CHAPTER II. ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING Article 172: The law determines the fundamental principles of the free administration of territorial communities, of their competences and their resources. In territorial communities, the Prefect is the representative of the State. He is responsible for the national interests, compliance with laws and for the supervision of guardianship. No territorial collectivity may exercise guardianship over another. Article 173: Territorial communities benefit from resources that they may freely dispose of under the conditions set forth in the law. They may receive all or part of the revenues from taxes of any kind. Taxes and other resources owned by territorial communities represent a crucial part of their total resources. Article 174: Any transfer of powers between the State and the territorial communities is accompanied by the allocation of resources equivalent to those that were given over to the exercise of those powers. TITLE XIV. TRADITIONAL CHIEFTAINCY CHAPTER I. RESPONSIBILITIES Article 175: Traditional chieftaincy is represented by the National House of Kings and Traditional Chiefs. The National House of Kings and Traditional Chefs is the Institution regrouping all the Traditional Kings and Chiefs of Côte d’Ivoire. It is notably responsible for: - the valuing of habits and customs; - the promotion of the ideals of peace, development and social cohesion; - the non-judicial settlement of conflicts in villages and between communities. The traditional chieftaincy participates, under the conditions determined by a law, in the administration of the territory. CHAPTER II. COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONING Article 176: The composition of the National House of Traditional Kings and Chiefs and the rules of its functioning are governed by an organic law. TITLE XV. CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION CHAPTER I. THE REVISION PROCEDURE Article 177: The initiative for the revision of the Constitution rests concurrently with the President of the Republic and the Members of Parliament. The draft law or proposal for revision of the Constitution is filed simultaneously with the two houses of Parliament. In order to be taken into consideration, the draft law or proposal for revision must be voted on by an absolute majority of the members of the joint session. The revision of the Constitution is final only after it has been approved by referendum by an absolute majority of votes cast. However, the draft law or revision proposal is not submitted to referendum if the President of the Republic decides to submit it to Parliament. In this case, the draft law or revision proposal is not