Volume 131, Issue 55A
Royal Gazette
22 July 2557
As regards the bill of any act or organic act which the Monarch has disapproved and given back to the National Legislative Assembly, or which He still has not given back despite ninety days having elapsed, the National Legislative Assembly must discuss the bill of the act or organic act anew. If the National Legislative Assembly, by a vote of not less than two thirds of the total number of the existing Members, resolves to reaffirm it, the Prime Minister shall bring and present it to [the Monarch] once again. When the Monarch fails to sign it and give it back within thirty days, the Prime Minister shall cause the act or organic act to be published in the Royal Gazette in order to promulgate it as a law as if it has already been signed by the Monarch.
Section16.At meetings of the National Legislative Assembly, every Member has the right to interpellate a Minister in any matter which relates to the work under his duty, but the Minister does have the right to withhold the answer when he finds that the matter should not yet be disclosed for it relates to the safety or important benefit of the State, or when he finds that the interpellation is prohibited by a regulation. In this case, the National Legislative Assembly may enact a regulation designating a quorum different from that which is provided in section 13, paragraph 1.
When there is an important problem, Members of the National Legislative Assembly numbering not less than one half of the total number of the Members may subscribe and introduce a motion to open a debate for interrogating the Council of Ministers as to the facts, but no resolution of confidence or no confidence shall be passed.
Section17.In the case that there is an important problem relating to the administration of the public services of the State, regarding which the Council of Ministers finds it appropriate to hear opinions of Members of the National Legislative Assembly, the Prime Minister may notify the President of the National Legislative Assembly thereof in order to open a general debate at a meeting of the National Legislative Assembly, but the National Legislative Assembly shall not pass a resolution upon the problem debated.
Section18.At meetings of the National Legislative Assembly, it is an absolute privilege for any Member to utter any word in such a way as to state a fact, or express an opinion, or cast a vote. It shall not be taken as a ground for filing a proceeding or denunciation against him in any manner.
The privilege according to paragraph 1 shall also extend its protection to the members of the committees of the National Legislative Assembly, the persons who print or publish meeting proceedings upon order of the National Legislative Assembly or a committee, the persons who are permitted by the president of a meeting to state facts or express opinions at the meeting of the National Legislative Assembly, as well as the persons who broadcast meetings of the National Legislative Assembly through broadcasting radio, or broadcasting television, or any other means upon permission of the President of the National Legislative Assembly. But it does not protect a Member of the National Legislative Assembly who utters [any] word at a meeting which is broadcast through broadcasting radio, broadcasting television, or any other means, if the word so uttered at the meeting appears outside the precincts of the National Legislative Assembly and the word is characteristic of a criminal offence or violates a civil right of another person than a Minister or Member of the National Legislative Assembly.
