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• Joint meetings of legislative chambers
• Power to declare/approve war
• Legislative committees
• Division of labor between chambers
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III. The declaration of war may only be authorized by the Parliament meeting
in Congress by the absolute majority of all the members composing it.
Article 96
Any bill or proposal of law is examined in first reading by the Assembly before which
it was presented and then transmitted to the other Assembly.
The discussion takes place successively in each Assembly until the adoption of a
unique text.
When following a disagreement between the two Assemblies, a bill or a proposal of
law could not be adopted after two readings by each Assembly or if the Government
has declared urgency, after a sole reading by each one of them, the Prime Minister
has the faculty to initiate the meeting of a mixed joint commission in charge of
proposing a text on the provisions still in discussion. The text elaborated by the joint
commission may be submitted by the Government for approval to the two
Assemblies. No amendment is receivable without the agreement of the Government.
If the commission does not reach the adoption of a common text or if this text is not
adopted within the conditions specified in the preceding paragraph, the National
Assembly decides definitively by the absolute majority of the members composing it.
• Constitutional court powers
Article 97
The matters other than those that are of the domain of the law have a regulatory
character. The texts of legislative form intervening in these matters may be modified
by decree taken after the opinion of the High Constitutional Court.
Those of these texts that would intervene after the entry into force of this
Constitution may only be modified by decree if the High Constitutional Court has
declared that they have a regulatory character in virtue of the preceding paragraph.
Article 98
The Government, by engaging its responsibility within the conditions specified in
Article 100 below, may demand of each one of the Assemblies to pronounce
themselves by a sole vote on all or on part of the provisions of the texts in discussion:
• at the moment of the extraordinary sessions, provided that these texts
have been deposited within forty-eight hours of the opening of the
sessions;
• in the last eight days of each one of the ordinary sessions.
Article 99
Within the thirty days of his appointment, the Prime Minister presents his program
for implementing the general policy of the State to the Parliament, which can emit
suggestions.
If, in the course of the execution, the Government estimates that fundamental
modifications of this program prove necessary, the Prime Minister submits those
modifications to the National Assembly, which may emit suggestions.
• Cabinet removal
• Head of government removal
• Head of government replacement
Madagascar 2010
Article 100
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