Section 149. Members of the House of Representatives and senators are representatives of the Thai people, and shall honestly perform the duties for the common interest of the Thai people.
Section 150.
Before taking office, a member of the House of Representatives
and a senator shall make a solemn declaration at a sitting of the House of which
he or she is a member in the following words:
I, (name of the declarer), do solemnly declare
that I will perform my duties in accordance with the honest dictates of my conscience
for the common interest of the Thai people. I will also uphold and observe the
Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand in every respect.
Section 151. The House of Representatives and the Senate shall each have one President and one or two Vice-Presidents who are appointed by the King from the members of such House in accordance with its resolution.
Section 152. The
President and the Vice-Presidents of the House of Representatives
hold office until the expiration of the term or the dissolution of the House.
The President and the Vice-Presidents of the Senate
hold office until the day preceding the date of the election the new President
and Vice-Presidents.
The President and the Vice-Presidents of the House
of Representatives and the President and the Vice-Presidents of the Senate vacate
office before the expiration of the term of office under paragraph one or paragraph
two, as the case may be, upon:
(1) loss of membership of the House of which he
or she is a member;
(2) resignation;
(3) holding a position of Prime Minister, Minister
or other political official;
(4) being sentenced by a judgment to imprisonment.
Section 153. The President of the
House of Representatives and the President of the Senate shall have the powers
and duties to carry out the business of each House in accordance with its rules
of procedure. The Vice-presidents have the powers and duties as entrusted by
the President and act on behalf of the President when the President is not present
or unable to perform his or her duties.
The President of the House of Representatives,
the President of the Senate and the persons who act on behalf of the President
shall be impartial in the performance of duties.
Section 154. When the President and the Vice-Presidents of the House of Representatives or the President and the Vice-Presidents of the Senate are not present at any sitting, the members of each House shall elect one among themselves to preside over such sitting.
Section 155. At a sitting of the House of Representatives or the Senate, the presence of not less than one-half of the total number of the existing members of each House is required to constitute a quorum, except that in the case of considering the agenda on interpellation under section 183 and section 184, the House of Representatives and the Senate may otherwise prescribe a quorum in the rules of procedure.
Section 156.
A resolution on any issue shall be made by a majority of votes,
unless it is otherwise provided in this Constitution.
In casting a vote, each member has one vote. In
case of an equality of votes, the presiding member shall have an additional
vote as a casting vote.
The President of the National Assembly, the President
of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate shall cause
the voting of each member to be recorded and disclose such record in a place
where the public entry for its inspection is possible, except for the case of
the voting by secret ballot.
The casting of votes to elect or give approval
to a person for holding office shall be secret, unless otherwise provided in
this Constitution, and members shall have autonomy and shall not be bound by
resolutions of their political parties or any other mandate.
Section 157. At
a sitting of the House of Representatives or the Senate or
at a joint sitting of the National Assembly, words expressed in giving statements
of fact or opinions or in casting the vote by any member are absolutely privileged.
No charge or action in any manner whatsoever shall be brought against such member.
The privilege under paragraph one does not extend
to a member who expresses words at a sitting which is broadcast through radio
or television if such words appear out of the precinct of the National Assembly
and the expression of such words constitutes a criminal offence or a wrongful
act against any other person, who is not a Minister or member of that House.
In the case of paragraph two, if the words expressed
by the member cause damage to other person who is not a Minister or member of
that House, the President of that House shall cause explanations to be published
as requested by that person in accordance with procedure and within such period
of time as prescribed in the rules of the procedure of that House, without prejudice
to the person?s right to bring the case before the Court .
Section 158. The privilege provided in section 157 extends to printers and publishers of the minutes of sittings in accordance with the rules of procedure of the House of Representatives, the Senate or the National Assembly, as the case may be, and to persons permitted by the presiding member to give statements of fact or opinions at such sitting as well as to persons who broadcasts the sitting through radio or television with the permission of the President of such House mutatis mutandis.
Section 159.
The National Assembly shall, within thirty days as from the
date of the election of members of the House of Representatives, be summoned
for the first sitting.
Each year, there shall be general ordinary session
and a legislative ordinary session.
The day on which the first sitting under paragraph
one is held shall be considered as the first day of the general ordinary session,
and the first day of the legislative ordinary session shall be fixed by the
House of Representatives. In the case where the first sitting under in paragraph
one has less than one hundred and fifty days up to the end of a calendar year,
the legislative ordinary session may be omitted in that year.
During the legislative ordinary session, the National
Assembly shall hold a sitting only in such cases as prescribed in Chapter 2
or in cases of the consideration of bills or organic law bills, the approval
of an Emergency Decree, the approval of the declaration of war, the approval
of a treaty, the election or approval of a person for holding office, the removal
of a person from office, the interpellation and the amendment of the Constitution,
unless the National Assembly has passed a resolution, by the votes of more than
one-half of the total number of the existing members of both Houses, for considering
other matters.
Section 160.
An ordinary session of the National Assembly shall last one
hundred and twenty days but the King may prolong it.
An ordinary session may be prorogued before the
end of one hundred and twenty days only with the approval of the National Assembly.
Section 161.
The King convokes the National Assembly, opens and prorogues
its session.
The King may be present to perform the opening
ceremony of the first general ordinary session under section 159 paragraph one
or may command the Heir to the Throne who is sui juris or any person to perform
the ceremony as His Representative.
Section 162. When it is necessary for the interests of the State, the King may convoke an extraordinary session of the National Assembly.
Section 163. Members
of both Houses or members of the House of Representatives
of not less than one-third of the total number of the existing members of both
Houses have the right to present their petition to the King for the issuance
of a Royal Command convoking an extraordinary session of the National Assembly.
The petition referred to in paragraph one shall
be lodged with the President of the National Assembly.
The President of the National Assembly shall present
the petition to the King and countersign the Royal Command.
Section 164. Subject to section 163, the convocation, the prolongation of session and the prorogation of the National Assembly shall be made by a Royal Decree.
Section 165. No
member of the House of Representatives or senator shall, during
a session, be arrested, detained or summoned by a warrant for inquiry as the
suspect in a criminal case unless permission of the House of which he or she
is a member is obtained or he or she is arrested in flagrante delicto.
In the case where a member of the House of Representatives
or a senator has been arrested in flagrante delicto, it shall be forthwith reported
to the President of the House of which he or she is a member and such President
may order the release of the person so arrested.
Section 166.
In the case where a criminal charge is brought against a member
of the House of Representatives or a senator, whether the House is in session
or not, the Court shall not try the case during a session, unless permission
of the House of which he or she is a member is obtained or it is a case concerning
the organic law on the election of members of the House of Representatives and
senators, the organic law on Election Commission or the organic law on political
parties; provided that the trial of the Court shall not hinder such member from
attending the sitting of the House.
The trial and adjudication of the Court conducted
before it is invoked that the accused is a member of either House are valid.
Section 167. If
a member of the House of Representatives or a senator is detained
during the inquiry or trial before the beginning of a session, when the session
begins, the inquiry official or the Court, as the case may be, must order his
or her release as soon as the President of the House of which he or she is a
member has so requested.
The order of release under paragraph one shall
be effective as from the date of such order until the last day of the session.
Section 168. During
the expiration of the term or the dissolution of the House
of Representatives, the Senate shall not hold its sitting except in the following
cases:
(1) a sitting at which the Senate shall act as
the National Assembly under section 19, section 21, section 22, section 23 and
section 223, and the votes taken shall be based on the number of senators;
(2) a sitting at which the Senator shall elect,
appoint, recommend or give approval to a person for holding any office under
section 138, section 143, section 196, section 199, section 257, section 261,
section 274(3), section 277, section 278, section 279(3), section 297, section
302 and section 312;
(3) a sitting at which the Senate shall consider
and pass a resolution removing a person from office.
Section 169. Subject to section 170,
a bill or an organic law bill may be introduced only by members of the House
of Representatives or the Council of Ministers, but a money bill may be introduced
by members of the House of Representatives only with the endorsement of the
Prime Minister.
A member of the House of Representatives may introduce
a bill or an organic law bill only if the political party of which he or she
is a member has passed a resolution approving the introduction thereof and the
bill is endorsed by not less than twenty members of the House of Representatives
.
A money bill means a bill with provisions dealing
with any of the following matters:
(1) the imposition, repeal, reduction, alteration,
modification, remission, or regulation of taxes or duties;
(2) the allocation, receipt, custody, payment
of the State funds, or transfer of
expenditure estimates of the State;
(3) the raising of loans, or guarantee or redemption
of loans;
(4) currency.
In case of doubt as to whether a bill or an organic
law bill is a money bill which requires the endorsement of the Prime Minister
or not, it shall be the power of a joint sitting of the President of the House
of Representatives and Presidents of all its standing committees to make a decision
thereon
The President of the House of Representatives
shall hold a joint sitting to consider the case under paragraph four within
fifteen days as from the date such case occurs.
The resolution of the joint sitting under paragraph
four shall be decided by a majority of votes. In case of an equality of votes,
the President of the House of Representatives shall have an additional vote
as a casting vote.
Section 170.
The
persons having the right to vote of not less than fifty thousand
in number shall have a right to submit a petition to the President of the National
Assembly to consider such law as prescribed in Chapter 3 and Chapter 5 of this
Constitution.
The rules and procedure for the petition and the
examination thereof shall be in accordance with the provisions of the law.
Section 171. For any bill or any organic law bill introduced by members of the House of Representatives which, at the stage of the adoption of its principle, was not a money bill but was then amended by the House of Representatives and, in the opinion of the President of the House, such amendment has rendered it to exhibit the characteristic of a money bill, the President of the House shall suspend the consideration of such bill and, within fifteen days as from the day on which such case occurs, shall refer it to a joint sitting of the President of the House of Representatives and Presidents of all its standing committees to make a decision thereon. If the joint sitting decides that the amendment resulted in such bill or organic law bill exhibiting the characteristic of a money bill, the President of the House shall refer it to the Prime Minister for endorsement. In the case where the Prime Minister does not endorse it, the House of Representative shall amend it so as to prevent it from being a money bill.
Section 172. A bill or an organic law bill shall be first submitted to the House of Representatives.
Section 173. When a bill which has been specified by the Council of Ministers, in its policies stated to the National Assembly under section 211, as necessary for the administration of the State affairs or when any organic law bill is not approved by a resolution of the House of Representatives and the votes disapproving it are less than one-half of the total number of the existing members of the House, the Council of Ministers may request the National Assembly to hold a joint sitting for passing a resolution on another occasion. If it is approved, the National Assembly shall appoint the persons, being or not being its members, in such an equal number as proposed by the Council of Ministers, to constitute a joint committee of the National Assembly for considering such bill or organic law bill, and the joint committee of the National Assembly shall prepare a report thereon and submit the bill or organic law bill which it has already considered to the National Assembly. If such bill or organic law bill is approved by the National Assembly, further proceedings under section 93 shall be taken. If it is not approved, such bill or organic law bill shall lapse.
Section 174. Subject
to section 180, when the House of Representatives has considered
a bill or an organic law bill submitted under section 172 and resolved to approve
it, the House of Representatives shall submit such bill or organic law bill
to the Senate. The Senate must finish the consideration of such bill or organic
law bill within sixty days; but if it is a money bill, the consideration thereof
must be finished within thirty days; provided that the Senate may, as a special
case, resolve to extend the period for not more than thirty days. The said period
shall mean the period during a session and shall be counted as from the day
on which such bill or organic law bill reaches the Senate.
The period referred to in paragraph one shall
not include the period during which the bill or the organic law bill is under
the consideration of the Constitutional Court under section 177.
If the Senate has not finished the consideration
of the bill or the organic law bill within the period referred to in paragraph
one, it shall be deemed that the Senate has approved it.
In the case where the House of Representatives
submits a money bill to the Senate, the President of the House of Representatives
shall also advise the Senate that the bill or the organic law bill so submitted
is a money bill. The advice of the President of the House of Representatives
shall be deemed final.
In the case where the President of the House of
Representatives does not advise the Senate that the bill or the organic law
bill is a money bill, such bill shall not be deemed a money bill.
Section 175.
Subject to section 180, after the Senate has finished the
consideration of a bill or an organic law bill,
(1) if it agrees with the House of Representatives,
further proceedings under section 93 shall be taken;
(2) if it disagrees with the House of Representatives,
such bill or organic law bill shall be withheld and returned to the House of
Representatives;
(3) if there is an amendment, the amended bill
or the amended organic law bill shall be returned to the House of Representatives.
If the House of Representatives approves such amendment, further proceedings
under section 93 shall be taken. In other cases, each House shall appoint persons,
being or not being its members, in such an equal number as may be fixed by the
House of Representatives, to constitute a joint committee for considering the
bill or the organic law bill and the joint committee shall prepare a report
thereon and submit the bill or the organic law bill which it has already considered
to both Houses. If both Houses approve the bill or the organic law bill already
considered by the joint committee, further proceedings under section 93 shall
be taken. If either House disapproves it, the bill or the organic law bill shall
be withheld.
The joint committee has the power to demand documents
from any person or summon any person to give statements of fact or opinions
in respect of the consideration of the bill or the organic law bill and the
privileges provided in section 157 and section 158 shall also extend to the
person performing his or her duties under this section.
At a meeting of the joint committee, the presence
of the members of the joint committee appointed by both Houses of not less than
one-half of the total number of its members is required to constitute a quorum
and the provisions of section 194 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Section 176.
A bill or an organic law bill withheld under section 175 may
be reconsidered by the House of Representatives only after the lapse of one
hundred and eighty days as from the date the bill or the organic law bill is
returned to the House of Representatives by the Senate in case of withholding
under section 175(2) and as from the date either House disapproves it in case
of withholding under section 175(3). In such cases, if the House of Representatives
resolves to reaffirm the original bill or the bill considered by the joint committee
by the votes of more than one-half of the total number of the existing members
of the House of Representatives, such bill or organic law bill shall be deemed
to have been approved by the National Assembly and further proceedings under
section 93 shall be taken.
If the bill or the organic law bill withheld
is a money bill, the House of Representatives may forthwith proceed to reconsider
it. In such case, if the House of Representatives resolves to reaffirm the original
bill or the bill considered by the joint committee by the votes of more than
one-half of the total number of the existing members of the House of Representatives,
such bill or organic law bill shall be deemed to have been approved by the National
Assembly and further proceedings under section 93 shall be taken.
Section 177.
While a bill or an organic law bill is being withheld under
section 175, the Council of Ministers or members of the House of Representatives
may not introduce a bill or an organic law bill having the same or similar principle
as that of the bill or the organic law bill so withheld.
In the case where the House of Representatives
or the Senate is of the opinion that the bill or the organic law bill so introduced
or referred to for consideration has the same or similar principle as that of
the bill or the organic law bill being withheld, the President of the House
of Representatives or the President of the Senate shall refer the said bill
or organic law bill to the Constitutional Court for decision. If the Constitutional
Court decides that it is a bill or an organic law bill having the same or similar
principle as that of the bill or the organic law bill so withheld, such bill
or organic law bill shall lapse.
Section 178.
In the case where the term of the House of Representatives
expires or the House of Representatives is dissolved, the draft Constitution
Amendment, or all bills or organic law bills to which the King has refused His
assent or which have not been returned by the King within ninety days, shall
lapse.
In the case where the term of the House of Representatives
expires or where the House of Representatives is dissolved, the National Assembly,
the House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may be, may, after a
general election of members of the House of Representatives, continue the consideration
of the draft Constitution Amendment, the bill or the organic law bill which
has not yet been approved by the National Assembly if the Council of Ministers
which is newly appointed after the general election so requests within sixty
days as from the first sitting day of the National Assembly after the general
election and the National Assembly approves it. If the Council of Ministers
does not so request within such period of time, such draft Constitution Amendment,
bill or organic law bill shall lapse.
The further consideration of the draft Constitution
Amendment, the bill or the organic law bill under paragraph two shall be in
accordance with the rules of procedure of the National Assembly.
Section 179. The expenditure estimates of the State shall be made in the form of an Act. If the Annual Appropriations Act for the following fiscal year is not enacted in time, the law on annual appropriations for the preceding fiscal year shall apply for the time being.
Section 180. The House of Representatives must finish the consideration
of an annual appropriations bill, a supplementary appropriations bill and a
transfer of appropriations bill within one hundred and five days as from the
date the bill reaches the House of Representatives.
If the House of Representatives has not finished
the consideration of the bill within the period referred to in paragraph one,
such bill shall be deemed to have been approved by the House of Representatives
and shall be submitted to the Senate.
In the consideration by the Senate, the Senate
must approve or disapprove it without any amendment within twenty days as from
the date the bill reaches the Senate. Upon the lapse of such period, such bill
shall be deemed to have been approved; in such case and in the case where the
Senate approves it, further proceedings under section 93 shall be taken.
If the Senate disapproves the bill, the provisions
of section 176 paragraph two shall apply mutatis mutandis.
In the consideration of the annual appropriations
bill, the supplementary appropriations bill and the transfer of appropriations
bill, a member of the House of Representatives shall not submit a motion adding
any item or amount to the bill, but may submit a motion reducing or abridging
the expenditures which are not expenditures according to any of the following
obligations:
(1) money for payment of the principal of a loan;
(2) interest on a loan;
(3) money payable in accordance with the law.
In the consideration by the House of Representatives
or a committee, any proposal, submission of a motion or commission of an act,
which results in direct or indirect involvement by members of the House of Representatives,
senators or members of a committee in the use of the appropriations, shall not
be permitted.
In the case where members of the House of Representatives
or senators of not less than one-tenth of the total number of the existing members
of each House are of the opinion that the violation of the provisions of paragraph
six has occurred, they shall refer it to the Constitutional Court for decision
and the Constitutional Court shall decide it within seven days as from the date
of its receipt. In the case where the Constitutional Court decides that the
violation of the provisions of paragraph six has occurred, such proposal, submission
of the motion, or commission of the act shall be ineffective.
Section 181. The payment of State funds shall be made only when it has been authorized by the law on appropriations, the law on budgetary procedure, the law on transfer of appropriations or the law on treasury balance, except that it may be prepaid in the case of urgent necessity under the rules and procedure provided by the law. In such case, the expenditure estimates for reimbursement must be set aside in the Transfer of Appropriations Act, the Supplementary Appropriations Act, or the Annual Appropriations Act for the following fiscal year, or except it is the case under section 230 paragraph two.
Section 182. The House of Representatives and the Senate are, by virtue of this Constitution, vested with the power to control the administration of the State affairs.
Section 183. Every member of the House of Representatives or senator has the right to interpolate a Minister on any matter within the scope of his or her authority, but the Minister has the right to refuse to answer it if the Council of Ministers is of the opinion that the matter should not yet be disclosed on the ground of safety or vital interest of the State.
Section 184. In
the administration of the State affairs on any matter
which involves an important problem of public concern, affects national or public
interest, or requires urgency, a member of the House of Representatives may
notify the President of the House of Representatives in writing prior to the
commencement of the sitting of the day, that they will interpellate the Prime
Minister or the Minister responsible for the administration of the State affairs
on that matter without specifying the question, and the President of the House
of Representatives shall place such matter on the agenda of the meeting of that
day.
The interpellation and the answer to the interpellation
under paragraph one may be made once a week, and a verbal interpellation by
a member of the House of Representatives on a matter involving the administration
of the State affairs may be made not exceeding three times on each matter in
accordance with the rules of procedure of the House of Representatives.
Section 185.
Members of the House of Representatives of not less than two-fifths
of the total number of the existing members of the House have the right to submit
a motion for a general debate for the purpose of passing a vote of no-confidence
in the Prime Minister. Such motion must nominate the suitable next Prime Minister
who is also a person under section 201 paragraph two and, when the motion has
been submitted, the dissolution of the House of Representatives shall not be
permitted, except that the motion is withdrawn or the resolution is passed without
being supported by the vote in accordance with paragraph three.
In the submission of the motion for a general
debate under paragraph one, if it is concerned with the behaviour of the Prime
Minister, which involves circumstances of unusual wealthiness, exhibits a sign
of malfeasance in office or intentionally violates the provisions of the Constitution
or law, it shall not be submitted without the petition under section 304 having
been presented. Upon the submission of the petition under section 304, it may
be proceeded with without awaiting the outcome of the proceedings under section
305.
If the general debate is concluded with a resolution
not to pass over the agenda of the general debate, the House of Representatives
shall pass a vote of confidence or no-confidence. Voting in such case shall
not take place on the date of the conclusion of the debate. The vote of no-confidence
must be passed by more than one-half of the total number of the existing members
of the House of Representatives.
In the case where a vote of no-confidence is passed
by not more than one-half of the total number of the existing members of the
House of Representatives, the members of the House of Representatives who submit
the motion for the general debate shall no longer have the right to submit another
motion for a general debate for the purpose of passing a vote of no-confidence
in the Prime Ministers throughout the session.
In the case where a vote of no-confidence is passed
by more than one-half of the total number of the existing members of the House
of Representatives, the President of the House of Representatives shall submit
the name of the person nominated under paragraph one to the King for further
appointment and section 202 shall not apply.
Section 186.
Members of the House of Representatives of not less than one-fifth
of the total number of the existing members of the House of Representatives
have the right to submit a motion for a general debate for the purpose of passing
a vote of no-confidence in an individual Minister.
The provisions of section 185 paragraph two, paragraph
three and paragraph four shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Section 187.
Senators of not less than three-fifths of the total number
of the existing members of the Senate have the right to submit a motion for
a general debate in the Senate for the purpose of requesting the Council of
Ministers to give statements of fact or explain important problems in connection
with the administration of the State affairs without a resolution to be passed.
The motion for the general debate under this section
may be submitted only once in each session.
Section 188. A sitting of the House of Representatives and of the Senate and a joint sitting of the National Assembly are public under the conditions stipulated in the rules of procedure of each House. A sitting in camera shall be held at the request of the Council of Ministers or members of not less than one-fourth of the total number of the existing members of each House or of both Houses, as the case may be.
Section 189.
The House of Representatives and the Senate havethe power
to select and appoint members of each house to constitute a standing committee
and have the power to select and appoint persons, being or not being its members,
to constitute an ad hoc committee in order to perform any act, inquire into
or study any matter within the powers and duties of the House and report its
findings to the House. The resolution appointing such ad hoc committee must
specify the activity or the matter concerned clearly and without repetition
or duplication.
The committees under paragraph one have the power
to demand documents from any person or summon any person to give statements
of fact or opinions on the act or the matter under its inquiry or study.
In the case where the person under paragraph two
is a Government official, official or employee of State agency, State enterprise
or local government organisation, the Chairman of the committee shall notify
the Minister who supervises and controls the agency to which such person is
attached in order to instruct him or her to act as prescribed in paragraph two,
except that, in the case of the safety or benefit of importance to the State,
it shall be deemed as a ground of an exemption to the compliance with paragraph
two.
The privileges provided in section 157 and section
158 shall also extend to the persons performing their duties under this section.
The number of members of a standing committee
appointed solely from members of the House of Representatives shall be in proportion
to or in close proportion to the number of members of the House of Representatives
of each political party or group of political parties in the House of Representatives.
In the absence of the rules of procedure of the
House of Representatives under section 191, the President of the House of Representatives
shall determine the proportion under paragraph five.
Section 190.
In considering a bill the substance of which is decided by
the President of the House of Representatives to be concerned with children,
women, the elderly, the disabled or handicapped, if the House of Representatives
does not consider it by its full committee, the House of Representatives shall
appoint an ad hoc committee consisting of representatives, from private organisations
concerned with the respective types of persons, of not less than one-third of
the total number of members of the committee.
Section 191. The House of Representatives and the Senate have the power to make the rules of procedure governing the election and performance of duties of the President, Vice-Presidents, matters or activities which are within the powers and duties of each standing committee, performance and quorum of committees, sittings, submission and consideration of bills and organic law bills, submission of motions, consultation, debate, passing of a resolution, recording and disclosure of the passing of a resolution, interpellation, general debate, observation of the rules and orders, codes of ethics of members and committee members, and other matters for the execution of this Constitution.
Section 192. The fundamental substance of the organic laws on various matters as prescribed in the Transitory Provisions shall necessarily be contained in the organic law on such matter in accordance with this Constitution.
More on Constitution of the kingdom of Thailand, B.E. 2540 :CHAPTER I - General Provisions 1-7
CHAPTER II - Amendment of the Constitution 8-25
CHAPTER III - Rights and Liberties of the Thai People 26-65
CHAPTER IV - Duties of the Thai People 66-70
CHAPTER V - Directive Principles of Fundamental State Policies 71-89
CHAPTER VI - The National Assembly
Part 1 General Provisions 90-97
Part 2 The House of Representatives 98-120
Part 3 The Senate 121-135
Part 4 Election Commission 136-148
Part 5 Provisions Applicable to both Houses 149-192
Part 6 Joint Sittings of the National Assembly 193-195
Part 7 Ombudsmen 196-198
Part 8 The National Human Rights Commission 199-200
CHAPTER VII - The Council of Ministers 201-212
CHAPTER VIII The Courts
Part 1 General Provisions 233-254
Part 2 Constitutional Court 255-270
Part 3 Courts of Justice 271-275
Part 4 Administrative Courts 276-280
Part 5 Military Courts 281
CHAPTER IX Local Government 282-290
CHAPTER X Inspection of the Exercise of State Power
Part 1 Declaration of Accounts Showing Particulars of Assets and Liabilities 291-296
Part 2 The National Counter Corruption Commission 297-302
Part 3 The Removal from Office 303-307
Part 4 Criminal Proceedings Against Persons Holding Political Positions 308-311
CHAPTER XII Amendment of the Constitution Transitory Provisions 313