constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:22 place by the two Bureaus. The text drafted by the joint Commission [with] parity is submitted for adoption to the two Chambers. If the joint Commission [with] parity does not succeed in adopting a single text or if this text is not adopted under the conditions provided for in the preceding paragraph, the National Assembly decides definitively. In this case, the National Assembly may reconsider either the text drafted by the joint Commission [with] parity, or the last text it voted itself, as modified, as the case may be, by one or several of the amendments adopted by the Senate. • Approval of general legislation Article 136 Within six days of its adoption, the law is transmitted to the President of the Republic for its promulgation. The Prime Minister receives a certified copy of it. • Approval of general legislation • Veto override procedure Article 137 Within a time period of fifteen days from the transmission, the President of the Republic can demand of the National Assembly or of the Senate[,] a new deliberation of the law or of certain of its articles. This new deliberation cannot be refused. The text submitted to second deliberation is adopted by the National Assembly and the Senate either in the initial form, or after modification[,] by the absolute majority of the members which compose them. Article 138 Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Constitution, the means of information and of control of the National Assembly and of the Senate, concerning the Government, the public enterprises, [and] the public establishments and services are:   1. the oral or written question with or without debate[,] not followed by a vote;   2. the question on current affairs;   3. the interpellation;   4. the commission of inquiry;   5. the hearing by the commissions. These means of control are exercised under the conditions determined by the Internal Regulations of each of the Chambers and give rise, as the case may be, to the motion of no confidence or of censure, in accordance with Articles 146 and 147 of this Constitution. Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005 (rev. 2011) Page 37