constituteproject.org PDF generated: 14 Oct 2013, 20:27 Article 89 The bills of law are deliberated in the Council of Ministers. Article 90 The deputies and the Government have the right of amendment. The proposals and amendments formulated by the deputies are not receivable when their adoption would have as a consequence, either a diminution of public resources, or the creation or the increase of a public expense, unless these proposals or amendments should be accompanied by proposals of compensatory receipts. Article 91 The National Assembly votes the bills of the law of finance within the conditions provided for by an organic law. The provisions of the bill may be brought into force by ordinance if the Assembly does not decide within a time period of forty-five (45) days following the deposit of the bill and if the budgetary year is coming to [its] expiration. In this case, the Government demands the convocation of an extraordinary session for the ratification. If the bill of the law of finance has not been deposited in a timely fashion to be voted and promulgated before the debut of the financial year, the Prime Minister demands of urgency, of the Assembly, the authorization to continue the budget of the previous year by provisional twelfths. Article 92 The proposals or bills of organic laws are submitted to the deliberation and to the vote of the National Assembly at the expiration of a time period of fifteen (15) days after their deposit. The organic laws may only be promulgated after the declaration by the Constitutional Court of their conformity with the Constitution. Article 93 The declaration of war is authorized by the National Assembly. Article 94 The state of siege [or] the state of urgency is declared by the President of the Republic in [the] Council of Ministers. The National Assembly then meets of plain right, if it is not in session. The extension, beyond fifteen days, of the state of siege or of urgency may only be authorized by the National Assembly. The National Assembly may not be dissolved during the duration of the state of siege or the state of urgency. An organic law determines the conditions of implementation of the state of siege and of the state of urgency. Article 95 The meetings of the National Assembly and of the Senate are public. The complete record of the debates is published in the Journal Officiel [Official Gazette]. The National Assembly can meet in closed sitting at the demand of the Prime Minister or at the demand of one-fifth (1/5) of the deputies. Togo 1992 (rev. 2007) Page 20