-3, LO 6313-4, LO 6313-5, LO 6314-2, LO 6351-2, LO 6351-3, LO 6351-12, LO 6351-13 or LO 6351-16. Without prejudice to the powers that the president…
The president alone has the police of the assembly. He can have any individual who disturbs order expelled from the audience or arrested. In the event of a crime or misdemeanour, he draws up a report and the public prosecutor is immediately informed.
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