Art.14
business any person who is not entitled is present, then the participation or
presence of that person shall not invalidate the business.
Standing
Committees of
the National
Assembly
Act No.15
of 1984
Art.14
Act No.12
of 1995
Art.16
The National Assembly may establish various Standing
96.-(1)
Committees as it may deem appropriate for the better discharge of its functions.
(2) The Standing Orders of the National Assembly may provide for the
composition and functions of the Standing Committees established pursuant to the
provisions of this Article.
Legislative Procedure
How to
legislate
Act No. 15
of 1984
Art.14
Subject to the provisions contained in this Constitution, the
97.-(1)
Parliament shall exercise its legislative power through the process of debating and
passing Bills which eventually shall have to be assented to by the President, and a
Bill shall not become law unless it is so passed by the National Assembly and
assented to by the President in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
(2) After a Bill is presented to the President for his assent, the President
may either assent to the Bill or withhold his assent, and in the event the President
withholds his assent to a Bill, he shall return it to the National Assembly together
with a statement of his reasons for withholding his assent to the Bill.
(3) After a Bill is returned to the National Assembly pursuant to the
provisions of this Article, it shall not be presented again to the President for his
assent before the expiration of six months since it was so returned, except if at the
last stage in the National Assembly before it is again presented to the President, it
is supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the Members of
Parliament.
(4) If a Bill is returned to the National Assembly the President, and it is
then supported in the National Assembly by not less than two-thirds of all
Members of Parliament as provided in subarticle (3) and it is presented a second
time to the President for assent within six months of its being so returned, then the
President shall be obliged to assent to the Bill within twenty-one days of its being
presented to him, otherwise he shall have to dissolve Parliament.
(5) The provisions of this Article or Article 64 of this Constitution shall
not prevent Parliament from enacting laws making provisions conferring on any
person or department of Government the power to make regulations having the
force of law or conferring the force of law on any regulations made by any person,
or any department of Government.
Procedure for
altering the
Constitution
and certain
laws
Act No.15
of 1984
98.-(1) Parliament may enact law for altering any provision of this
Constitution in accordance with the following principles:
(a)
a Bill for an Act to alter any provisions of this Constitution (other
than those relating to paragraph (b) of this subarticle) or any
provisions of any law specified in List One of the Second Schedule
to this Constitution shall be supported by the votes of not less than
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