The National Assembly is convoked in extraordinary session by its President on a fixed
agenda, at the demand of the President of the Republic or of that of the absolute majority of
the Deputies. The extraordinary sessions are closed as soon as the agenda is exhausted.
Article 64
The integral account of the debates is published in the Journal Officiel of the debates. The
National Assembly can sit in secret committee at the demand of the President of the Republic
or of one-third of the Deputies.
Article 65
The President of the National Assembly is elected for the duration of the legislature. The
President of the National Assembly and the First Vice President are subject to the same
conditions of eligibility as the President of the Republic.
Article 66
Every Deputy is the representative of the entire Nation. Any imperative mandate is null. The
right to vote of the Deputies is personal. However, the delegation of the vote is permitted
when a Deputy is absent for reason of sickness, of execution of a mandate or of a mission
conferred on him by the Government or the National Assembly or in order to fulfill his
military obligations or for any other justified reason. No one may receive, for one ballot, more
than one delegation of [the] vote.
Article 67
No Deputy can be prosecuted, investigated, arrested, detained or judged on the occasion of his
opinions or of the votes made by him in the exercise of his functions.
Article 68
During the term of the sessions, no member of Parliament can be prosecuted or arrested in a
criminal or correctional matter without the authorization of the National Assembly, except in
a case of flagrante delicto. No Deputy can, out of session, be arrested without the
authorization of the Bureau of the National Assembly except in cases of flagrant delicto,
authorized prosecutions or definitive condemnations. The detention or the prosecution of a
member of Parliament is suspended if the National Assembly requires it.
Article 69
The Deputies receive an indemnity, the amount of which is established by a law.
Article 70
The National Assembly establishes its rules. Before their entry into force, the rules and their
subsequent modifications are submitted to the Constitutional Council which declares on their
conformity with the Constitution. The Constitutional Council decides within a time period of
fifteen days.