- of the organization and functioning of public bodies.
Article 102: Organic laws are those whose purpose is to specify or supplement the provisions
relating to the organization or operation of the institutions, structures and systems planned or
qualified as such by the Constitution.
They are voted on and amended under the following conditions:
- a draft bill or proposed organic law is only submitted to the deliberation and vote of the
first house on the expiration of a period of fifteen days subsequent to the filing thereof;
the procedure under articles 109 and 110 is applicable;
- a draft bill or proposed organic law is adopted under the same conditions by each of the
two houses by an absolute majority of its members in office. However, in the absence of
agreement between the two houses, the draft may not be adopted by the National
Assembly at the last reading except there be a majority of two-thirds of its members in
office;
- organic laws may only be promulgated after the Constitutional Council has declared their
compliance with the Constitution.
Article 103: Matters other than those within the purview of legislature come under statutory
jurisdiction.
Legislative drafts in these matters prior to the enforcement of this Constitution may be amended
by decree made after the opinion of the Constitutional Council.
Article 104: Declaration of war is authorized by Parliament.
In case of disagreement between the two houses, the decision is made by the National Assembly.
Article 105: A state of siege is decreed in the Council of Ministers. Parliament meets as of right
if it is not in session.
Prorogation of a state of siege beyond fifteen days may be authorized only by Parliament; each
of the two houses declaring by a simple majority of the members in office.
In case of disagreement between the two houses, the deciding vote is that of the National
Assembly.
Article 106: The President of the Republic may, for the execution of his program, request
authorization to take, by ordinance, for a limited period, measures normally falling within the
purview of legislature.
Ordinances are made in the Council of Ministers after a possible opinion of the Constitutional
Council. They enter into force as soon as they are published but become obsolete if the bill of
ratification is not filed before the date set by the enabling legislation.
At the end of the period referred to in the second paragraph of this article, the ordinances may no
longer be amended by the law in their provisions falling within the purview of legislature.
CHAPTER II. LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE
Article 107: Members of Parliament have the right of amendment.
Proposals and amendments tabled by members of Parliament are not admissible if their adoption
implies either a decrease in public resources or in the creation or aggravation of a public office,
unless they are accompanied by a proposal for increase in equivalent revenues or savings.
Article 108: Proposals and amendments outside the purview of legislature are inadmissible.
Inadmissibility is declared by the President of each house.
In case of dispute, the Constitutional Council, referred to by the President of the Republic or by
at least a tenth of the parliamentarians, makes a decision within eight days of its referral.
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