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Council of Ministers shall vacate office en masse as from the date the Constitutional Court
renders the decision, and the right to stand for election of the ministers whose offices are
vacated shall also be revoked unless he or she can prove that he or she was not present in
the meeting at the time of passing the resolution. The person who commits the violation
shall be liable for restitution with interest.
In regard to any State official who operates a project or authorises or
allocates budget with the knowledge that a violation of the provisions of paragraph one or
paragraph two is committed, if he or she has recorded his or her objection in writing or has
informed the National Anti-Corruption Commission in writing, he or she shall be exempted
from any liability.
A claim for restitution under paragraph three and paragraph four may be
made within twenty years as from the date the budget is allocated.
In the case where the National Anti-Corruption Commission is informed
according to paragraph four, it shall forthwith conduct a secret investigation. If it is of the
opinion that there is a prima facie case, an opinion shall be submitted to the Constitutional
Court for further proceedings under paragraph three. In any case whatsoever, the National
Anti-Corruption Commission, the Constitutional Court or any other person shall not disclose
information about the informant.
Section 145. The Prime Minister shall hold a bill already approved by the
National Assembly for five days as from the date of its receipt from the National Assembly. If
there is no need for proceedings under section 148, the Prime Minister shall present the bill
to the King within twenty days as from the date such period lapses.
Section 146. If the King refuses His assent to a bill and either returns it to
the National Assembly or does not return it within ninety days, the National Assembly must
re-deliberate such bill. If the National Assembly resolves to reaffirm the bill with the votes
of not less than two-thirds of the total number of existing members of both Houses, the
Prime Minister shall present such bill to the King for signature once again. If the King does
not sign and return the bill within thirty days, the Prime Minister shall cause the bill to be
promulgated as an Act in the Government Gazette as if the King had signed it.
Section 147. In the case where the term of the House of Representatives
expires or the House of Representatives is dissolved, the draft Constitution Amendments
or bills which have not yet been approved by the National Assembly or which have been
approved by the National Assembly but the King has refused His assent or have not
returned within ninety days, shall lapse.