constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:22 The provisions declared non-conforming may not be implemented. • Legislative committees • Joint meetings of legislative chambers Article 113 In addition to the Permanent and Special Commissions, the two Chambers may constitute one or several joint Commissions [with] parity [Commissions mixtes paritaires] to reconcile their points of view when they are in disagreement on a subject of a question on which they must adopt the same decision in identical terms. If the disagreement persists, the National Assembly decides definitively. Article 114 Each Chamber of Parliament meets of right in extraordinary session on the fifteenth day following the proclamation of the results of the legislative elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission to accomplish:   1. the installation of the provisional Bureau directed by the senior member assisted by two younger members;   2. the validation of the powers;   3. the election and installation of the definitive Bureau;   4. the drafting and adoption of the Internal Regulations. The opening sitting is presided over by the Secretary General of the Administration of each of the two Chambers. During this sitting, the two Chambers meet to draft and adopt the Internal Regulations of the Congress. The extraordinary session ends with the exhaustion of the agenda. • Length of legislative sessions Article 115 The National Assembly and the Senate hold of right, each year, two ordinary sessions:   1. the first opens on 15 March and closes on 15 June;   2. the second opens on 15 September and closes on 15 December. If the 15th of the month of March or of the month of September is a holiday or occurs on a Sunday, the opening of the session takes place on the first working day which follows. The duration of each ordinary session may not exceed three months. • Extraordinary legislative sessions Article 116 Each Chamber of Parliament can be convoked in extraordinary session by its President on a specific agenda, either at the demand of its Bureau, or of half of its members, or of the President of the Republic, or of the Government. Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005 (rev. 2011) Page 30