4. The suspension referred to in the previous point shall expire if forty-five days
elapse without the National Assembly making a final pronouncement.
5. If the National Assembly approves ending the force of an authorised
Presidential legislative decree, it shall cease to have effect from the date
when the respective resolution is published in the Diário da República
(Official Gazette) and may not be republished during the same legislative
session.
6. Proceedings for the parliamentary consideration of authorised Presidential
legislative decrees shall enjoy priority and shall expire if a motion for
consideration has been presented and the National Assembly has not
pronounced, or if it has decided to make amendments but has not put the
respective law to the vote, by the end of the then current legislative session,
and on condition that at least fifteen plenary sessions have been held.
Article 172
(Parliamentary consideration of provisional Presidential legislative decrees)
1. The President of the Republic must submit provisional Presidential legislative
decrees to the National Assembly within ten days of their publication in the
Diário da República (Official Gazette).
2. Parliamentary consideration will take place on the basis of a motion signed
by at least ten Members if, within the period of time referred to in the
previous point, the provisional Presidential legislative decree has not been
submitted to the National Assembly.
3. Provisional Presidential legislative decrees shall be subject to consideration
with a view to their conversion into parliamentary laws or their rejection by
the National Assembly
4. If the National Assembly rejects a provisional Presidential legislative decree,
it shall cease to have effect from the date on which the resolution is published
in the Diário da República (Official Gazette) and may not be republished
during the same legislative session.
5. The provision contained in Point 6 of the previous Article shall apply to
parliamentary consideration of provisional Presidential legislative decrees.
Article 173
(Emergency proceedings)
1. At the request of the President of the Republic, ten Members in full exercise
of their office, any Parliamentary Group or Special Commissions, the
National Assembly may be asked to consider the discussion of any bill,
legislative proposal or resolution as an emergency proceeding.
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