within a fortnight give its consent to the arrest, it become null and void forthwith. If the Committee does consent to the arrest, the Chamber must give its decision within 14 days after its first sitting.
§ 26.
Members of both Chambers shall have the right to refuse to give testimony in reference to matters confided to them as members of the Chamber, even after they cease to be members. In the trial of a case of attempting to corrupt a member, testimony cannot be refused.
§ 27.
Members of both Chambers shall have a right to remuneration as specified by law.
§ 28.
1. The President of the Republic shall summon both Chambers twice a year for a Spring and an Autumn session, the former to begin in March, the latter in October.
2. Furthermore he may summon Parliament for extraordinary sessions whenever he may deem it necessary. If at least one half of the members of either Chamber applies to the Prime Minister stating the object for summoning it, the President shall summon the Assembly within a fortnight from the date of such application; should he fail to do so, the Chairmen of both Chambers shall convoke Parliament within the following fortnight.
3. If four months shall have elapsed from the last ordinary Session, the President is obliged to summon Parliament, if at least two-fifths of either Chamber so desire, within a fortnight from the date of their application. Should he fail to do so, the Chairmen of both Chambers shall, within the following fortnight, convoke Parliament.
§ 29.
The Session of both Chambers shall begin and end simultaneously.
§ 30.
1. The President of the Republic shall declare the session of Parliament at an end.
2. He may prorogue Parliament for not longer than a month, and not more frequently than once a year.
§ 31.
1. The President shall have the right to dissolve Parliament.
2. He shall not be allowed the exercise of this right during the last six months of his term of office. After the expiration of the elec-
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