Article 65 (Amended)7 Upon an application signed by at least five members of the Council of Deputies, any Minister may be questioned about interpellations addressed to him on matters falling within his competence. Interpellations must be made according to the conditions and procedures prescribed by the Council of Deputies' rules of procedures. Any questioning of a Minister must be conducted within the Council, unless the Council majority decides it must be probed by a specialized committee following at least eight (8) days from its presentation, unless the competent Minister requests the acceleration of questioning. Interpellations may lead to the matter of confidence in the Minister being put to the Council of Deputies under the provisions of Article (66) of the present Constitution.7 Article 66 a. Each Minister shall be responsible to the Council of Deputies for the affairs of his Ministry. b. A question of confidence in a Minister may be put forward only at his own wish or upon an application signed by at least ten members of the Council of Deputies following the debate of the question put to him, and the Council may not give its decision on the application until seven days after its submission. c. If the Council of Deputies decides by a majority of two thirds of its members to give a vote of no confidence in a Minister, he shall be regarded as having withdrawn from the Ministry from the date of the no-confidence vote, and he shall submit his resignation forthwith. Article 67 (Amended) a. The subject of confidence in the Prime Minister shall not be raised in the Council of Deputies. 7 Ibid. 29