before the expiration of this time period, demand of the National Assembly a second
deliberation of the law or of certain of its articles. This second deliberation cannot be refused.
He can equally, within the same time period, demand and obtain of right that this deliberation
can only take place at the time of the ordinary session following the session during which the
text was adopted in [its] first reading. The vote for this second deliberation is acquired by the
majority of two-thirds of the members present of the National Assembly.
Article 43
The President of the Republic, after consultation with the Bureau of the National Assembly,
can submit to referendum any text or any question which appears to him should require the
direct consultation of the people. When the referendum has concluded with the adoption of
the text, the President of the Republic promulgates it within the time period specified in the
preceding article.
Article 44
The President of the Republic assures the execution of the laws and the decisions of justice.
He makes the regulations applicable on the whole of the territory of the Republic.
Article 45
The President of the Republic accredits the ambassadors and the envoys extraordinary to
foreign powers; the ambassadors and the envoys extraordinary of foreign powers are
accredited to him.
Article 46
The President of the Republic is the Head of the Administration. He appoints the civil and
military officers [emplois].
Article 47
The President of the Republic is the Supreme Head of the Armies. He presides over the
Superior Council of Defense.
Article 48
Whenever the Institutions of the Republic, the independence of the Nation, the integrity of its
territory or the execution of its international commitments are threatened in a grave and
immediate manner, and that the regular functioning of the constitutional public powers is
interrupted, the President of the Republic takes the exceptional measures required by those
circumstances after [the] obligatory consultation of the President of the National Assembly
and of that of the Constitutional Council. He informs the Nation by a message. The National
Assembly meets of right.
Article 49
The President of the Republic has the right of pardon.