Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland, 2005 eSwatini 277. Succession to property (1) Subject to the provisions of Chapter XII, all properties and all assets which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were vested in any authority or person for the purposes of, or in the right of the Goverrnment or in the Goverrnment shall, on the commencement of this Constitution, vest in the Goverrnment. (2) Any property which was liable, immediately before the commencement of this Constitution, to estreat or to be forfeited to the Goverrnment shall be liable to estreat or to be forfeited to the Goverrnment under this Constitution. 278. Succession to contracts Where there is subsisting immediately before the commencement of this Constitution, a contract which has been entered into by or on behalf of Goverrnment, then on and after the commencement of this Constitution, all rights, liabilities and obligations of the Goverrnment under the contract shall be vested in or, as the case may be, subsist against the Goverrnment, and the contract shall otherwise continue to be of full force and effect. 279. International agreements, etc. Where Swaziland or the Goverrnment was a party immediately before the commencement of this Constitution to any treaty, agreement or convention, such treaty, agreement or convention shall not be affected by the commencement of this Constitution, and Swaziland or the Goverrnment as the case may be, shall continue to be party to it. First Schedule (Sections 36, 115, 116, 117, 245, 246, 247) Summoning and procedure of joint sittings of Senate and House of Assembly 1. (1) (2) The King shall summon a joint sitting of the Senate and the House of Assembly— (a) whenever the King is informed by the Prime Minister that it is necessary in order that a joint sitting may deliberate and vote upon the question of approval, extending approval, or revocation of a declaration of a state of emergency under section 37; (b) in the circumstances mentioned in section 115(3), 116(1) or 117(1); (c) whenever the King is informed by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Assembly that a member of the Senate or the House of Assembly, as the case may be, has given notice of the introduction of a bill to amend the Constitution in terms of section 245(2); (d) whenever it is necessary, in order that a joint sitting of the Senate and the House of Assembly may deliberate and vote upon a bill to amend the Constitution in accordance with section 246(1) or 247(1). Subject to subparagraph (5), the summons of a joint sitting— (a) shall be by message to the Senate and the House of Assembly through the President or the Speaker, as the case may be; (b) shall state the business which the sitting is summoned to transact; and (c) shall appoint a day for the joint sitting, being not more that fourteen days after the date of the message in the case of a sitting for the purpose mentioned in subparagraph (1)(a) and not more than twenty-one days after the message in any other case. By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 97