constituteproject.org PDF generated: 14 Apr 2014, 20:52 Article 64 The Bills and proposals of laws, at the demand of the Government or of the Assembly to which they are referred, are sent for examination to commissions especially established for this purpose. The Bills and proposals for which such a demand has not been made are sent to one of the permanent commissions whose number is limited to five (5) in each Assembly. Article 65 After the opening of the debate, the Government can oppose the examination of any amendment that has not previously been submitted to the Commission. If the Government demands it, the Assembly referred to [the matter] decides with a single vote on all or part of the text in discussion retaining only the amendments proposed or accepted by it. Article 66 Any Bill or proposal is examined successively by the two Assemblies with [a] view to the adoption of an identical text. In the case of a disagreement and when the Government has declared urgency, the Bill can be submitted after one sole reading by each of the two Assemblies to a joint commission [commission paritaire] charged with proposing a text concerning the provisions remaining in discussion. This text can be submitted in the same way to the two Assemblies for adoption. In this case no amendments are further [plus] receivable. If the joint commission is not able to propose a common text or if this text is not adopted by the two Assemblies, the Government can, after a new reading by the two chambers, demand [that] the National Assembly decide definitively. Article 67 The laws to which the Constitution confers the character of organic laws are voted on and modified in the following conditions: The Bill or proposal is only submitted to the deliberation and to the vote of the first Assembly referred to [the matter] at the expiration of a time period of fifteen (15) days after its deposit. The procedure of Article 66 is applicable. However, lacking an agreement between the two Assemblies, the text may only be adopted by the National Assembly in [a] last reading with an absolute majority of its members. The organic laws concerning the Senate must be voted in the same terms by the two Assemblies. The organic laws may only be promulgated after declaration by the Constitutional Council of their conformity with the Constitution. Article 68 The Parliament votes the Bill of the Law of Finance. The Parliament is referred to [the matter] of the Bill of the Law of Finance at the latest on the first Monday of the month of November. If the National Assembly has not decided in [a] first reading in a time period of forty five (45) days after the deposit of the Bill, the Government refers [the matter] to the Senate which must decide in a time period of fifteen (15) days. It then proceeds within the conditions specified in Article 66 of this Constitution. If the Parliament has not voted on the budget in a time period of sixty days (60) days, or if it did not vote it in balanced form, the Government returns [renvoie] the Bill of the Law of Finance within fifteen (15) days to the National Assembly. Mauritania 1991 (rev. 2012) Page 13