The question may not relate to an interest of the questioner or his
relatives to the fourth degree, or be made by proxy.
Article 92
(Amended)
a. Any fifteen (15) members of either the Council of Deputies or
Consultative Council have the right to propose a constitutional
amendment. Any member of either Council is entitled to propose
laws; each proposal is referred to the specialized committee of the
Council where the law was proposed to express its opinion. If the
Council accepts the proposal, it is referred to the Government to
formulate it as a draft amendment of the Constitution or as a draft
law and present it to the Council of Deputies within six months at
the most from the date of referral thereto.15
b. Any proposal for a law which has been presented in accordance
with the preceding paragraph and rejected by the Council to which
it was presented may not be re-represented during the same
convening period.
Article 93
The Prime Minister and Ministers may attend sessions of the
Consultative Council and Council of Deputies, and both Councils
shall listen to the Prime Minister and Ministers whenever they ask
to speak. They may co-opt such senior officials or their Deputies as
they wish.
A Council may require the competent Minister to attend when a
matter relating to his Ministry is being debated.
Article 94
a. The regulations for the course of business in both the
Consultative Council and the Council of Deputies and their
committees,
and
the
principles
governing
debate, voting,
questioning, cross-examination and all the powers prescribed in
the Constitution shall be prescribed by law, and similarly the
penalties for a member being in breach of the regulations or failing
to attend Council or committee sessions without acceptable excuse.
15
Ibid.
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