(4) A declaration of emergency that has been approved
by a resolution of each House of Parliament in
pursuance of subsection (2) shall, subject to the
provisions of subsection (3), remain in force so long
as those resolutions remain in force and no longer.
(5) A resolution of either House of Parliament passed
for the purposes of this section shall remain in force
for six months or such shorter period as may be
specified therein:
Provided that any such resolution may be extended from
time to time by a further such resolution, each
extension not exceeding six months from the date of the
resolution effecting the extension.
(6) Where the resolutions of the two Houses of
Parliament made under subsection (2) or (5) differ, the
resolution of the National Assembly shall prevail.
(7) Any provision of this section that a declaration of
emergency shall lapse or cease to be in force at any
particular time is without prejudice to the making of a
further such declaration whether before or after that
time.
(8) The King may summon the two Houses of Parliament to
meet for the purposes of this section notwithstanding
that Parliament then stands dissolved, and the persons
who were members of either House immediately before the
dissolution shall be deemed, for those purposes, still
to be members of that House, but, subject to the
provisions of sections 61(4) and 63(4) of this
Constitution, neither House shall, when summoned by
virtue of this subsection, transact any business other
than debating and voting upon resolutions for the
purposes of this section.
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