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Volume 113, Issue 53A
Page 11
Royal Gazette

22 October 2539

Section211quinquiesdecies.Once the Constitution Drafting Assembly has finished preparing a draft constitution, it shall introduce [the draft] to the National Assembly.

The Members of the Constitution Drafting Assembly have the right to attend and give explanations in supplement to the draft constitution at joint meetings of the National Assembly.

The National Assembly shall consider as to whether approval should be given to the draft constitution in its entirety, to which it shall make no amendment in any manner. The voting shall be conducted by means of roll call and open ballot, and the issuance of [the draft] as a constitution must be approved by a vote of more than one half of the number of the existing members of both chambers. Once the National Assembly has resolved to approve the draft constitution, the President of the National Assembly shall bring and present the draft constitution to [the Monarch], and the provisions of section 93 shall apply mutatis mutandis, and the President of the National Assembly shall give a countersignature.

In the event that the Monarch disapproves the draft constitution and gives it back, or when a limit of ninety days has expired already and He has not given it back still, the draft constitution shall lapse.

In the event that the votes of approval are less than one half of the number of the existing members of both chambers, a referendum shall be carried out to allow the people to vote as to whether they would approve or disapprove the draft constitution introduced by the Constitution Drafting Assembly.

Section211sexiesdecies.In the event that a referendum has to be carried out to allow the people to vote [on the draft] according to section 211quinquiesdecies, paragraph 5, the President of the National Assembly shall