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place by the two Bureaus.
The text drafted by the joint Commission [with] parity is submitted for adoption to
the two Chambers.
If the joint Commission [with] parity does not succeed in adopting a single text or if
this text is not adopted under the conditions provided for in the preceding
paragraph, the National Assembly decides definitively. In this case, the National
Assembly may reconsider either the text drafted by the joint Commission [with]
parity, or the last text it voted itself, as modified, as the case may be, by one or
several of the amendments adopted by the Senate.
• Approval of general legislation
Article 136
Within six days of its adoption, the law is transmitted to the President of the
Republic for its promulgation. The Prime Minister receives a certified copy of it.
• Approval of general legislation
• Veto override procedure
Article 137
Within a time period of fifteen days from the transmission, the President of the
Republic can demand of the National Assembly or of the Senate[,] a new deliberation
of the law or of certain of its articles. This new deliberation cannot be refused.
The text submitted to second deliberation is adopted by the National Assembly and
the Senate either in the initial form, or after modification[,] by the absolute majority
of the members which compose them.
Article 138
Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Constitution, the means of
information and of control of the National Assembly and of the Senate, concerning
the Government, the public enterprises, [and] the public establishments and services
are:
1. the oral or written question with or without debate[,] not followed by a
vote;
2. the question on current affairs;
3. the interpellation;
4. the commission of inquiry;
5. the hearing by the commissions.
These means of control are exercised under the conditions determined by the
Internal Regulations of each of the Chambers and give rise, as the case may be, to the
motion of no confidence or of censure, in accordance with Articles 146 and 147 of
this Constitution.
Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005 (rev. 2011)
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