Tabling of Bills 83. (1) The President or the Council of Ministers may cause a bill to be presented by a Minister before the National Legislative Assembly or the Council of States subject to their respective competences. (2) A member of the National Legislature may table a private member bill before the House to which he or she belongs on a matter that falls within the competence of that House. (3) A private member bill shall not be tabled before the appropriate House save after having been referred to the appropriate committee to determine whether it involves an important issue of public interest. (4) The Inter-House Committee of the National Legislature may present a bill before either House of the National Legislature subject to their respective competences. Procedures for Presentation and Consideration of Bills 84. (1) Bills presented to either House of the National Legislature shall be submitted for the first reading by being cited by title. The bill shall then be submitted for a second reading for general deliberation and approval in principle. If the bill is passed in the second reading, there shall be a third reading for deliberation in detail and introduction of, and decision upon, any amendment. The bill shall then be submitted in its final form for the final reading, at which stage the text of the bill shall not be subject to further discussion and shall be passed section by section and then passed as a whole. (2) After the first reading, the Speaker of the House concerned shall refer the bill to the appropriate committee, which shall make a general evaluation report for the purpose of the second reading. The committee shall also present a report on the amendments that the committee might or might not have endorsed in the second reading for the decision in the third reading; the Speaker of the concerned House may also refer the bill once again to the appropriate committee to prepare a report in a final draft in preparation for the final reading. (3) The Speaker of the concerned House or the appropriate committee may seek expert opinion on the viability and rationale of the bill; an interested body may also be invited to present views on the impact and propriety of the bill. (4) The House concerned may, by a special resolution, decide on any bill as a general committee or by summary proceedings. Assent of the President 85. (1) Any bill approved by the National Legislature shall not become a law unless the President assents to it and signs it into law. If the President withholds assent for thirty days without giving reasons, the bill shall be deemed to have been so signed. 27