CHAPTER I: The Territorial Council

Each year, the State representative informs the Territorial Council, through a special report, of the activity of the State services in Saint-Barthélemy. This special report may give rise to a debate in the presence of the State representative.

The representative of the State may, within fifteen days of it being forwarded to him, request the Territorial Council, by a reasoned order, to give a new reading to a deliberation. The representative of the State may request within seven days, Sundays and public holidays not included, a second deliberation of an act of the Executive Council. In the cases provided for in this article, the act or deliberation shall…

The representative of the State shall ensure that the institutions of the collectivity exercise their powers in a regular manner. When these institutions have failed to take the decisions incumbent upon them within the scope of their powers, he shall, after formal notice, take the necessary measures to restore the normal functioning of the institutions and public services or to ensure the safety of the population, the safeguarding of national…