constituteproject.org PDF generated: 28 Mar 2017, 17:22 At the request of the Government or of the Assembly of the Union Government Bills and Private Members’ Bills shall be referred for consideration to committees established by the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly of the Union or specially set up for this purpose. • Organic laws Article 26 Acts of Parliament which are defined by the Constitution as being Institutional Acts shall be enacted and amended as provided for hereinafter. • Approval of general legislation • Supermajority required for legislation A Government or Private Member’s Bill shall not be debated and put to the vote in the Assembly of the Union until fifteen days have elapsed since the tabling thereof. Institutional Acts shall be passed by a majority of two thirds of the Members of the Assembly. • Constitutionality of legislation At the request of all the Deputies from one island the debate on the Act must be reopened. The Acts shall be promulgated after the Constitutional Court has declared their conformity with the Constitution. Article 27 • Budget bills • Finance bills The Assembly of the Union shall adopt the Finance Bills with a two-thirds majority. Should the Assembly of the Union fail to reach a decision within sixty days, the provisions of the Bill may be brought into force by Ordinance. Chapter III: Judicial Power Article 28 • Judicial independence The judicial power shall be independent of the legislative power and the executive power. In the exercise of their functions the judges shall only be subject to the authority of the law. Judges shall be irremovable from office. • Establishment of judicial council The President of the Republic shall be the guarantor of the independence of the judiciary. He shall be assisted by the High Council of the Judiciary, whose composition, organization and functioning as well as the procedure to be followed before it shall be determined by Institutional Act. • Supermajority required for legislation An Institutional Act shall regulate the status of judges and prosecutors. • Supreme court selection • Supermajority required for legislation • Structure of the courts Article 29 The Supreme Court shall be the highest judicial authority of the Union in criminal and private law cases, administrative and auditing matters of the Union and the islands. The decisions of the Supreme Court shall not be subject to appeal and shall be binding on the executive power, the legislative power and all authorities in the territory of the Union. An Institutional Act shall determine the composition as well as the rules for the functioning of the Supreme Court. Comoros 2001 (rev. 2009) Page 14