National Assembly has not decided within a time period of seventy days, the bill of law can
be put into force by ordinance. The President of the Republic seizes, for [the] ratification, the
National Assembly convoked in extraordinary session, within a time limit of fifteen days. If
the National Assembly has not voted the budget by the end of this extraordinary session, the
budget is definitively established by ordinance. If the bill of the Law of Finance has not been
deposited in a timely way to be promulgated before the beginning of the exercise, the
President of the Republic demands [of] the National Assembly by urgency, the authorization
to repeat the budget of the previous year by provisional twelfths.
Article 81
The National Assembly regulates the accounts of the Nation according to the modalities
specified by the Law of Finance. The bill of the law of regulation must be deposited with the
Bureau of the National Assembly one year at the latest after the execution of the budget.
Article 82
The means of information of the National Assembly concerning the governmental action are
the oral question, the written question, [and] the commission of inquiry. During the term of
the ordinary session, one meeting per month is reserved by priority to the questions of the
Deputies and to the responses of the President of the Republic. The President of the Republic
can delegate to the Head of Government and to the ministers the power to respond to the
questions of the Deputies. In the circumstance, the National Assembly can take a resolution to
make recommendations to the Government.
Article 83
The members of the Government have access to the commissions of the National Assembly.
They are heard at the demand of the commissions. They can be assisted by the commissioners
of the Government.
TITLE V
OF TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
Article 84
The President of the Republic negotiates and ratifies the treaties and international agreements.
Article 85
The peace Treaties, the Treaties and Agreements concerning international organization, [and]
those that modify the internal laws of the State can only be ratified after passage of a law.
Article 86
If the Constitutional Council seized [saisir] by the President of the Republic, or by the
President of the National Assembly, or by one-quarter at least of the Deputies, has declared
that an international obligation includes a clause contrary to the Constitution, the
authorization to ratify it can take place only after revision of the Constitution.