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Article 60
The Government files the draft settlement law of the previous year with the Bureau
of the National Council of the Transition during the first ordinary session, and at the
latest by the month of May.
• Legislative oversight of the executive
Article 61
In areas related to their mandates, members of the Government can be heard by the
National Council of the Transition through oral or written questions put to them by
National Councilors. These sessions of government questions shall not give rise to a
vote.
Article 62
Matters others than those that fall within the legislative remit fall within the
regulatory remit.
Article 63
• Length of legislative sessions
The National Council of the Transition meets once per semester during ordinary
sessions for a period of three (3) months, after having been invited to do so by the
President.
• Extraordinary legislative sessions
In case of emergency, the National Council of the Transition will convene in
extraordinary session, the agenda having been set by the Head of State of the
Transition or by the National Council of the Transition through an absolute majority
vote of existing members. The extraordinary session will be closed as soon as the
agenda has been worked through.
• Extraordinary legislative sessions
Extraordinary sessions of the National Council of the Transition are opened and
closed by Decree taken in the Council of Ministers.
• Compensation of legislators
• Replacement of legislators
• Eligibility for first chamber
• Outside professions of legislators
Article 64
The rules of procedure of the National Council of the Transition, adopted according
to the organic laws procedure, will determine the system of incompatibilities,
immunities, conditions and procedures of vote and indemnities for National
Councilors. It will set out the conditions of their replacement in case a vacancy
should arise. It will come into force after having been declared compliant with the
Constitutional Charter of the Transition by the Constitutional Court of the
Transition.
Title V: Of the Relationship Between the
National Council of the Transition and the
Executive Power
• Referenda
Article 65
The initiative of submitting the Central African Republic’s new Constitution to
referendum belongs to the National Council of the Transition.
Central African Republic 2013
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