(2)
If the President withholds assent to the bill and give reasons within the
aforementioned thirty days, the bill shall be re-introduced to the National
Legislature to consider the observations of the President.
(3)
The bill shall become law if the National Legislature again passes it by a twothirds majority of all members and representatives of the two Houses, and the
assent of the President shall not be required for that bill to come into force.
Provisional Orders
86.
(1)
In case the National Legislature is not in session, the President may, on an urgent
matter, issue a provisional order having the force of law.
(2)
The provisional order shall be submitted to the appropriate House of the National
Legislature as soon as it is convened.
(3)
Where the National Legislature ratifies the provisional order as it is, it shall be
promulgated as law, but where the same is rejected by either House, or where the
session ends without it being ratified, the provisional order shall lapse with no
retrospective effect.
(4)
A bill on the same subject matter may again be re-introduced before the National
Legislature and be considered under the normal procedure for consideration of
bills.
(5)
Notwithstanding sub-Article (1) above, the President shall not make any
provisional order on matters affecting the Bill of Rights, the decentralized system
of government, general elections, annual allocation of resources and financial
revenue, penal legislation or alteration of administrative boundaries of the states.
(6)
Any law which was repealed or amended pursuant to a provisional order that later
lapsed, shall revive into force as it is, starting from the date when the provisional
order lapsed.
(7)
The National Legislative Assembly may delegate to the President the power to
approve bilateral international and regional agreements while the National
Legislative Assembly is not in session; however, such agreements shall be subject
to subsequent approval by the National Legislative Assembly and shall be
deposited before it as soon as it is convened.
Bills Pertaining to Allocation of Resources and Revenues
87.
(1)
The President shall cause to be presented to the National Legislative Assembly,
before the beginning of the financial year, a bill for the allocation of resources and
revenue in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. The National
Legislative Assembly shall convene to approve, modify or reject that bill.
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