constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:13 Article 60 The Government files the draft settlement law of the previous year with the Bureau of the National Council of the Transition during the first ordinary session, and at the latest by the month of May. • Legislative oversight of the executive Article 61 In areas related to their mandates, members of the Government can be heard by the National Council of the Transition through oral or written questions put to them by National Councilors. These sessions of government questions shall not give rise to a vote. Article 62 Matters others than those that fall within the legislative remit fall within the regulatory remit. Article 63 • Length of legislative sessions The National Council of the Transition meets once per semester during ordinary sessions for a period of three (3) months, after having been invited to do so by the President. • Extraordinary legislative sessions In case of emergency, the National Council of the Transition will convene in extraordinary session, the agenda having been set by the Head of State of the Transition or by the National Council of the Transition through an absolute majority vote of existing members. The extraordinary session will be closed as soon as the agenda has been worked through. • Extraordinary legislative sessions Extraordinary sessions of the National Council of the Transition are opened and closed by Decree taken in the Council of Ministers. • Compensation of legislators • Replacement of legislators • Eligibility for first chamber • Outside professions of legislators Article 64 The rules of procedure of the National Council of the Transition, adopted according to the organic laws procedure, will determine the system of incompatibilities, immunities, conditions and procedures of vote and indemnities for National Councilors. It will set out the conditions of their replacement in case a vacancy should arise. It will come into force after having been declared compliant with the Constitutional Charter of the Transition by the Constitutional Court of the Transition. Title V: Of the Relationship Between the National Council of the Transition and the Executive Power • Referenda Article 65 The initiative of submitting the Central African Republic’s new Constitution to referendum belongs to the National Council of the Transition. Central African Republic 2013 Page 19