toral term, or after the dissolution of either Chamber, new elections shall take place within 60 days.
3. The dissolution of the Senate shall not stay criminal proceedings inaugurated before the Senate in accordance with §§ 67 and 79.
§ 32.
Either Chamber may function, unless otherwise provided in this law, if at least two-thirds of the members are present. Its decisions are valid should a majority of one half of those present be obtained.
§ 33.
The decision as to a declaration of war or as to the amendment of this Charter shall require a three-fifths majority of all the members of each Chamber.
§ 34.
1. The decision of the Chamber of Deputies for the impeachment of the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, or other members of the Government, shall require a two-thirds majority with two-thirds of the members present.
2. The procedure before the Senate sitting as a Court of Prosecution shall be regulated by law.
§ 35.
Each Chamber shall elect its own Chairman and other officers.
§ 36.
The sittings of both Chambers shall be public. Sittings in camera may be held only where the rules of procedure so provide.
§ 37.
1. The basic principles of the relations between both Chambers and between the Government and Parliament and between the public and Parliament shall be regulated by specific law, which shall conform to the Constitutional Charter. The internal order of each Chamber shall be regulated by its own rules of procedure.
2. So long as the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate do not create a new body of rules, the rules of procedure of the present National Assembly shall be binding upon them.
§ 38.
1. Whenever both Chambers meet in joint session as the National Assembly (§§ 56, 59, 61, 65), this body shall be governed by the rules of procedure of the Chamber of Deputies.
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