Article 97
Proposals for drafting laws shall be first submitted to the House of People
by the government.
The House of People shall consider the draft laws, including budgetary
and financial affairs as well as the proposal for obtaining or granting
loans, and, after debate, either approve or reject as a whole.
The House of People shall not delay more than one month the draft
proposal.
The House of People, after approving the proposed draft, shall send it to
the House of the Elders.
The House of Elders shall decide on it within 15 days.
In deciding about the proposed laws, the National Assembly shall give
priority to treaties and development programs of the state that, according
to the proposal of the government, require urgent consideration.
If the proposal for drafting a law is made by ten members of either of the
two houses, it shall be, after approval of one fifth of the House where it
was initiated, included in the work agenda of that House.
Article 98
The state budget and development program of the government shall be
submitted, through the House of Elders to the House of People along with
its advisory views.
The decision of the House of People shall be implemented without
presentation to the House of Elders, after endorsement by the President.
If for some reasons the budget is not approved before the beginning of
the new fiscal year, the budget of the year before shall be applied
pending the passage of the new budget.
The Government shall present during the fourth quarter of the financial
year the budget for the next year, with the brief account of the current
year budget, to the National Assembly.
The precise account of the previous year financial budget shall be
presented to the National Assembly during the next 6 months according
to the provisions of the law.