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Article 96
Except in the case of flagrante delicto, any member of the Parliament may only be
prosecuted or arrested in a penal or criminal matter with the authorization of at least
one-third of the members of the Chamber of which he is a member during the
sessions or of the Bureau of that Chamber when out of the sessions.
TITLE VI: OF THE RESPECTIVE DOMAINS OF
THE LAW AND OF REGULATION
• Powers of cabinet
• Initiation of general legislation
• Organic laws
• Standing committees
• Constitutionality of legislation
Article 97
The law is a deliberation, regularly promulgated[,] of the Parliament.
The law to which the Constitution confers the organic character is a deliberation of
the Parliament having for its object the organization or the functioning of the
institutions. It is voted by the absolute majority and promulgated after declaration of
its conformity with the Constitution by the Constitutional Council.
The initiative of the law belongs concurrently to the Deputies, to the Senators and to
the Government. The drafts of texts emanating from the Deputies of from the
Senators are called "proposals of law" and those emanating from the Government
"bills of law".
The proposals and bills of law are deliberated in the Council of Ministers before their
deposit with the Bureau of each Chamber of the Parliament.
• Legislative initiatives by citizens
• Initiation of general legislation
• Standing committees
Article 98
The people exercise the initiative of the laws by way of petition constituting a
proposal[,] written and signed by at least fifteen thousand (15,000) persons having
the right to vote under the conditions specified by the law.
The petition is deposited with the Bureau of the National Assembly.
The right of amendment belongs to the Deputies, to the Senators and to the
Government whatever the origin of the text may be.
• Powers of cabinet
• Head of government decree power
Article 99
The ordinance is an act signed by the President of Faso, after deliberation of the
Council of Ministers, within the domains reserved to the law and in the cases
specified in Articles 103, 107 and 119 of this Constitution. It enters into force on its
publication.
• Head of government decree power
• Head of state decree power
Article 100
The simple decree is an act signed by the President of Faso or by the Prime Minister
and countersigned by one or more competent members of the Government.
The decree in the Council of Ministers is an act signed by the President of Faso and
by the Prime Minister after the opinion of the Council of Ministers: it is
countersigned by one or more competent members of the Government.
Burkina Faso 1991 (rev. 2012)
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