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Article 73
Matters other than those coining within the domain of the law shall be of a
regulatory character.
Legislative texts concerning these matters before the entry into force of the present
Constitution may be modified by decree after consultation with the Supreme Court.
Those of these texts which may be passed after the entry into force of the present
Constitution may only be modified by decree if the Constitutional Court has
declared that they are of a regulatory character with respect to the preceding
paragraph.
The laws and regulations shall be published in the Official Journal.
Article 74
The Government may in order to carry out its program or in areas determined by
law, demand the authorization of Parliament to take by Ordnance, during a specified
period of time or between the two sessions (of the National Assembly), measures
that are normally within the domain of the law.
Ordinances shall be taken in the Council of Ministers after consultation with the
Supreme Court. They become operative from the time of their adoption, but become
null and void if the bill for their ratification is not submitted to the National Assembly
before the date set by the enabling act. Upon the expiration of the date mentioned in
the first paragraph of the present Article, Ordinances shall only be modified by the
law in matters which are in the legislative domain.
Article 75
• Initiation of general legislation
Initiation of laws shall belong concurrently to the Government and to the members
of the National Assembly.
• Standing committees
Bills shall be deliberated in the Council of Ministers after consultation with the
Supreme Court and filed with the Office of the National Assembly.
Article 76
The members of the National Assembly and the Government shall possess the right
of Amendment.
After the opening of debate, the Government may oppose the examination of any
Amendment that was not first submitted to it.
• Budget bills
• Balanced budget
Article 77
The National Assembly shall consider the appropriations bill at the opening of the
ordinary session preceding the fiscal period. The appropriations bill must anticipate
the income necessary for completely meeting all expenditures.
If the National Assembly has not acted on this matter before the beginning of the
fiscal period or if it has not passed the budget, the Government shall resubmit the
proposed budget within fifteen days to the National Assembly convened in special
session for this purpose.
The National Assembly shall then act within eight days. If this deliberation has not
resulted in a budgetary vote, it shall be automatically established by the Government
on the basis of the revenues of the preceding fiscal period and after consultation
with the Supreme Court.
Mali 1992
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