CHAPTER I public authorities. It shall: The National Assembly - examine appeals on regional and council election disputes; Article 15 rulings on appeals against final - give final (1) The National Assembly comprise judgements passed by lowershall courts in cases180 of (one hundred and eighty) members elected by direct and administrative secret universal suffrage for a five-year term of disputes; office. - examine, any other disputes expressly devolving The of members of the National Assembly uponnumber it by law. may be modified by law. (2) Each41member of the National Assembly shall Article represent entire Nation. The audit the bench shall be competent to control and (3) imposed mandate nullthose and void. ruleAny on public accounts, asshall well be as on of public (4) case of serious crisis or where circumstances so andIn semi-public enterprises. warrant, It shall: the President of the Republic may, after consultation with the of the Constitutional - give final rulings onPresident final judgements passed lower Council and Bureaux of the National Assembly and audit courts; the Senate,any request National Assembly to decide, - examine otherthe matters expressly devolving by law, to extend upon it by law. or abridge its term of office. In this case, the election of a new Assembly shall take place not less42 than 40 (forty) days and not more than 120 Article (one hundred and twenty) days following the expiry (1) The organization, functioning, composition and of the extension or abridgement duties of the Supreme Court andperiod. the benches it comprises, the conditions for referring matters to Article them as16 well as the procedure applicable before them (1) beginning each legislative year, the shallAtbethe laid down byoflaw. National Assembly shall meet as ofcomposition right in ordinary (2) The organization, functioning, and session the conditions laid by law. duties ofunder the Courts of Appeal anddown judicial, 18 18