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Volume 76, Issue 17
Special Edition, Page 6
Royal Gazette

28 January 2502

Section13.In the event that a Member of the Constitution Drafting Assembly is held in custody or detention, or is prosecuted in a criminal case, his release or a stay of his trial shall be ordered whenever the President of the Assembly requests it.

Section14.The Monarch appoints one Prime Minister and an appropriate number of Ministers, who compose a Council of Ministers which has the duty to handle the public services of the State.

The Prime Minister and Ministers shall not be Members of the Assembly.

The Prime Minister and Ministers have the right to attend and give explanations or express opinions at meetings of the Assembly, but they have no right to vote.

Section15.The Monarch wields the prerogative to remove Ministers from their positions.

Section16.Before the Council of Ministers is established, the Head of the Revolutionary Council performs the duties of the Council of Ministers and the Prime Minister.

Section17.In the event that, during the application of this Charter, the Prime Minister finds it appropriate for the purpose of repressing or suppressing an act of subverting the security of the Kingdom or royal throne, or an act of subverting, dis-