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• Budget bills
• Finance bills
• Organic laws
sports and leisure;
agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing and aquaculture;
the protection of the environment and tourism;
the protection of vulnerable groups.
Article 124
The laws to which the Constitution confers the character of organic law, are adopted
and modified by the absolute majority of members composing each Chamber under
the following conditions:
1. the legislative Proposal of law can only be submitted to the deliberation
and the vote of the first Chamber referred to [the matter] after the
expiration of a period of fifteen days after its deposit with the Government;
2. the procedure of Article 132 is applicable. However, in default of accord
between the two Chambers, the text may only be adopted by the National
Assembly in the final reading with the absolute majority of its members;
3. the organic laws may only be promulgated after declaration, by the
Constitutional Court obligatorily referred to [the matter] by the President
of the Republic, of their conformity with the Constitution within a time
period of fifteen days..
Article 125
When a Bill or a Proposal of law has been declared urgent by the Government, it is
examined by priority in each Chamber by the competent commission following the
procedure specified by the Internal Regulations of each of them.
The normal procedure is applied to the proposals or to the Bills of law involving
amendment to the Constitution or modifying the organic laws as well as to the Bills
of enabling law [loi d'habilitation] established in Article 129.
• Budget bills
• Finance bills
Article 126
[Amended by Law No. 11/002 of 20 January 2011.]
The Law of Finance determines the resources and the expenditures of the State.
The National Assembly and the Senate adopt the Bills of the Laws of Finance under
the conditions specified by the organic law provided for in Article 124 of the
Constitution.
The Bill of the Annual Law of Finance, which includes notably the budget, is
deposited by the Government with the Bureau of the National Assembly, at the
latest, on the fifteenth of September of each year.
The creations and transformations of public employment may not operate outside of
the provisions of the Law of Finance.
Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005 (rev. 2011)
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