SECTION 39

(1) Local authorities shall carry out their missions in accordance with the Constitution as well as laws and regulations in force. (2) No local authority may deliberate outside its statutory meetings, or on matters outside its jurisdiction or which undermine State security, law and order, national unity or territorial integrity. (3) Where a local authority acts in violation of the provisions of sub-section (1) above, there solution or decision impugned shall be declared null and void by order of there presentative of the State, without prejudice to the penalties provided for by the laws and regulations in force. (4) The representative of the State shall thus take appropriate interim measures. II - Participation of Citizens in the Actions of Councils and Regions