Cameroon
Article 22
(1) Sittings of the Senate shall be public. Exceptionally, the Senate may hold sittings in camera at the
request of the President of the Republic or of an absolute majority of its members.
(2) The Senate shall, in a law, draw up its standing orders.
Article 23
(1) The agenda of the Senate shall be drawn up by the Chairmen's conference.
(2) The Chairmen's conference shall be composed of Presidents of Parliamentary Groups, Chairmen of
Committees and members of the Bureau of the Senate. A member of Government shall participate in the
conference meeting.
(3) Only bills falling with in its area of jurisdiction by virtue of Article 26 below may be included in the
agenda of the Senate.
(a) All private members' bills and amendments which, if passed, would result in the reduction of public
funds or in an increase of public charges without a corresponding reduction in other expenditure or the
grant of equivalent new supply of funds, shall be inadmissible.
(b) Any doubt or dispute on the admissibility of a bill shall be referred by the President of the Republic,
the President of the Senate or one-third of the Senators to the Constitutional Council for a ruling.
(4) The agenda shall give priority, and in the order decided by the Government, to the consideration of
the government bills and private members' bills accepted by it. The other private members' bills admitted
by the Chairmen's Conference shall be considered subsequently.
Where a private members' bill has not been considered during two successive ordinary sessions, it shall
automatically be considered at the very next ordinary session.
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